June 11, 2005

FeedLounge Profile

Michael Arrington

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Company: FeedLounge



What is it?

The FeedLounge web-based RSS reader alpha was announced on June 9, 2005. Feedlounge is the newest entrant into the increasingly crowded RSS Reader space. Feedlounge is web-based, like Bloglines, Pluck, Kinja and Rojo, and has tagging (both feeds and posts), saving items indefinitely, and flagging items.

Scott Sanders, one of the founders, writes in his blog that he created FeedLounge as a web-based application because he works from many different machines. Their goal was to create a thin-client-like experience, and the early alpha testers are coming back with very positive reviews:

FeedLounge often feels much more like a desktop application than a web page. Clever combinations of Ajax and CSS add a ton of “hey wow” moments when using the system. As with Alex’s other works, the user interface is clean and easy to navigate.”

Key Features:

- choice of layouts
- useful keyboard shortcuts
- OPML import support (export support later)
- Tagging (both of feeds and posts)
- Works only with Firefox, by design (a plus in TechCrunch’s view)

Screen Shots:





Management:

Alex King
Scott Sanders

Relevant Links:

About FeedLounge
FeedLounge Blog
Dougal Campbell Review of FeedLounge
TechBlog Post on FeedLounge
Alex King Blog
Scott Sanders Blog
List of web-based RSS Readers

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  1. Scott Sanders

    You say “Works only with Firefox, by design”. That is only true for the alpha. We intend to support all recent browsers including Safari, Firefox/Mozilla/Camino, and IE6+(5.0 and 5.5 not a chance).

  2. Michael Arrington

    Ok, well, all we can hope is that it takes you a very long time to get the IE version out. :-)

  3. TEEN

    Ive had dreams with scenes like that in em, but usually only when I was awake.

  4. hyzaar

    I wonder how robust this statistic is? And does this one only tell half of its own story?

  5. lasix

    Enjoy our beloved Gore Vidal in all his clothed glory.

  6. Protrox

    I’m not going to use it though because I’m using other similar products :)