The Labs site (and along with it, the Snaps! Gallery project pages) are offline for now. I’m transferring everything this new server, and moving from the good old .us domain to this new .net domain. Along with the move, the Labs will get a facelift.
When Snaps! 2.0 is ready for public release, the new project pages will also go online, with an updated look to match the new Snaps! Gallery default theme (which, I must say, is looking rather nice 
). Stay tuned here for more details, and maybe a few teasers…
Snaps! Gallery has lain dormant at version 1.4.4 since early in 2005 due to my lack of time to devote to the project. However, rest assured Snaps! is not forgotten, nor abandoned.
Beginning in January, development on Snaps! will resume an active status and many of the features our users have been looking forward to will be implemented. Along with those features, and items on the todo list, Snaps! will be receiving many functionality updates to its user interface.
I don’t want to give away too much, but I’ll say that the whole thing is going to be much faster, and it will use a generous amount of AJAX for its user interface. Hopefully, if I can do everything I’ve got planned, the gallery will be a much more interactive piece of software, and it will be more fun to use and administer than a traditional piece of web software.
Along with the new features I can’t discuss, the planned feature upgrades will be implemented, such as unlimited sub-albums, album preview images, a more extensive user permissions system, along with some better comment spam protection (Captcha). So, stay tuned to the Devlog here for more updates into the new year.
The TSG Devlog was created for us to accomplish several things:
- Provide a running log of our development on current and future products and projects.
- Provide a means to explore and discuss web technologies.
- Solicit discussion about web design in general.
Hopefully, we’ll be able to forge a good relationship with our readers and provide a lot of information on what’s going on behind the scenes at TSG.