AXLIB: Axure RP Design Library

Please accept my apologies if you have arrived here looking for AXLIB, the Axure RP design library. Here's all I know:

  • Earlier today my fellow AXLIB co-founder Luke Perman announced the release of AXLIB version 2.0 at http://axlib.uxtechniques.com/. This was a complete surprise to me. (My primary role in AXLIB was quality assurance - testing it to keep bugs to a minimum - so I would give the go-ahead for each release. As such, I worked on a version 2.0 this time last year. At that time, Luke had a list of issues from me to resolve.)
  • Luke has dropped my name from the 2.0 release of AXLIB. This includes from the few components for AXLIB 2.0 that I created.
  • Luke has deleted the Dropbox folder I created and shared with him for AXLIB use. This includes deleting files that I authored and obtained for the project.
  • Luke has blocked me on twitter so I cannot follow him.
  • Luke has removed my 'Owner' privileges for the Google Code and Google Groups that I created for AXLIB.
  • Luke has dropped me as a contact on LinkedIn and as a friend on Facebook.

There is no obvious reason for all of this - I've been travelling in Europe and the USA over the past three weeks. I last saw him a month ago when he sat next to me at my 40th birthday lunch. He was invited as I considered him my best friend.

I have politely emailed Luke for an explanation. I've yet to receive a reply.

-- Ian Fenn, 12 October 2010.