# \[ANN\] - Lingr is born **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 18, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525 "2006-08-18T21:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/1 "2006-08-18T21:21:52Z")
Hello everyone- In the spirit of previous Rails-based product announcements that I’ve seen here, I’m pleased to announce Rails’ newest progeny, at [http://www.lingr.com](http://www.lingr.com). Lingr is a community site where you can chat about your current interests, in realtime, right in your browser. You can find related topics, meet new people, and just have fun in general. Membership is free- in fact you don’t even have to join to chat. By joining, you gain the ability to create your own rooms, have a Favorite Rooms list, and some other goodies, but anonymous users are welcome to chat. For the technically-inclined amongst you (99% of the people reading this post, I assume :-)), you might be interested in some of the technical details, which are covered in a blog post I made at [http://blog.lingr.com/2006/08/lingr\_under\_the.html](http://blog.lingr.com/2006/08/lingr_under_the.html). Anyway, enjoy, and we would love to hear any feedback you have, at [http://www.lingr.com/help/feedback](http://www.lingr.com/help/feedback). Best, Danny B. ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/2 "2006-08-18T21:45:21Z")
Hi Daniel! Congratulation! It is really great site, i love this clear and clean design. I was really surprised when i could join to a room without any registration. So it is easy to use. I’m lovin’ it 🙂 Attila [http://goraffe.com](http://goraffe.com) ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/3 "2006-08-18T22:00:23Z")
I like it, good luck with it, hope you get a ton of users 🙂 best, rob ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/4 "2006-08-18T22:30:26Z")
Very nice! Just curious…who did your web design? ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/5 "2006-08-18T22:25:19Z")
I assume you already know about the ‘issue’ with people being able to change their name to include markup and to post messages that have markup… I too loved how simple the interface was… good job!! ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/6 "2006-08-18T22:39:28Z")
On 8/18/06, Jake C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Very nice! Thanks Jake. > Just curious…who did your web design? I did, and still am. Lots more where this came from… 🙂 – Chris B., Hypsometry [http://hypsometry.com/](http://hypsometry.com/) Web Application Design & Development ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/7 "2006-08-18T23:24:30Z")
On Friday 18 August 2006 21:21, Daniel B. wrote: > For the technically-inclined amongst you (99% of the people reading > this post, I assume :-)), you might be interested in some of the > technical details, which are covered in a blog post I made at > [http://blog.lingr.com/2006/08/lingr\_under\_the.html](http://blog.lingr.com/2006/08/lingr_under_the.html). I may not have looked hard enough, but I can’t see where the push part of Comet happens in Lingr. To me it appears like it is polling the server for new messages. Michael – Michael S. [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [http://www.schuerig.de/michael/](http://www.schuerig.de/michael/) ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/8 "2006-08-18T22:39:28Z")
It looks great and is easy to use. I kept losing connection though, pretty sure thats not on my end. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dburkes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dburkes)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-lingr-is-born/65525/9 "2006-08-19T00:18:33Z")
Any chance you might release this under some sort of open source license? Would be great to get an engine/plugin that can be dropped into communities. Especially one as plesant to use as Lingr is! Congrats on the launch. -NSHB On 8/18/06, Michael S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Michael > > – > Michael S. > [mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [http://www.schuerig.de/michael/](http://www.schuerig.de/michael/) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Kind regards, Nathaniel B. Inimit Innovations Inc. [http://inimit.com](http://inimit.com)