2008
Oct 2008
The bug tracker and source code repository for Ferrox v3 are made publicly accessible.
Jul 2008 to Aug 2008
Major Downtime
FA shuts down due to a severe hardware failure. It returns after purchasing new servers (Trogdor and Novastorm) with $16,000 in donations.
FA United 2
May 2008
Dragoneer posts a journal asking for donations for a backup server:
"We do not have a proper, professional-grade backup system in place. We've got RAID backups, but that's not a end solution, and we need to change that."
Dragoneer also says the backup server will be used to add features and bring back search which is often broken.
Apr 2008
Crypto, the lead developer of Ferrox v3 at the time, resigns from FA. The position of lead developer passes to Eevee.
Yak (System Admin) confirms that FA will have gallery folders, before the release of Ferrox v3.
They would eventually be deployed in Sep 2015 (7 YEARS LATER!), which is indeed before the release of Ferrox v3.
Feb 2008
Eevee announces in their FA journal that Ferrox v3 is under active development.