BLARE

Skooter · Post by **Skooter** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm

When is BLARE being released? You know, FLARE with page layouts and staight to PDF etc. - or, you know, BLAZE which lets you output to online help formats etc.
Since the user interface is practically the same I was hoping this little fantasy of mine might become a reality. Wouldn't it be annoying to have to purchase both products and keep switching from one to the other? Better option would be some sort of Blaze add-on to Flare (or Flare add-on to Blaze). Still, I'm sure you clever people at MadCap have already realised this...

Richard Ferrell · Post by **Richard Ferrell** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:20 am

Flare v4 will be released this summer, most of the functions of Blaze v1 should be included into Flare v4.

KevinDAmery · Post by **KevinDAmery** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:13 am

If BLARE becomes a product name, I hope it comes with a mute button

Skooter · Post by **Skooter** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:57 pm

Something to TRUMPET about. That's really good news!!

Paul Griffiths · Post by **Paul Griffiths** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:35 am

FWIW, my understanding is that Blaze 1.0 is essentailly a subset of Flare 4.0.

But what will be the relationship between Press and Flare?

beagley · Post by **beagley** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:23 am

Yep... according to the Blaze demo I attended last week, Blaze is a subset of Flare 4. The Flare product will include ALL the functions of Blaze.

And I agree with your general sentiment: I really wish they would hurry. Flare is shaping up to be a kickin' single-source, topic-based help solution, but it needs PDF targets. I don't think I can buy it until then.

Anyone want to share rumors of exact release/beta dates?

KevinDAmery · Post by **KevinDAmery** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:32 am

beagley wrote:And I agree with your general sentiment: I really wish they would hurry.

Careful what you wish for. "Hurried" software is usually not the most reliable stuff in the world. Much as I'd love to see Flare 4 tomorrow, I for one would rather not see it before it's ready to play.

Post by **doc_guy** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:36 am

beagley wrote:Anyone want to share rumors of exact release/beta dates?

I believe that anybody who might know enough to spread an accurate rumor would probably be under a strict NDA forbidding sharing of such information. So my guess is that we'll all have to wait until MadCap makes an official announcement.

I'm excited to hear about it, though. I'll upgrade to Flare 4 the day it comes out! I'm ready for it!!

Richard Ferrell · Post by **Richard Ferrell** » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:39 pm

For Release dates "This Summer" About as accurate as I can be at this moment.

forfear · Post by **forfear** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:03 am

bring it on boyzzzz and girlz....!!!!

pcalnan · Post by **pcalnan** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:49 am

I was trying to come up with some sort of joke to use the name FLAZE but... it just wasn't happening.

Post by **andyr** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:31 am

How about resurrecting Catapult - I always liked that name.

beagley · Post by **beagley** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:57 am

Flame?
The complete Madcap BONFIRE package?
The Madcap Conflaguration?!?

Summer starts on June 21st! Heh heh.

I know that for "logistical reasons" I definitely can't buy Flare until I can verify that the PDF output will meet our needs... but I'm fairly certain it will.

Looking forward to it,
d

Post by **Andrew** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:09 am

Hmm...I'd love to see MadCap INCINERATE.

Post by **RamonS** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:13 am

Would that be a digital shredder for help files?

KevinDAmery · Post by **KevinDAmery** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:15 am

Oh, man, this is taking me back to my video days... discreet logic used to sell products called Flame*, Inferno*, Smoke*, and Fire* (and yes, the asterisk was part of the product name... even showed up in the splash screen.)

Just tell me you're not going to start naming products after colours. I've seen waaayyyyyy too many things named "Red" or "Blue" or "Purple"....

Post by **RamonS** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:17 am

Maybe MadCap hired that pyromaniac who came up with these names?

Post by **Andrew** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:28 am

RamonS wrote:Would that be a digital shredder for help files?

I was thinking more along the lines of a great big ray-gun that I could direct at those who have earned my wrath, but I suppose a single-source solution for shredding would be an acceptable compromise.

Post by **RamonS** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:40 pm

KevinDAmery wrote:Just tell me you're not going to start naming products after colours. I've seen waaayyyyyy too many things named "Red" or "Blue" or "Purple"....

I guess MadCap needs to rehire that ad agency then....

GregStenhouse · Post by **GregStenhouse** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:47 pm

Paul Griffiths wrote:But what will be the relationship between Press and Flare?

If you follow a similar logic, it will be Prare, and if you add Blaze into the mix, you get Bless or Praze. Divine intervention anyone?

Post by **LTinker68** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:30 pm

GregStenhouse wrote:If you follow a similar logic, it will be Prare, and if you add Blaze into the mix, you get Bless or Praze. Divine intervention anyone?

So is running Analyzer like going to confession?

Post by **SteveS** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:48 pm

Analyzer is like Eve and that damn snake - you'll be tempted by its suggestions....

forfear · Post by **forfear** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:46 am

SteveS wrote:Analyzer is like Eve and that damn snake - you'll be tempted by its suggestions....

man...this is the funniest thread on the Praze forums

BL_N · Post by **BL_N** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:21 am

The answer I was given when we posed the question at time of decision and purchase (end of June) was 'two months'. Barring any disasters, that should put it about August, perhaps September. Of course, I am not in a beta, not in the company, etc, so feel free to take this with a grain of salt (or a block as may be required).

Oh, and in relation to the 'other' topic in the thread - It seems to me that Flare and Blaze are well set to smoke out any competition, set the technical communicator's world afire, and burn down the skeptics. NomexÂ®, anyone? (looks at Adobe and chuckles)

beagley · Post by **beagley** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:06 am

Of course, I am not in a beta, not in the company, etc

Actually, that raises an interesting question:

Does anyone know if a closed or private Beta of BLARE/Flare has begun?

Obviously NDAs mean folks shouldn't talk about potential release dates or future features or any of that jazz... but can we know whether or not the product is in beta yet?

That would be juicy news for the Flare groupies, or for those in the same "can't buy yet" boat, like myself.

-d

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