Unlike the many disgruntled and abusive posters in their guestbook, I haven't flamed them about taking time to release a product... I know enough about the development process to know it doesn't always work to a fixed timetable.
BUT...
- their Website hasn't been updated in the slightest since late February / early March, announcing a hoped-for launch date of April/May 2001
- no request for an update in the guestbook has ever been answered; that's something many of us have had trouble with already from Hero Games
- they produce in Australia, were it's already almost noon on June 1st (I'm terrible with time conversions, so I may be off a bit)
- many of the listed designers have gone on to other companies
- this is the clincher: when I tried the link to their Guestbook a few minutes ago, it wouldn't connect at all
It's really a shame... I've been a Website designer for years, and FirstPage is the first product I've used in a long time that freed me up to think more of the creative process rather than the technical side. That's like the difference between free and structured Jazz: when you can think more of the sound rather than worrying about the technique, it usually sounds better.