It’s been far to quiet around here for far too long, and I’m know that many people are wondering what the status is for On The Job 3. Some might say say that we’ve been saying it’s coming “soon” for a little to long at this point. Well, I would agree. The good news is that On The Job 3 is coming along nicely, and there have been no changes in our plans to release it as soon as it’s ready.

Just in way of explanation, the delay has been caused by a number of factors. Part of it is due poor estimates on the time it would take to implement some things, especially as the business side of running Stunt has started taking up more time, leaving less for the coding side of things for me personally. Leopard also ended up causing much more development work than I initially anticipated, especially in the case of Overflow.

In light of the delay, I have made a couple of decisions. On The Job 3 will be Leopard-only. By the time it comes out, Leopard will have been out for a significant amount of time that I believe most of our users will have had the chance to update. Going Leopard-only will simplify the code and allow us to speed up the testing phase once we hit beta status (of course, if there is a deluge of email expressing horror in this choice, there is an outside chance it could be reversed).

Upgrades will be free for users that purchased within eight months of the release date. This was originally going to be a smaller window, but I don’t want to leave anybody out that may have had the impression that their upgrade would be free when they purchased version 2.

Now, I know that I haven’t answered one remaining burning question: when will version 3 be released? Well, I’m going to leave that intentionally vague. I’ve learned my lesson. I will say that it is being worked on full time, and we want it out at least as much as you do!

Update: I just wanted to point out that everyone who purchased On The Job after seeing the “coming soon” banner will most definitely be getting a free upgrade, whenever the final release happens.