July 19th, 2006
by NathanNew server is up
Finally! Thanks to everyone for being patient. Now we can stop putting out fires and start making things better. We should have never tried to get away with running our database and web server on a single server, and we learned that lesson the hard way. Now we’re running the web server off the older server and the database has the new beefy dual processor box.
Everyone should be able to see a big difference in responsiveness. Let me know how it works for you guys.
July 20th, 2006 at 1:57 am
First let me assure you that I’m one of the very pleased users of your fine app. Good ambassador for RoR.
I have a suggestion.
Since this app is so new and that’s it’s free anyway, why don’t you put a beta caption next to logo, just as Google does. Thus if other glitches take place in the next couple weeks or months, people won’t be aggravated by it.
Keep up the good work.
July 20th, 2006 at 5:36 am
Speed is definitely noticeable, … so this must mean those new features are coming soon, right?
July 20th, 2006 at 6:54 am
What is this? A Beta license scheme or something?
Do not put a Beta sticker next to your logo - I find it almost as an admission of defeat, you know: “We are Beta, so any problem or complaint you might have is because we are in Beta”.
I’d be more inclined to tell you about bugs I find, or suggestions I have if I though I was using a production-ready app rather than a test version.
Touting a release as Beta is a gimmick, just like those awful pixel-advertising schemes.
We need more shepherds than sheep.
July 20th, 2006 at 7:06 am
Exactly what matt said about the beta.
And I’m glad to hear you got the issue sorted out!
July 20th, 2006 at 8:44 am
Just wanted to say thanks for a very nice product. Got a few things that need improving (which everyone has already told you about), but I’m enjoying the experience. I’ve been using Google Reader for a few months now - it too is a little rough around the edges but I like it’s simplicity and of course the dynamic UI. Newshutch kicks its butt and I’m a convert. Good job.
July 21st, 2006 at 6:20 am
I am a new user, created an account, uploaded subscriptions from Bloglines, all successfully loaded - then the problems began. On the main page the # of unread feeds per subscription began “floating” and as I scrolled down the page the # of unread feeds per subscription scrolled up and off the page. When I returned to the “home” position, the # of feeds per subscription were gone. Also, when I selected a subscription - say Boing Boing - the unread feeds display was very dark, barely readable. I tried posting this to the Forums but was unable to login. Just thought you’d like to have the feedback. Browser used was Opera 9.0.
July 21st, 2006 at 9:09 am
I just switched here from FeedLounge and I like the service. Great job & it’s free!
July 21st, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Greg,
Whoa, that’s weird! The floating unread count is already fixed for a coming update. It looks like Opera doesn’t like the javascript fade effect for longer posts or posts with images. I’ll work on this.
July 22nd, 2006 at 1:41 pm
I’ve signed up to so many RSS sites, just looking for something to errr.. read my RSS feeds. You have truly boiled the app down to the bare minimum and in the process created one of the best RSS sites around. The simplicity is genius.
July 27th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Yo Nate. Minor interesting issue. When reading my feeds, the “Mark as read” button can take several minutes to take effect, and decrease the unread number. Where as, when clicking on “Mark all read” it will take a max of 30 seconds.
Site is awesome. Say hi to Doug for me as well. Mine bro JD referred to the site, and am loving using it. Lemme know if there is any testing or more info you need from me.
-MD
July 27th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Hey Mark!
I’m glad you like the site!
Don’t worry, we’ve move or less gotten the mark as read problem under control for the next release. Should be this weekend!
July 30th, 2006 at 3:51 am
In Russia problems in blog
July 30th, 2006 at 4:32 am
Promlem CP-1251.