Over the past year I have talked with several people about editing ANSI online. It seems to be a great way to extend the lifetime of the art medium. Perhaps it could even bring in some new artists. As I contemplate this possibility there is an important question to answer. What technology would be used for an editor, Flash or Javascript?
Some great work has already been put into a Javascript editor over at drastic.net, and I know of people toying with a Flash editor as well. I certainly don’t want to step on anyone’s toes (namely, Tom over at Drastic), but I certainly think an editor integrated with Sixteen Colors would be fantastic. I lean toward Flash, as I know for sure there are some guys I have been in touch with that would be interested in working together (Tom has also expressed a willingness), but I thought I would see what others thought as well.What does all of this ranting mean? I think it’s time to get the ball rolling again.
For the sake of timeliness, in lieu of some amazing offer of help, I think I will roll on with the .NET codebase. The site is already in a workable state, I would just need to add funtionality. It could certainly use some cleaning up here or there (and by “here or there” I mean “almost everywhere”), but it has a starting point. That starting point has been acceptable to everyone viewing the site for quite some time now. Whenever I make yet another venture into a new framework, it never seems to see the light of day.I already need to load up the code to fulfill an important request made by someone almost a month ago. I know once I start digging in the code to make that request happen, I am going to start itching to work on the site again. So, for the 100th time, if anyone wants to help, drop me a line. Even if you are one of the usual suspects, please consider this a roll call.