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There have been some large changes regarding the "raw data" persistence used by the Hardware sub-project. Unfortunately, these changes are *NOT* backwards compatible, so all those scenes and devices you thought you had will pretty much require a re-discovery. Alternatively, there is a hack migration program that you can get by e-mailing crackers, no guarantees that it'll work for you.

Sorry about this, but the usage of the Berkeley DB was a lot of overkill for the relatively simple usage needed in the hardware layer.

With the advent of internet-delivered "rich applications," it's become much easier to craft dynamic web-browser based interfaces. While these apps don't have the full range of capabilities of a "normal" UI application, they're more than sufficient for the purposes of this overall project.

OOHomeWeb is initially intended to provide the same basic functionality as the Client/Server implementation already under development. However, since it's web-based, the potential for integrating the UI and server into a single, network-accessible application is compelling.... read more

The new version, OOHome, is actually progressing nicely. Scene editing is enabled (and works), event triggers have been added, and a whole host of minor tweaks have increased the stability (and maintainablity).

The first code drops to the Subversion repository were recently made, so the code is now "live." The Ant build.xml files are in place, it builds, and there's absolutely no documentation.

But you have to start somewhere...