I'm working on an update. The reason it takes so long is because there are quite a few new exiting features. I think it'll be worth it.
A white screen is probably caused by OpenGL 2.0 not being used on your system. Try upgrading your video card driver. Some computers have more than one video card but only one supports opengl (for example an intel video card and an nvidia one but only the nvidia has opengl). You'll have to do a search to see if this is the case on your system and how to solve it.