It’s finally here! After months of work and cleanup the layout editor is usable enough to put into production, and while it could be prettier it definitely works. There’s a how-to at the bottom of the features page, and in addition next week I’ll see if I can get a 60 second video tutorial up as well. The layout editor isn’t the only improvement either; there’s a new options panel and numerous tweaks and performance enhancements as well thanks to Venkman’s Javascript profiler.
First, I have to give kudos to MindstormsKid, whose many exceptional contributions have been a great boon to this project. The new options panel was designed by him, as well as many of the internal code refactorings, interface improvements, and general ideas and enthusiasm all of which I am grateful for. He’s set the bar pretty high, but if you think you can hack it contact me here.
The last version (1.3.7) holds the title for longest continuous time as the latest stable version. While it was up, it was downloaded 1300+ times, making it the most downloaded version of CNx.
Even though we test things pretty extensively, there’s always things that are missed. If you come across a bug, report it!. Our turnaround is usually in hours or days, and you’ll be updated with the status of our progress as we fix it.
We’ve got ideas! Whether it’s existing features that need improvement, new features that you want, or you just want to give us feedback, we want to hear from you. We don’t have time to do everything we want, so feedback helps us prioritize.
There are almost always a slew of bugs after major releases like this, but within a week I expect we’ll have most of those worked out so expect a few more updates coming down the pipeline soon.
