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If you use OS X, try http://propaneapp.com/
I did, when I was on OSX... but now I've switched back to Linux, and kinda miss it. It would be great if I could just connect to Campfire with Pidgin, or any libpurple chat client.
I must be an old curmudgeon because whenever I see Campfire I think "it's like IRC but with a better client" and wonder what the big deal is. Sure, it's in a browser but is it really that big a deal? I just can't seem to get properly excited about Campfire and it's ilk.
(Any message in the chat room goes to the irc room, and vice versa).
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If you use OS X, try http://propaneapp.com/
I did, when I was on OSX... but now I've switched back to Linux, and kinda miss it. It would be great if I could just connect to Campfire with Pidgin, or any libpurple chat client.
The only thing I dislike about Campfire is that it doesn't support some other protocol, like XMPP or IRC, so that I can use it in a normal chat client, with normal chat client features, like desktop notifications. This one doesn't seem to, either.
Don't get me wrong though, having these platforms be open is definitely important. I'm a co-founder of HipChat.com and while we don't openly support XMPP or IRC yet we are XMPP on the backend and plan to make it available to everyone in the future. IRC support is also something we're considering: http://help.hipchat.com/hipchat/topics/irc_compatibility.
As for getting "normal chat features" like desktop notifications, we provide our own desktop clients in addition to our web interface. Having to pay for Propane just to make Campfire usable is some weak sauce.
2. Instead of having separate area for dropping files, why not allow users to drop files in the same textbox where you type your message.
3. Bubbles doesn't look nice. I mean, it looks good as a demo but not when you use the product. It is sort of a distraction. I would rather like to see zebra stripes(may be #ffffff and #f1f1f1).
4. I like to see list of users on the sidebar instead of on chat area.
Couple of suggestions. 1. It would make more sense to have Textbox at the bottom instead of top. When you enter something, you see your message right above your textbox. 2. Instead of having separate area for dropping files, why not allow users to drop files in the same textbox where you type your message. 3. Bubbles doesn't look nice. I mean, it looks good as a demo but not when you use the product. It is sort of a…
Couple of suggestions. 1. It would make more sense to have Textbox at the bottom instead of top. When you enter something, you see your message right above your textbox. 2. Instead of having separate area for dropping files, why not allow users to drop files in the same textbox where you type your message. 3. Bubbles doesn't look nice. I mean, it looks good as a demo but not when you use the product. It is sort of a…
Potentially stupid question, but what are zebra stripes in web design?
like http://www.alistapart.com/d/stripedtables/itunes.png
Here they use white and light blue.
Couple of suggestions. 1. It would make more sense to have Textbox at the bottom instead of top. When you enter something, you see your message right above your textbox. 2. Instead of having separate area for dropping files, why not allow users to drop files in the same textbox where you type your message. 3. Bubbles doesn't look nice. I mean, it looks good as a demo but not when you use the product. It is sort of a…
Potentially stupid question, but what are zebra stripes in web design?
The screenshot doesn't fit in my normal browser window and I don't get a horizontal scrollbar to pan to the right. Could just be Firefox 4 being buggy though.
Same on Chrome, but since there was no horizontal scrollbar, my initial thought was that this was intentional for some reason. (aesthetic?)
http://partychapp.appspot.com/
It's a chatroom for Google Talk.
