WebCipher

After much deliberation, I have made the decision that I will no longer be developing WebCipher. My apologies to the supporters and fans of WebCipher who have offered their feedback and suggestions for the program over the past 3 or so years. Also, thanks to Anthony Carapetis who made the awesome WebCipher logo.

Why?

There were three main reasons why I decided to discontinue development of WebCipher:

1. With my other commitments (University, Time Sheet and my life in general), I no longer have the time to actively maintain this project.
2. Unfortunately, I received no donations for the work I put into WebCipher. The compensation received simply does not justify the work put in (which was a lot). This is especially important when you’ve got other work to do (see the aforementioned point).
3. A lack of active participation. There have been no blog comments and only a few topics created in the WebCipher Forums, and this is a giant signal that there is ailing support for this project.

I understand that there will be some annoyed and disappointed people, but I ask that you respect my decision and understand that this is not a decision I have made lightly. It has come after much consideration on my part, and it is a necessary step for me to take.

To those of you who may be asking, at this stage, I will not be open sourcing this project. I may at a later date and, if I do, information will be available here.

I will be taking down the forums and the rest of the website later today, leaving only this blog. All requests to the WebCipher website (excluding requests to the latest version below) will be redirected here.

If you still want to use the latest available version of WebCipher (Beta 2), you can download it from here. If you have any questions, please reply to this post below.

That’s a wrap. Again, thanks for the support over the years.

Thank you to everyone who has posted feedback, submitted feature suggestions, and everyone who has tried WebCipher at all! It is greatly appreciated, and your feedback and suggestions mean a lot.

Beta 2 is currently in the works and on its way. This is a blog post to inform of some of the updates made to the WebCipher website, as well as some exciting changes coming in Beta 2.

WebCipher License Agreements are now available online for viewing. This means that if you want to refer to a license agreement you accepted during setup, you no longer have to re-run the setup application. You can simply go to webcipher.org/license and click on the relevant release.

WebCipher’s Functions Panel is a new feature coming in Beta 2. This new panel automatically gets a list of all functions in the active document, so you can easily double-click on them later for use in another document. You can have the editor automatically update the function list every 10 seconds, or you can manually update it yourself by clicking on a designated button. This is a feature that some other IDE’s appear to have had for quite some time, and I am pleased to say that it is coming in Beta 2. More about this feature can be found in this support article.

WebCipher Help and Support has had a revamp in-product - you can now access the WebCipher Support site within WebCipher itself, in a specially designed format that makes for easy reading. This is also coming in Beta 2.

Plus heaps of bug fixes, and new HTML specific features. I won’t give away too much more, so stick around for the release of Beta 2!

Steven

As you may have noticed, the WebCipher Website’s main navigation looks a bit different. This is because it, along with the rest of the page, has been extended to about 800px, to incorporate a link to this very blog, and also a link to the ‘Extend’ part of the website - more to come on that later.

If you have any suggestions for WebCipher, or have found any bugs, please post them in the WebCipher Bug Tracker. By doing so, it really helps development a lot, as I can easily pin-point problems and potential new features much easier.

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting WebCipher - whether you’re doing that by reviewing it (thanks, Sandip! :D) or by simply using the program itself, it is all greatly appreciated.

The WebCipher blog is now online! Be sure to check back here for the latest information on WebCipher and future releases. If you want to be on the cutting-edge regarding information on WebCipher, be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed at the bottom of this page.

Keep your eyes peeled for the release of WebCipher 2008 final - my goal is to release it before the end of the year (otherwise a name change will be in order :p).