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3 months to build a new video chat platform. The first release was very naked, live video chats worked, but there was no text chat on the side. Since then, we'v
by aminozuur 10y ago
3 months to build a new video chat platform.
The first release was very naked, live video chats worked, but there was no text chat on the side.
Since then, we've fixed a lot of connection bugs, added Twitter login, and had to scale to a new server with 15 times capacity.
It's called Harf, would love to hear anyones opinion: http://harf.io http://harf.io
- levimaes 10y agoHi, can I ask what features you're going to implement next? Also, is harf.io's main advantage supposed to be that it's essentially a committment-free, platform agnostic videochat service? Who do you think would use it most; Craigslist patrons requesting remote, "hand-on" previews of listed products with constraints to iOS' facetime or Google's Duo?
- aminozuur 10y agoHarf.io's main difference is that everything is public. I cannot watch other people's conversations on Facetime, Skype or Duo. Let alone call in and interact with them. But I can on Harf. We are pushing code every day, though it's not always visible to the user. A lot of features are coming soon, most importantly moderations tools.
- levimaes 10y agoWow, so it can host topic-specific (like subreddits) video discussions! It makes me think of a kind of cyber theatre or video-torium.
- aminozuur 10y agoYes, but usually people give the room a title, and 10 minutes into the conversation they will start discussing all kinds of other stuff as well. It all depends on who else decided to call in or comment. I hope some day there will always be 100+ rooms open at any given day. Just imagine, you could be having a conversation with anyone about anything, at any given moment.