So yes, if you didn't know the system error was an April Fools joke. If you were wondering what the little update on Thursday was for you know now. Unfortunately the donate version of Baconit didn't get approved for the update, so you won't see the April Fools joke in it. It failed the marketplace certification due to content and I didn't have enough time to send it through again before April 1st.

Also, if you have been posing in /r/Baconit or /r/WindowsPhone about the joke the mods at /r/WindowsPhone and I were removing the reddit posts so the joke wouldn't be spoiled for anyone. I didn't quite get the time zones right, so the joke started to show up a bit earlier than I intended. :)

The next big update is still in the works. I will let you know more when I know more. :)

Happy April Fools!

EDIT: I am glad to see you guys enjoyed it. :)

Hey All!

First of, yes, this means Baconit will be updated soon. :)

Today I would like to announce Baconit Early Access! Baconit Early Access is the place to go if you want the cutting edge “beta” version of Baconit. This channel is intended for those of you who love Baconit and want to have the latest (but slightly unstable) version to test out and provide feedback on. My plan for this channel is to update it as I develop new features, instead of the old model where I do a huge update of Baconit when the release is done.

What can you can expect from Early Access? I will update this channel as I develop Baconit, instead of adding a ton of features, stabilizing release, and then releasing it. I will do some stabilization before I release features into Early Access, but you can consider this a “beta” channel for the app.

What does this mean for the free public version of Baconit? Nothing will be different. The free public version of Baconit will be updated when the release is feature complete and stable. I expect the Early Access version channel to incubate releases for a few weeks, and when the release is stable I will push it to the public Baconit channel.

This is an experimental idea, so let me know what you think. :)

You can find the app here.

Current change log.

Baconit is now alive, go to the store to get your update! The donate update will be live in a few hours. You will need to log out and back in to get it working. Also, a special thanks to the Windows Phone Marketplace dev team! They were really helpful and got this update out in less than 6 hours!

First of all, I would like to take a minute to talk about the development of the app. I apologize that the app hasn’t gotten much attention, but I have found myself occupied by so many other parts of my life I just haven’t found the time. I still very much love Baconit and I plan to keep working on it, but especially until my wedding I will have very little time to dedicate to it. The project is fully open source and on github, I encourage anyone who wants to submit a bug fix or add a feature to take a swing at it. With this update I pulled in 4-5 pull requests and a huge update to Universal Markdown that were very helpful. I will continue to monitor the code repo for new pull requests and issues.

Change Log:

• Bugs

  • Fixed the issue where reddit upload links fail to show (if not it will be fixed shortly)

  • Fixed the issue where some profiles won’t load

• Xbox

  • Added a few features to make the app run smoothly on Xbox

• Universal Markdown

  • Paul Bartum’s has done some truly amazing work on the markdown parser and render that I pulled into this release. He fixed tons of bugs, added way more features, and improved the perf quite a lot. Due to this - post will load faster and format way better than before. Many thanks to him for his great work!

~ Quinn

I am happy to announce today that I am officially working on Baconit 3.0. 3.0 will be a substantial update to Baconit both visually and functionality. I have been working on this app for quite sometime, but it will take a while longer. :) I want to experiment with some new beta ideas and some other things, so it should be interesting. :)

Stay tuned. :)

Long time, no see. :)

I wanted to give you a quick update on the progress of Baconit 3.0. I haven’t been able to find as much time as I would like to work on Baconit 3.0, but I have been making progress. I don’t however think I am going to have enough time to finish all of the new UIs I had in mind for the update.

That said, I really want to smash some bugs and get the top features in. So please go to Baconit’s User Voice Page and vote for your favorite ideas, or add your ideas if they are not there already. I will make sure to add at least the top 8 issues on the list, as well as fixing as many bugs as possible. :)

Thanks!

It's live now! See the announcement here!

Remember your feedback is critical to this process! Please post and vote for features on this mega thread, and post any bugs you find on the subreddit!

That is all. Thank you.