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TalkerApp launched

24 points by dan_sim 17y ago

Tawheed 17y ago
Looks like a lot of chat applications are launching lately. Also check out http://hipchat.com http://hipchat.com
- axod 17y ago
  hipchat looks like download only desktop app. I don't understand why people would go that route these days.
jcapote 17y ago
No offense, but why this and not campfire? (who has a free version)
- macournoyer_ 17y ago
  Talker is more extensible, we're focusing on API and plugins http://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api http://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api, has inline feed notification for eg.: github commits, twitter search results, tickets updates in the chat room. And a lot more to come. Talker also has a free version (4 concurrent users) https://talkerapp.com/signup/free https://talkerapp.com/signup/free
  - bentlegen 17y ago
    I'm really excited about applications that provide JavaScript-based APIs. DabbleDB is another app that does this: http://dabbledb.com/help/guides/jsapi/ http://dabbledb.com/help/guides/jsapi/
- axod 17y ago
  Is campfire really in development any more? Seemed a bit of a dead project last time I looked.
joshwa 17y ago
the site needs screenshots/info about builtin feed integration and APIs, which are the core differentiators from campfire (this comes from someone who contributes to and writes plugins for a campfire bot: http://github.com/joshwand/campfire-bot http://github.com/joshwand/campfire-bot )
- macournoyer_ 17y ago
  Yes! That's what we're working on now, we just decided to launch before we had video/tour on the site. Thx for the suggestion.
  - Tawheed 17y ago
    Is it just me or is the video/tour a very tedious thing to do... I've been putting it off myself for my site.
    - aristus 17y ago
      Yes, very tedious, and always lags behind the latest version -- maybe that should be your next business. :D
      - Tawheed 17y ago
        Write demo scripts in Selenium and have it "play" the demo for the user on the actual app using a demo account. Hm....quit tempting me!
axod 17y ago
Congrats. Nice to see more entrants to the webchat space :)
hajrice 17y ago
Now this is awesome!!!
wastedbrains 17y ago
Nice good luck, I am interested to see what people do with the API.
dugmartin 17y ago
To the devs: have you thought about using BOSH and ejabberd? That way you wouldn't have to poll for updates. I built a little toy app that used BOSH and ejabberd to do chats - upside is you get all the extensibility of XMPP and the downside is that you have to deal with all the extensibility of XMPP. :)
- macournoyer_ 17y ago
  Yes we tried XMPP at first but was way to complex for our needs. We use Orbited for comet. The backend chat server is custom and based on RabbitMQ. See our protocol on https://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api/talker-protocol https://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api/talker-protocol
  - dugmartin 17y ago
    Nice work on the protocol. Very light weight.

TalkerApp launched

24 points by dan_sim 17y ago

Tawheed 17y ago

Looks like a lot of chat applications are launching lately. Also check out http://hipchat.com http://hipchat.com

axod 17y ago
hipchat looks like download only desktop app. I don't understand why people would go that route these days.

jcapote 17y ago

No offense, but why this and not campfire? (who has a free version)

macournoyer_ 17y ago
Talker is more extensible, we're focusing on API and plugins http://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api http://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api, has inline feed notification for eg.: github commits, twitter search results, tickets updates in the chat room. And a lot more to come. Talker also has a free version (4 concurrent users) https://talkerapp.com/signup/free https://talkerapp.com/signup/free
- bentlegen 17y ago
  I'm really excited about applications that provide JavaScript-based APIs. DabbleDB is another app that does this: http://dabbledb.com/help/guides/jsapi/ http://dabbledb.com/help/guides/jsapi/
axod 17y ago
Is campfire really in development any more? Seemed a bit of a dead project last time I looked.

joshwa 17y ago

the site needs screenshots/info about builtin feed integration and APIs, which are the core differentiators from campfire (this comes from someone who contributes to and writes plugins for a campfire bot: http://github.com/joshwand/campfire-bot http://github.com/joshwand/campfire-bot )

macournoyer_ 17y ago
Yes! That's what we're working on now, we just decided to launch before we had video/tour on the site. Thx for the suggestion.
- Tawheed 17y ago
  Is it just me or is the video/tour a very tedious thing to do... I've been putting it off myself for my site.
  - aristus 17y ago
    Yes, very tedious, and always lags behind the latest version -- maybe that should be your next business. :D
    - Tawheed 17y ago
      Write demo scripts in Selenium and have it "play" the demo for the user on the actual app using a demo account. Hm....quit tempting me!

axod 17y ago

Congrats. Nice to see more entrants to the webchat space :)

hajrice 17y ago

Now this is awesome!!!

wastedbrains 17y ago

Nice good luck, I am interested to see what people do with the API.

dugmartin 17y ago

To the devs: have you thought about using BOSH and ejabberd? That way you wouldn't have to poll for updates. I built a little toy app that used BOSH and ejabberd to do chats - upside is you get all the extensibility of XMPP and the downside is that you have to deal with all the extensibility of XMPP. :)

macournoyer_ 17y ago
Yes we tried XMPP at first but was way to complex for our needs. We use Orbited for comet. The backend chat server is custom and based on RabbitMQ. See our protocol on https://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api/talker-protocol https://talker.tenderapp.com/faqs/api/talker-protocol
- dugmartin 17y ago
  Nice work on the protocol. Very light weight.