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Show HN: A weekendproject, disposable web chats
Create a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want.
Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything.
http://beta.mss.gs/#!/page/home
- deviavir 14y agoCreate a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want. Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything. You can find me here: http://beta.mss.gs/#!/chat/424ad948f671dd032c4a2e89fb115763 http://beta.mss.gs/#!/chat/424ad948f671dd032c4a2e89fb115763
- ryandvm 14y agoThis is very similar to one of my own weekend projects from several years back when I was trying out Google AppEngine. http://yakeze.appspot.com/chat/4d8079ff24d6ab02fcd9fd0e767a21a5/ http://yakeze.appspot.com/chat/4d8079ff24d6ab02fcd9fd0e767a2... Yours is much nicer. Well done.
- deviavir 14y agoWow, congrats on having made this so long ago! Very similar indeed. Thank-you!
- sim0n 14y agoI also built http://prompt.im http://prompt.im (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457111 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457111) around 1 year ago which is pretty similar (doesn't really work anymore). Good luck with it.
- deviavir 14y agoThis opens the authentication discussion. To require authentication or to not require authentication. The UI looks beautiful though, any plans with it :)?
- sim0n 14y agoNot currently. It was just a way to learn node.js and to see how fast we could build a somewhat useful app (took 24hrs).
- jrussbowman 14y agoSimilar to what I am doing with http://chatfor.us http://chatfor.us except I have been planning to add authentication sources to better identify people and control moderation. Your approach is interesting, easier to implement too. I may have to think about that.
- deviavir 14y agoWe're thinking about adding that as well, but didn't see that as a high priority prior to launching a beta!
- binarydreams 14y agonice work, i can already guess that it is socket.io + node.js :D I like the UI, very well done.
- deviavir 14y agoThank you :)! And indeed, socket.io + node.js
- puppymaster 14y agoseriously cool. looks like chat is the new 'to-do list' and I mean that in a good way. if anything it is more fun and interactive to build. i also did something similar except the chat room generation is automatic and based on your location. Basically http://getyoucoffee.com/ http://getyoucoffee.com/ will decide which chat room you are assigned to based on your location. it's pretty huge in cities with subways.
- dsrguru 14y agoImagine how useful a location-based video chat site would be for online speed dating.
- deviavir 14y agoWe're thinking about adding popular (trending) topics and indeed position based topics. But these features could wait for the beta launch! It's a great idea though, thanks for sharing!
- sparknlaunch12 14y agoReally cool. What is the front and back end?
- deviavir 14y agoWe kept a simple stack. Frontend: HTML5 CSS3 Javascript (jQuery) Backend: NodeJS CouchDB
- tferris 14y agoWhy Couch and not Mongo?
- deviavir 14y agoOur developer understood the views on Couch and simply couldn't get Mongo's views working with nodeJS. It's a human preference and works out perfectly - so far.
- why-el 14y agoHey are you guys planning on doing a blog entry on how you developed this? I know next to nothing about Node.js and co and it seems like a good choice for a lot of my ideas.
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- tferris 14y agoI like the UI.
- deviavir 14y agoThanks!
- uwedeportivo3 14y agoNicely done. Seems like the technology is there now to do this relatively easily. I did it too on Google App Engine. Took me more than a weekend though. Did it for my wife, she uses it on chinese gossip sites. https://monsterbagua.appspot.com https://monsterbagua.appspot.com I used jquery on the front and golang on the back.
- deviavir 14y agoIndeed it is :) It still was pretty much work to get it really finetuned to deliver an sleek and simple experience!
- yashchandra 14y agoHow do I invite someone else to a chat that I opened ? Copy/paste URL to him/her ? Just wondering. A cool app overall.
- deviavir 14y agoYes, we'll be adding an "invite friends" button soon.
- sidcool 14y agoNot working for me on IE 9
- deviavir 14y agoWe'll try to get it working on IE 9, but can't promise anything yet. We think IE 10 will pick it up better.
- wsg 14y agoGreat UI and very speedy, fantastic work!
- deviavir 14y agoThank you, wsg, we'll try to keep it that way :)
- th0ma5 14y agodid something similar, with some twists http://270rule.appspot.com http://270rule.appspot.com no (!) usernames, is a bookmarklet to use on top of existing sites, and has a feed for those sites and activities
- DigitalSea 14y agoThere seems to be a lot of chat related apps coming out of the works, this other one is pretty cool: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4000283 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4000283 - nice work dude.