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Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users
One-on-one, because it's simpler:
- When one stops talking, the other starts.
- No groups, no hierarchy, no status.
Voicechat, because it's more intimate then text and more private then video.
With other HN readers, because that creates some common ground.
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- hnarn 4y agoThe design looks really strange on my iOS device -- maybe because I'm using NextDNS and something is being blocked -- but it looks even weirder on PC with the background repeating on the X axis. I'd really not recommend going for a "mobile only" design, especially for the HN crowd.
- amadeuspagel 4y agoIt's not mobile only to me. I like the design on bigger screens, with the repeating background. I don't think anything is blocked, all the necessary data should come with the same request, from the same server. Weird/unique/memorable ...
- hnarn 4y agoIf you’re not interested in feedback then why are you posting your project here? The page is not aesthetically pleasing as it is, you can ask anyone that works with design for a living. The only time “weird” design works is when it’s either minimalistic (like Craigslist) or esoteric (like Snapchat). Yet neither of those examples look unfinished or “wrong” the way a repeating background does.
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- amadeuspagel 4y agoMatched several times, first times didn't hear anything, then something that sounded like a recording. Someone trying to screw with this. EDIT: Used recaptcha to try to deal with that, waiting now, and didn't match, which I guess is a good sign?
- brudgers 4y agoCurious about changes since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30179355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30179355
- amadeuspagel 4y agoWell, it hopefully works better now. And you can also make your own coffeehouses[1]. [1]: https://coffeehouse.chat/new https://coffeehouse.chat/new