Here's some good news for all the Mandelbrot Explorer lovers out there. The folks over at Zazzle, who kindly sell merchandise with Mandelbrot Explorer images on, have just launched a UK outfit.

Their press release for the new UK site, launching today, can be found on their site. What this means in practice is that Zazzle can now …

I’ve just added 25 new items to the gallery.

If you’ve not had a look before, why not visit the gallery to see some of the images you can create with Mandelbrot Explorer!

The Mandelbrot Explorer website has had a bit of an overhaul.

It was time for a cleaner, more modern look – so I hope you like it!

It will also give me some scope to add new sections to the website as time goes on – the old one wasn’t very extensible

With a completely redesigned fractal engine under the hood, version 3.0 of Mandelbrot Explorer should be far more efficient with system resources, and far better at giving the user feedback of how its calculations are proceeding.

It is still some time off, though – such is the nature of freeware developed in my own spare time!

If you would be interested in helping me test any beta releases (when they are available), send me an e-mail via the contact form and choose the appropriate option from the dropdown.

New feature: You can now order prints and other products that feature images from The Mandelbrot Explorer Gallery.

We’ve partnered up with Zazzle who provide all the fulfilment for this. Any questions over customer service, chasing up deliveries and so on, need to go directly to them.

But this is a great development folks! Fractals make great artwork, and now there’s a chance to order things with that artwork on.

Version 2.5 of Mandelbrot Explorer was released today.

Find out what’s new.

Download it from the download page

(I know that it’s been a while since the previous release. Please bear with us – I maintain this software in my spare time, and work on it when I can!)