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Show HN: Chat Simply – Group chat for everyone

6 points by nchapman 13y ago

Today my friends and I are launching a project we've been hacking on for the past few years. It's friendly web based group chat (with apps for Mac, Windows, and iOS) that's not limited to a single business. It basically offers the power of XMPP with a simple UI. chatsimply.com Please check it out and let me know what you think!

pwgustafson 13y ago
Been waiting for this launch for a long time! Very proud of the team for sticking with it!
- nchapman 13y ago
  Thanks pwgustafson!
DMcCraw 13y ago
Chat Simply allows me to stay in contact with both my friends and co-workers from both my phone and my computer. It's nice to be able to continue a conversation from my office to lunch and back.
- robogrowth 13y ago
  clearly an employee.. make yourself known and just chat with us.. this kind of pretending to be a customer doesn't work well on HN.. just my .02
  - DMcCraw 13y ago
    Sorry if that came off wrong. I've only recently starting helping with development but have been a long time beta tester and really enjoy using it!
robogrowth 13y ago
really nice site, clean looking interface, looks like a great app! I will check it out shortly.. Any plans for an android app?
- nchapman 13y ago
  Thanks! Yep, Android app is in the works. Not sure on exact timeframe but should be soon!
bryanbell 13y ago
I've been pestering Nick and the gang to launch this thing for years! I'm so happy it's finally out in the world. As a UI designer, I've found this thing is the best tool for sharing and discussing visual things. Now that it's live, I can now get all of my clients on this thing.
trapper_jon 13y ago
@nchapman Looks very great. Could you reach out to me @ jonkotthoff@gmail.com? I have some feedback and may be able to get you some funding/business partnership.
- nchapman 13y ago
  Thanks will do!
johnernaut 13y ago
Awesome job guys! This interface is super sleek. Can I ask what's powering the back-end?
- nchapman 13y ago
  Thanks! It's Backbone.js on the front-end (with lots of help from the amazing strophe.js), Rails for the REST API, node.js for lots of supporting services, ejabberd for XMPP, and MySQL for storage. It's one of those problems that seemed like it was going to be simple to solve and then wasn't (as usual) so there are quite a few moving parts to bring the whole experience together.
_zen 13y ago
Any interest in Linux? This looks like a Skype replacement, but our developers all have Ubuntu machines.
- nchapman 13y ago
  The good news is that it works great in the browser, so it should work really well in Ubuntu. We support desktop notifications in Chrome and Firefox. The desktop app is based on Chromium so it should be fairly trivial to get it working on Linux in the not too distant future.

6 points by nchapman 13y ago

pwgustafson 13y ago

Been waiting for this launch for a long time! Very proud of the team for sticking with it!

nchapman 13y ago
Thanks pwgustafson!

DMcCraw 13y ago

Chat Simply allows me to stay in contact with both my friends and co-workers from both my phone and my computer. It's nice to be able to continue a conversation from my office to lunch and back.

robogrowth 13y ago
clearly an employee.. make yourself known and just chat with us.. this kind of pretending to be a customer doesn't work well on HN.. just my .02
- DMcCraw 13y ago
  Sorry if that came off wrong. I've only recently starting helping with development but have been a long time beta tester and really enjoy using it!

robogrowth 13y ago

really nice site, clean looking interface, looks like a great app! I will check it out shortly.. Any plans for an android app?

nchapman 13y ago
Thanks! Yep, Android app is in the works. Not sure on exact timeframe but should be soon!

bryanbell 13y ago

I've been pestering Nick and the gang to launch this thing for years! I'm so happy it's finally out in the world. As a UI designer, I've found this thing is the best tool for sharing and discussing visual things. Now that it's live, I can now get all of my clients on this thing.

trapper_jon 13y ago

@nchapman Looks very great. Could you reach out to me @ jonkotthoff@gmail.com? I have some feedback and may be able to get you some funding/business partnership.

nchapman 13y ago
Thanks will do!

johnernaut 13y ago

Awesome job guys! This interface is super sleek. Can I ask what's powering the back-end?

nchapman 13y ago
Thanks! It's Backbone.js on the front-end (with lots of help from the amazing strophe.js), Rails for the REST API, node.js for lots of supporting services, ejabberd for XMPP, and MySQL for storage. It's one of those problems that seemed like it was going to be simple to solve and then wasn't (as usual) so there are quite a few moving parts to bring the whole experience together.

_zen 13y ago

Any interest in Linux? This looks like a Skype replacement, but our developers all have Ubuntu machines.

nchapman 13y ago
The good news is that it works great in the browser, so it should work really well in Ubuntu. We support desktop notifications in Chrome and Firefox. The desktop app is based on Chromium so it should be fairly trivial to get it working on Linux in the not too distant future.