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This reminds me, a few months ago, a "real-time" chat app appeared on HN which would display your typing to a public chat room before you hit Enter. And people

This reminds me, a few months ago, a "real-time" chat app appeared on HN which would display your typing to a public chat room before you hit Enter. And people found ways to inject XSS into usernames, including images and JS popups. Does anyone remember the name and URL of the site? I think it would make an intriguing alternative to voice calls, which is more synchronous/immediate/interactive than a conventional IM app where the other person can only start reading a sentence once you've finished typing it.

robotresearcher 3y ago
> I think it would make an intriguing alternative to voice calls 'talk' was an everyday tool back in the 1980s and early 90s that sent characters as they were typed. I just checked and it's installed on my Mac today. It's person-to-person, not group chat, but there's something magical about seeing every keystroke in near-real-time. You can feel the person at the other end.
- dboreham 3y ago
  VAX/VMS had (has?) a talk program that allowed multiparty chat, at least if my memory serves me correctly.
- toast0 3y ago
  As I recall, ytalk allowed for larger groups, although it gets messy pretty quick.
akvadrako 3y ago
That was a standard chat feature back in the day, certainly with AIM and probably ICQ. Its fine if you don't care enough to edit what you say, but if you do it requires composing the sentence first in your head.
- sunnybeetroot 3y ago
  Like speaking?