We closed the beta program yesterday and will launch the beta with the people who have signed up so far. Those people will receive a message somewhere next week with instructions on where to download the Fleck extension.

We will first test that and once we are sure that the Firefox Extension, Droplet and other software works fine we will start testing the server side of Fleck.

The extension seems to be getting ready. I’m working on the finishing touches right now. As you can see in the image the extension installs a Fleck button in the menubar. When you click it it adds a Fleck to the page you are currently visiting.

I a few days, or as soon as I’m done, I’m going to ask some of you to install the extension. It will not offer all of the functionality yet and will just show a nearly empty page when you click it but it will enable us to test if it installs correctly and might help finding the first bugs.

So, if you are interested in helping with that just let me know here in the comments or send me a message by mail.

So, it is time for an update isn’t it! We are busy with three things at the moment that interfere with blogging: The Fleck Closed Beta, a financing round and The Next Web Conference. I’ll give you an update on all three subjects.

The Fleck Closed Beta
We started the closed beta 2 weeks ago and we received enough feedback to go back to the drawing board. We are planning to dramatically change a few things which might take a bit longer than we thought.

Financing round
As you might know this always takes longer than you think. It is also extremely important to the future of our company to get a good partner. One of the reasons we didn’t invite more people to the closed beta (sorry!) is that our current hosting solution just wouldn’t be able to handle the expected traffic.

The Next Web Conference
Yes, we are selling more tickets every day and the speakerlist is very impresive. We are looking forward to the conference and party after the conference and hope to meet a lot of you there.

In short; we are working hard, trying to keep focus and nowhere near the public launch of the software. Sorry to keep you waiting but I hope it will be worth it…