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Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app – pure nostalgia

66 points by lakshikag 2y ago

I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I decided to build a little web chat app inspired by Yahoo! Messenger. Right now it’s got group chat rooms. Super simple setup, no email required to register. You can create your own room or hop into one that’s already open. Room owners can customize things like backgrounds and even cursors of their room. Users can format their messages with basic markdown like bold, italics, and color texts (kind of like the old Yahoo! days). I even brought back the classic Yahoo! Messenger emoticons because… well, why not? You can try it out here: https://buzzed.chat https://buzzed.chat (Heads up: it's still pretty barebones, so excuse any bugs you might run into!) I'm thinking of adding a few more features next, like: • Audibles • A buddy list so you can add friends • Private chats between buddies Before I keep building, I wanted to check in and see what people think. Anyone else remember using Yahoo! Messenger back in the day? Any features you’d love to see again? Would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and ideas

data_spy 2y ago
a/s/l
neogodless 2y ago
Was Yahoo! Messenger the one (or one of the) chat clients that let you find games to play with Buddies (or strangers?), like Pinochle or "drawing"?
- giancarlostoro 2y ago
  MSN did this, I dont remember the games, I believe Yahoo had games too though separate of YIM.
Falimonda 2y ago
a/s/l? also, will I be able to play pool?
- lakshikag 2y ago
  Who knows? probably :D
causality0 2y ago
Now the real question, can I make five hundred accounts and use them with a booter program to crash the chat clients of preteens who get on audio and start screaming? Good times, good times.
bigdang 2y ago
Not being able to move the window is a huge miss imo.
- lakshikag 2y ago
  Coming right up! :)
deleted 2y ago
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fishgoesblub 2y ago
A missed opportunity to use XP.css!: https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css
- lakshikag 2y ago
  Hey! Thanks for the link. I will look into this
crossroadsguy 2y ago
If I go to cyber cafes can I find profile details of people who have used Buzzed Chat before me on that machine? If not, then you must implement that feature ASAP.
- deleted 2y ago
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notpublic 2y ago
Thanks! I really missed yahoo's :rofl: emoji
101008 2y ago
awesome!
navigate8310 2y ago
This reminds me of these projects https://escargot.chat/ https://escargot.chat/ and https://nina.chat/ https://nina.chat/
- accrual 2y ago
  Also Retro AIM server, a reimplementation of the OSCAR login server in Golang! https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server
ferguu_ 2y ago
Would be good to have a little dot next to a room if it has an unread message. Or a signpost telling you at which point unread messages begin. Basically just track read / unread messages.
- lakshikag 2y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to implement this in a future update.
thecannoli 2y ago
Triggered that nostalgia for me too, thanks for that! Can't wait for the ChatGPT powered Messenger Bots to return. Shoutout to Smarter Child!
anon115 2y ago
i have to refresh to see new chats,(im on firefox)
- lakshikag 2y ago
  Could you please see if it's still the same?
nsriv 2y ago
I miss Meebo.
- upbeatlinux 2y ago
  Yes! It really was the best way to stay connected to friends on all the chat platforms from the 90s and early aughts.
- dustincoates 2y ago
  I used Meebo for a bit, but Trillian was my main cross-service chat app. Interestingly, they're still going, although apparently now as a Slack competitor.
andrewstuart 2y ago
Layout on mobile is quite broken.
- lakshikag 2y ago
  I'm aware of this. Will look into asap
ugh123 2y ago
Looks great! Might be helpful to have a few demo accounts
- lakshikag 2y ago
  You don't need an email account to create an account, so you can simply wind up an account
floralhangnail 2y ago
Pretty good, but what I really want is this skin and MSN messenger skin for Signal desktop.
_0xdd 2y ago
Bring back Yahoo Pool next :)
smusamashah 2y ago
Reminds of Pidgin messanger which was the universal chat client (connects with msn, yahoo, google chat etc). It was also shared here a while ago that its still being updated after all those years. https://www.pidgin.im/ https://www.pidgin.im/
debschillin 2y ago
This brings back a lot of memories. Such a nice idea.
umutdev 2y ago
why not real MSN
hoatimmuaxuan 2y ago
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66 points by lakshikag 2y ago

data_spy 2y ago

a/s/l

neogodless 2y ago

Was Yahoo! Messenger the one (or one of the) chat clients that let you find games to play with Buddies (or strangers?), like Pinochle or "drawing"?

giancarlostoro 2y ago
MSN did this, I dont remember the games, I believe Yahoo had games too though separate of YIM.

Falimonda 2y ago

a/s/l? also, will I be able to play pool?

lakshikag 2y ago
Who knows? probably :D

causality0 2y ago

Now the real question, can I make five hundred accounts and use them with a booter program to crash the chat clients of preteens who get on audio and start screaming? Good times, good times.

bigdang 2y ago

Not being able to move the window is a huge miss imo.

lakshikag 2y ago
Coming right up! :)

deleted 2y ago

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fishgoesblub 2y ago

A missed opportunity to use XP.css!: https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css

lakshikag 2y ago
Hey! Thanks for the link. I will look into this

crossroadsguy 2y ago

If I go to cyber cafes can I find profile details of people who have used Buzzed Chat before me on that machine? If not, then you must implement that feature ASAP.

deleted 2y ago
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notpublic 2y ago

Thanks! I really missed yahoo's :rofl: emoji

101008 2y ago

awesome!

navigate8310 2y ago

This reminds me of these projects https://escargot.chat/ https://escargot.chat/ and https://nina.chat/ https://nina.chat/

accrual 2y ago
Also Retro AIM server, a reimplementation of the OSCAR login server in Golang! https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server

ferguu_ 2y ago

Would be good to have a little dot next to a room if it has an unread message. Or a signpost telling you at which point unread messages begin. Basically just track read / unread messages.

lakshikag 2y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to implement this in a future update.

thecannoli 2y ago

Triggered that nostalgia for me too, thanks for that! Can't wait for the ChatGPT powered Messenger Bots to return. Shoutout to Smarter Child!

anon115 2y ago

i have to refresh to see new chats,(im on firefox)

lakshikag 2y ago
Could you please see if it's still the same?

nsriv 2y ago

I miss Meebo.

upbeatlinux 2y ago
Yes! It really was the best way to stay connected to friends on all the chat platforms from the 90s and early aughts.
dustincoates 2y ago
I used Meebo for a bit, but Trillian was my main cross-service chat app. Interestingly, they're still going, although apparently now as a Slack competitor.

andrewstuart 2y ago

Layout on mobile is quite broken.

lakshikag 2y ago
I'm aware of this. Will look into asap

ugh123 2y ago

Looks great! Might be helpful to have a few demo accounts

lakshikag 2y ago
You don't need an email account to create an account, so you can simply wind up an account

floralhangnail 2y ago

Pretty good, but what I really want is this skin and MSN messenger skin for Signal desktop.

_0xdd 2y ago

Bring back Yahoo Pool next :)

smusamashah 2y ago

Reminds of Pidgin messanger which was the universal chat client (connects with msn, yahoo, google chat etc). It was also shared here a while ago that its still being updated after all those years. https://www.pidgin.im/ https://www.pidgin.im/

debschillin 2y ago

This brings back a lot of memories. Such a nice idea.

umutdev 2y ago

why not real MSN

hoatimmuaxuan 2y ago

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