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The thing is, pulling off a distributed chat network isn't easy. Having a centralized infrastructure is way easier on so many levels. This means that ultimately
by hunvreus 13y ago
The thing is, pulling off a distributed chat network isn't easy. Having a centralized infrastructure is way easier on so many levels. This means that ultimately you need to host something on a server, and if you're ready to do that there are plenty of options; XMPP or IRC are pretty straightforward, OpenFire is actually damn easy to setup.
- woah 13y agoI just haven't really found a decent IRC app, tbh. I mean, I use them fine for my developer-ey needs, but pretty much the only reason that these proprietary apps exist is because the UX is kinda crappy on IRC. No one wants to constantly troubleshoot dumb stuff for the business person or the designer on the team, so, Hipchat. I think you could limit some functionality and sand the rough edges off of IRC, like Popcorn Time does for movie torrents, and have something pretty sweet.