We are happy to release the next iteration with new features and improvements for FDT6. We count more than 170 changes since FDT5.6 now. You can use most of them in our Free Version or get an upgrade to the full version (starts at 14,75€ / month). See all release notes here. Thats the latest: [...]
Aiming to deliver the best product for the interactive community is an ongoing goal for us. Our process is simple: listen to customers, think about their needs and all the while looking ahead to see what is on the horizon. Our goal and process has lead us to bring FDT to a new level: FDT will [...]
Today, the FDT team has releases a small update – 5.6.2. Since the 5.6 release, we’ve received some great feedback from the community and have fixed numerous issues. With this release, we’ve fixed any issues that might prevent anyone from using Apache Flex with FDT. While we’re continuing to work on an even tighter integration with Apache Flex, this is the first step. Below is a video tutorial on how to download Apache Flex and get it working with FDT.
Proudly we announce our next free update for all FDT 5 customers: FDT 5.6.
During the development of this release we really went deep down to FDT’s roots to improve its performance. What we achieved is a massive performance optimization for nearly every situation and project, especially big gaming projects.
*note: This deal has expired. Stay tuned for our next deal. With the release of FDT 5.5 we also introduced a new payment model – subscriptions. To welcome this new opportunity, we want to give a free month of FDT Max to all of you. With subscription payments you are much more flexible in setting [...]
As you may have read in the blog post on FDT 5.5 beta, there will not only be loads of new features, but we also improved our license management. Since the introduction of FDT Free we are proud to have an FDT for everyone, but the way to refinance it are the revenues from our splendid FDT Max customers. In these new times, many users asked us for cheaper and shorter license possibilities for full FDT Max functionality. Since many of you are no longer full-time Flash/Flex developers, we can fully understand your concerns and implemented a solution.
With FDT 5.5, we expand our FDT Max license model by adding a software subscription option. A subscription model aims at precisely matching your needs with respect to time – but more on that later. To realize a monthly subscription model, FDT of course has to synchronize with our license server from time to time. To guarantee a connection between FDT and our license management server please check your firewall settings and make sure that FDT is allowed to use Port 80.
For over eight years we strongly did not want FDT to phone home. We have great trust in all our customers and did not see any reason to have an elaborate license management. We are aware that some users do not want their software to phone home, but with respect to the subscription licenses there is of course no other solution. As a result of all this, FDT will need to connect to our server at least once in 30 days (10 if you’re a subscriber) in order to check if the provided license is still valid. Merely the information on license validity will be transferred! Like before, each license will be valid for your desktop computer and one portable device. Once you have cancelled your subscription, FDT will continue working with the functionality of FDT Free. Due to this change, FDT’s EULA had to be updated. The next time you update FDT you will be prompted to accept the updated EULA.
It is very important to us to explain these changes in advance. We believe in transparency and we hope the community understands this necessary step.
[...] to react a lot more flexible to the quickly changing, dynamic environment. From now on, FDT will periodically check your license’s validity, enabling you to allocate your budget to those times when you need FDT the most. Please make sure [...]
[...] already announced in our blog post earlier, we made some changes to the license management: with FDT 5.5 we will be introducing a new [...]