We have recently moved our development platform from the Mac to the PC, and are using FrontPage as our web site editing tool. It was interesting to see the great improvements made web pages editors. Some of the web pages we brought over were created on a simple text editor before there was any web editing tools. Some were created using a program we wrote ourselves to create pages.
In what seems like a never ending cycle, we have revised the Round selection method. You can now select from sub menus in 8 different ways. The specific method being left up to the Set Editor.
The latest version of EdUGames reflects the new Rounds menu selection method.
We have also formalized the Universal Coding System and given it the name Antoniak Universal Coding System (AUCS) after it's developer. When we have time, we will apply to make it an XML standard.
What's Next
We are finishing up on a major revision to the Set Editing Tools and should have them ready for use by mid November. One of the major changes you will see with them is that they are written in Java 1.2 with Swing. This means that you not only must be running on the latest version of Java, but have downloaded the Swing plug-in from SUN. This is a change from our polity of writing to the earliest version of Java possible. Our reasoning was that out team needed the experience of the latest Java and where-as we could not expect the casual browser to upgrade, we can require it of our Editors. Swing has allowed us to create a much more robust application that is easier t use and understand.
We have started on the Round Authoring tools, again in Java 1.2 using Swing. We plan to have separate tools for each type of Round rather than one applet for everything.