I have released the first Xelog version. You can look at Xelog change log to see how it looks or download it. In this version I focused on implementing the most important things: schema for the change log XML, allow auto-start by opening Xelog XML file in the browser, and support for different views with ability to change them on the fly.

Current views are simple and static. I considered dynamic views to support on the fly sorting and such, but decided against it. I wanted to release as soon as I could and to have a working proof of concept, but I also wanted Xelog to be useful. I think it is and I'll use it with all my projects.

My goals for Xelog are to help users read and understand project changes and help developer to record those changes. Having different views and ability to switch them on the fly is a user-oriented feature and I will continue to add more of them in the next releases.

For the developers I want to provide views to allow change log editing on the fly. I will probably add it at least partially in the next release. For now you would need to edit XML file manually, but there's a Xelog schema to help you. If you are using a sophisticated XML editor it might be able to use it to supply auto-completion.

With the next release I also want to add support for different formats, such as text, PDF, RSS. I'm not sure yet how that will work and I have a feeling that RSS support might require a server-side solution.

Last, but not least, I want to allow developers to customize how to show the change log by generating different links to the XML file (or maybe HTML file that will launch Xelog). I'm thinking of using URL arguments to configure Xelog behavior.

So, check out Xelog, play a little with it and I'd love to hear about your thoughts. Would you consider using it? Do you think there's something missing that would make it more useful for you? I'm open to suggestions and ideas.

I want to focus on Sider and release a technology preview version. I'm not really sure when I'll release next Xelog version, but I don't want to delay it for too long.