Drew Wilson

Jul 23 2008, 4:07 pm

My apologies to everyone waiting for the beta. Firebolt has been held up due to some legal issues. Nothing too serious, so don't worry it is still coming out.

I hate to be that guy who gets you excited and then says: "Delayed"
But it looks like I have to.

Expect an update real soon, things are rolling along and I will keep you all updated :)

Peace,
Drew

Firebolt

11 Comments

Drew Wilson Says,

Kip,

If you check out my comments on my Vitamin Article, you will see why. The reason is because I am using CodeIgniter as my PHP framework, and it is written in PHP4. But remember that just because it is in PHP4 doesn't mean that it will not work with PHP5.. it WILL. So there is really no negative to writing in PHP4. PHP5 is not really that great of an upgrade from 4 anyway, and for Firerift I am writing a bunch of custom classes and such.. so it doesn't really matter if it is in 4 or 5. The benefit to 4 over 5 is that it is more widely available. PHP5 never really caught on that well, and there are still hosting companies out there that offer PHP4. So Firerift will be more available to everyone.

Thanks so much for your comment Kip! I hope that answered your question :)

And as a secret announcement I am workin on putting together a screencast for everyone. Actually 2 screencasts. The first will focus on what you can do with Firerift. The second will focus on the app itself and how it all works :)

Peace,
Drew

20 August 2008, 10:36 pm

kip Says,

Hey Drew whats going on with Firerift being that PHP 4 Bit the bullet..

20 August 2008, 4:07 pm

Lee Says,

snore. less vimeo ads, more release news. or something. we ain't got much to go on here, cept a lot of self created hype by not saying anything.

12 August 2008, 4:24 am

Paul J. Says,

sorry to hear about the complications. I didn't receive a confirmation for beta testing..sigh..I guess I will just have to look forward to updates on your blog or until the live version comes out. Was the pricing for firerift ever posted? Thanks!

7 August 2008, 1:23 pm

Basil Says,

Ah its fine you just do what you feel is needed.

5 August 2008, 1:08 pm

Ben Says,

Wow, rebranding due to legal issues...

4 August 2008, 4:39 am

kip Says,

Wow Drew the name change i like FB better. But ohwell.

2 August 2008, 8:46 am

Michael Says,

Firerift? How close is we?

1 August 2008, 5:42 am

Faryl Says,

Sorry to hear about the legal problems - looking forward to seeing Firebolt in action! Your last blog mentioned something about multiple email confirmations - does that mean if I didn't receive *any* confirmation(s) the email didn't go through? Hope things are going well in North County!

24 July 2008, 2:42 pm

Jared Says,

Glad to hear things are rolling along.

23 July 2008, 7:14 pm

Josh H. Says,

I was starting to wonder. ;-) Glad to hear it's not serious. Hope it all works out soon.

23 July 2008, 6:30 pm