Hi,

Many thanks for releasing this.

I had a scan of the license late last night....can it only be used for non commercial projects?

And how does it compare to http://www.targetprocess.com/

They have mentioned that they could possibly release their lite version (current v1) as an opensource project. Could a future collaboration be on the cards if they did go opensource with their version?

Thanks,

John

You're free to use it for commercial projects; just not to use the application itself for commercial gain (i.e. to resell it). If the legals say otherwise, I'll have to have a word with those that wrote the legalese for the license here!

XP StoryStudio itself will be an open-source project at some point... Sorting out the continuous integration in a remote environment, maintaining control on its direction, etc. was just a bit too much work to take on in one step, though.

As for collaboration & comparison; honestly haven't given the former any thought, but if it makes for a better product, then cool (and they're both in .NET, which helps). On a comparison basis, I'd suggest trying them both out and seeing which works best for you.

That sounds great.

I can see it becoming very popular even if it isn't os but I'm sure the fact that it is would open up more contributions, see support for it from other os projects (i.e. integration with www.rainbowportal.net etc) and help it grow (users and feature wise).

I've looked at both tools briefly and find yours more intuitive so far.

Many thanks,

John

Looks pretty good. Would be good to put some information on the site about the system requirements and platform. I wasn't sure if it was .NET or Java until I read your blog.

Joe... absolutely agree. This is one of the reasons I'm still officially classing it as "pre-release"; so I can get some feedback, prepare the FAQs, etc. based on real input. (That's why XPSS has only been announced through my 'Blog so far, rather than publicising the domain elsewhere)

Have downloaded it, and just started playing around with it.

Have you considered using DateTime pickers, such as the Calendar Popup (http://eworldui.net/CustomControls/CalendarPopup.aspx) for the Start Date/End Date when creating a new project.

It looks quite good, and after a bit of playing around and getting used to the interface, seems quite easy to use.

Looking good, look forward to see what's to come!

William (and to those that e-mailed me about it)...

Pop-up calendar control has been implemented ready for the v1.0 release; enough people were asking for it, and I had a spare evening. :)

^_^,Pretty Good!