Comments on: Clearspring will stop new widget creation on Feb 1st 2010 http://www.widgetslab.com/2010/01/30/clearspring-will-stop-new-widget-creation-on-feb-1st-2010/ All Widgets, All the Time, News, Reviews, Previews, Articles and Interviews Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adamhttp://www.widgetslab.com/2010/01/30/clearspring-will-stop-new-widget-creation-on-feb-1st-2010/#comment-1200655 Adam Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:35:26 +0000 http://www.widgetslab.com/?p=6574#comment-1200655 Yeah, this is a horrible thing. Now I have to create widgets manually. Not cool, clearspring... Yeah, this is a horrible thing. Now I have to create widgets manually. Not cool, clearspring…

]]> By: Rodney Joycehttp://www.widgetslab.com/2010/01/30/clearspring-will-stop-new-widget-creation-on-feb-1st-2010/#comment-1186608 Rodney Joyce Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:09:51 +0000 http://www.widgetslab.com/?p=6574#comment-1186608 I don't see how this can be a good thing for all the developers who used ClearSprings LaunchPad to create and share widgets.There are thousands of developers like me who are now stuck with no one to turn too - no service offers the level of functionality like LaunchPad for JS/HTML widgets - AddThis is a content sharing platform, not a widget creation platform - CS admit this on their own transition forums.Lets be clear on this - this is marketing and acquisition affecting a fantastic technical platform that a lot of people relied on... and now it's gone...So no... it's not a good thing - Clearspring completely left developers like me in the lurch with no alternatives that offer the same functionality (I don't want to add a AddThis share button - I want to create and share JS/HTML widgets!)The only website that comes close is WidgetBox - but even that does not have all the functionality that ClearSpring is shutting down...Don't be fooled... I don’t see how this can be a good thing for all the developers who used ClearSprings LaunchPad to create and share widgets.

There are thousands of developers like me who are now stuck with no one to turn too – no service offers the level of functionality like LaunchPad for JS/HTML widgets – AddThis is a content sharing platform, not a widget creation platform – CS admit this on their own transition forums.

Lets be clear on this – this is marketing and acquisition affecting a fantastic technical platform that a lot of people relied on… and now it’s gone…

So no… it’s not a good thing – Clearspring completely left developers like me in the lurch with no alternatives that offer the same functionality (I don’t want to add a AddThis share button – I want to create and share JS/HTML widgets!)

The only website that comes close is WidgetBox – but even that does not have all the functionality that ClearSpring is shutting down…

Don’t be fooled…

]]> By: Justin Thorphttp://www.widgetslab.com/2010/01/30/clearspring-will-stop-new-widget-creation-on-feb-1st-2010/#comment-1176682 Justin Thorp Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:05:32 +0000 http://www.widgetslab.com/?p=6574#comment-1176682 Derek, we really appreciate your support and your confidence. We're SUPER excited about this next year and all the exciting ways that we'll be evolving the product. If you or any of your readers have any questions about this or anything at all, feel free to e-mail me personally. - justin@clearspring.com-Justin Thorp, Community Manager for Clearspring Derek, we really appreciate your support and your confidence. We’re SUPER excited about this next year and all the exciting ways that we’ll be evolving the product. If you or any of your readers have any questions about this or anything at all, feel free to e-mail me personally. – justin@clearspring.com

-Justin Thorp, Community Manager for Clearspring

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