Chalk Status Update

A quick status update on Chalk, as I get quite a lot of questions about it. A few things conspired to keep me from active work on it over the past two months: One) Exams ('nuff said) Two) Facebook 3.0 The second item there may sound silly, but specifically, Chalk makes heavy use of the Three20 library that is part of the Facebook application. It powers everything from the rich bubbles to the buttons to the image and web browsing components of the app. I had resigned to wait until FB 3.0 was released before trying to merge in all the changes in Three20 into Chalk. Beyond those two, there are major Twitter changes on the horizon (retweet API, location data, the second Twitpocalypse) and I'd much rather build towards them than release early and panic trying to retrofit them into the app. As soon as Chalk is ready I'll let you know about beta testing opportunities. Yes it's been a long time coming, but remember this isn't my full-time job :-)

4 comments:

  1. At least you can take time in adding features and offering a more rounded client, all the other clients in the appstore seem to panic and rush around when another app adds a feature they've not yet thought off.

    Either that or they don't bother, which puts us in the current position of using multiple clients all for different features as no single one seems "complete". :)

    Very interested in seeing what Chalk has to offer when it shows it's face in public :)
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  2. I love the interface...I'd love to beta test this when it's reader!
    --David (http://www.weatheredwatcher.com) weatheredwatcher@gmail.com
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  3. Wow... the GUI look so polished...
    Amazing... I would love to test the beta...
    Keep us informed please!
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  4. So when is Chalk coming? Any update for us?
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