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Show HN: Findr, an omegle like chat made with Node.js, socket.io and angularJS
- uberneo 10y agoLooks good, any github?
- kickling 10y agoIt's on github now: https://github.com/mrkickling/findrchat https://github.com/mrkickling/findrchat
- elldoubleyew 10y agoLooks like this is your first project on Github; impressive stuff!
- kickling 10y agoThank you!
- hakcermani 10y agoA one page (server!) app. Congratulations on getting it going !
- kickling 10y agoOrganizing it in different files wouldn't be a bad idea maybe:p THANKS!
- Vesper 10y agoAwesome job, met people from all over the world inside the HN community, thanks a lot for this!
- gh1 10y agoChatted with a few. Everything was going well until I said "Are you here from HN?". I was greeted with "Your chat partner has left".
- hakcermani 10y agoI was on with Cloudy who wanted to know if it was open source. I said not sure and then s/he disconnected !
- vmateixeira 10y agoNot bad at all.. a few problems with the scrolling though :)
- kickling 10y agoI'm aware. Will make changes when there is less people on:)
- bruno2223 10y agoCool chat! Fast! Somethings that I saw: 1. Horizontal scrolling is a bit boring (when you text a long message) 2. Automatic Vertical scrolling is not always working But it still awesome :-) congrats!
- kickling 10y agoI have noticed. Really annoying to not be able to make these changes without disconnecting all current users..
- bruno2223 10y agoHumm why they get disconnected? Because you do a node refresh on the server on every Git Push? You could make 2 repos to avoid that: frondend + backend Then you could update frontend without disconecting users... On backend update you'll still get this issue of disconecting on Git pushs, there is no fast-and-easy solution, I think.
- diesal11 10y agoMy partner made their name '<script>alert("xss");</script>' Good effort but didn't work.
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- adhipg 10y agoHTTPS?
- newjersey 10y agoHTTPS should just work. Just add s to http in the URL. You can expect a cert issued to IBM. Background on my blue mix: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2014/06/introducing-mybluemix-net-new-domain-application/ https://www.ibm.com/blogs/bluemix/2014/06/introducing-myblue... Mods, can someone please change the submission URL to HTTPS?
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- NicoJuicy 10y agoI Made a chat in 2 hours for communicating with GPRS devices. It's not hard anymore
- jlebrech 10y agoIf it supported video and used github logins, it could be a site where you can bounce ideas off other users. maybe stop github users without repos to use it to prevent nudity.
- elmigranto 10y agoIt's trivial to fork or create some random thing using just web UI, and since you are already registering at GitHub, this wouldn't be that effective,I think.
- kickling 10y agoRestarting the server now..
- z3t4 10y agoBesides the chat stopped working, chatting with a random HN member / developer was a very nice experience. Does HN have a IRC channel ?
- klausjensen 10y agoI had a very nice chat with a fellow developer from NL, which was fun.
- acgIssues 10y agoFound some people to chat, mostly from here which is cool. Hi, Jason
- 51Cards 10y agoChatted with Jesus. Short conversation, guess he's a busy guy. Nice tool though, well done.
- yilugurlu 10y agoCool and smooth app, got nice chat with Dan. Good luck.
- mohsinr 10y agoChatted with a fellow HN user from Germany! It was nice chat to make my day :) Peace!
- overcast 10y agoJust had a good chat with "myself". I learned a lot about myself.
- vthallam 10y agoLooks great! Simple and just works. How long did it took to get this done? I've been thinking to just make something like this to learn node and socket.
- kickling 10y agoI started making it maybe.. thursday? I had previous knowledge in node.js and a bit of knowledge in socket.io (did the tutorial) but this project was a perfect way to learn some more socket.io and also angularJS for me:)
- inlineint 10y agoIt is worth noting that this kind of chat is fundamentally vulnerable to MitM attack: anyone can just open two chat windows and copy all messages from one to the other and vice versa, even by hands or using browser automation.
- kickling 10y agoHow would I tackle this?
- tbirrell 10y ago'word-break: normal;' would be a good backup to 'break-word' which is not actually working. Also, why do I need to reenter my name every time?
- kickling 10y agoYou are right, it is a bit weird. The only point is that it makes you less willing to end a conversation.. But really i was just lazy/not thinking about it. Putting it on The list!
- Gammarays 10y agoShort story: I gave this a try not expecting much. I got matched with a person named "Lenny". The conversation started off fairly straight forward: >Lenny: hello there >hnperson: whats up >Lenny: How are you doing today? >hnperson: Not bad, yourself? >Lenny: I'm doing beautifully Having tried all the features I wanted to try, I was ready to end the conversation and get on with my work when Lenny asked: >Lenny: I'm a recruiter for Facebook. >Lenny: Are you happy with your current work? This was a bit of a pleasant surprise, as I just entered the interview process with a few companies including Google and was planning to reach out to FB sometime today. Unfortunately, before we were able to exchange contact info, Lenny left the chat in the middle of typing (presumably an accident?). I just wanted to share my Tuesday morning experience, and if Lenny is out there, I'd love to continue the conversation! If not, thanks for sharing this Show HN :)
- Vesper 10y agoThat's the first time i've got to know some people from HN. Awesome.I hope it stays popular and becomes self-fueling. Is there some place else where HN people chat(other than HN itself)?
- aethertron 10y agoThis is really cool. I might use this sort of stack for building my ideal, 2-player, deep collaboration app.
- shaunrussell 10y agoIs this open source? or are you planning to make it a business?
- kickling 10y agoI am not plannning to make it a business. And even if so, I wouldn't forbid anyone to use my code.
- kickling 10y agoThank you for all the comments! I've had a great time chatting with some of you. New features will be added:)
- kickling 10y agoWill restart the server in 5 minutes.. i hope you finish chatting. I am introducing a way to broadcast messages as ADMIN so that I can prepare you!
- robertleon 10y agoFun chat app, Joakim. Tried it out for a bit and chatted with a nice person for a few minutes. As others have said, some minor scrolling things. Two other tiny bits: * Words wrap around in the middle of the word rather than getting moved to the next line, so it's not very 'pretty'. * When your chat partner is typing, it fluctuates too easily from 'x is typing...' and 'you are chatting with x' in the middle of their conversation. Maybe set the timeout for that message to be a little higher?
- kickling 10y agoThank you for your input, appreciate it. The word wrapping is a problem that is now fixed. Maybe a longer timeout is a good idea, but I think a too long timeout would be confusing? Maybe the user only writes something and then deletes it and it will look like as if he/she is typing for 3 seconds?
- robertleon 10y agoThe nice thing about seeing 'x is typing...' is that you know they have read your message and have begun to respond. I think a lot of movement from 'typing' to not is more distracting than anything. When I'm in a conversation, I really just want to know that my chat partner has read my message and is trying to respond.