Time to say goodbye : FeedLounge

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Sorry, but not terribly surprised, to see FeedLounge shutting it’s doors for good. It’s a shame, there was a lot of really great stuff in FeedLounge.

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Posted April 30th, 2007 @ 2:57 PM

8 Replies

  1. Robin adds this Comment:

    You know, it might be interesting to see the backend, were no one to pick up the reins. Hint hint ;). Just saying.

    April 30th, 2007 at 3:08 pm

  2. Alex adds this Comment:

    Don’t hint to me, I haven’t been part of the team for a while now.

    April 30th, 2007 at 3:21 pm

  3. Chris adds this Comment:

    Sad to see it happen, but I too am not surprised. I left FL a while back after you left and things seemed to stop working. FL had by far, the best potential of any web-based feed reader, but the bugs and issues were too numerous. I truely hope someone can pick of the pieces and revivie it as it was the best while it lasted.

    April 30th, 2007 at 3:43 pm

  4. Dan Cameron adds this Comment:

    Sadly I think the only logical option would be to opensource the project. For everyone to use on their own server and help contribute to fix the bugs and increase the overall functionality. Then if Scott wants to host feedlounge it could be ad supported or a paid hosted service.

    I remember the days when fl had so much of my attention. Like Chris after you left it lost it’s appeal and GR launched it’s new UI.

    April 30th, 2007 at 9:32 pm

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  6. Alex adds this Comment:

    Like I said, what happens to the FeedLounge code now isn’t my call. However, last I saw it I’d say it is extremely unsuitable for running as a self-hosted installation.

    April 30th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

  7. Scott Sanders adds this Comment:

    One of the earlier versions might be suitable, where only one database was used (back when FL was MySQL). The current distributed architecture is way too fat for a single user install, IMHO.

    May 1st, 2007 at 10:18 am

  8. brian adds this Comment:

    Wow, I’m sorry to see it go. I had a great time working on it and will have a hard time settling with a different reader. what about a SQLite version…?

    May 3rd, 2007 at 7:41 pm

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