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Bubble Version 0.1 now available

Written By Chris Lynch

The response to the annoucement of Version 0.0 of Bubble was better than I ever expected, with great feedback and suggestions coming in from comic book writers who have already been putting the language to the test in the real world.

One of the features consistently asked for was panel counts - a function by which Bubble would update the page headings (PAGE 1, PAGE 2, etc.) with the number of panels in the page itself.

I've added this to the Bubble code today, and am very happy to have version 0.1 ready for writers to try.

[Head over to the Bubble Dingus to try out Version 0.1][pages/bubble/bubble-dingus)

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Chris Lynch:
Writing and Creativity

Chris Lynch is an award winning writer based in Cardiff, UK.

Chris wrote The Dark for AAM/Markosia, and is the co-creator of the seminal UK horror anthology Monkeys with Machineguns.

Chris also edited the Red Cross Charity Anthology "Hammer of Time.

Chris has written for a number of UK and US publications; including work for The Judge Dredd Megazine, Arcana, 2026 Books, Accent UK, Something Wicked, The Sorrow, and Insomnia Publications.

Chris Lynch:
Technology and eCommerce

Chris Lynch is CTO of eCommerce Centric, who own and run such brands as Android Tablet store Technology Centric.

Chris created the engine4 PHP Framework as part of this work with UK eCommerce development company Gravit-e Centric, of which he is also CTO, and released the code as open source in early 2013.

Chris also created the Bubble Plain Text Comics Markup Language.

Chris blogs about technology, the internet, and eBusiness both here and for eCommerce Centric and Gravit-e Centric. Chris has also been published by Linux.com.