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Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#11

Post by PawelDecowski » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 8:44 AM UTC

I get:

    Error when getting location: 1 User denied geolocation prompt

even though I allowed location access.

Firefox 72.0.2 on macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#12

Post by andreareina » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 8:49 AM UTC

I also got a geolocation error even though I allowed location access. Could benefit from allowing the user to set a location as a fallback (or override). FF 72 (Ubuntu)

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#13

Post by californical » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 9:40 AM UTC

This is a really cool idea, and I like it so far!! -- would you mind sharing what the different ranges are for each type? I see people chatting, but not sure how close they are to me... Within 10 miles radius? 100?

Edit: I'm on mobile, it seems like maybe it shows on desktop. I'd check but I'm laying in bed haha. Regardless, I really like this idea. Seems like a good way to maybe even meet my neighbors since I moved across the country recently

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#14

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 9:53 AM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#15

Post by CGamesPlay » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:00 AM UTC

There are 4 people chatting with the word "ignition" over their messages but my range selector (presently "campfire") says "1 in range".

Also, my preferred username, ~ry, causes some weird layout issues.

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#16

Post by nannal » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:03 AM UTC

andreareina wrote: post #12

I also got a geolocation error even though I allowed location access. Could benefit from allowing the user to set a location as a fallback (or override). FF 72 (Ubuntu)

Same FF 72 ((I use) Arch (btw)) & chromium 79

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#17

Post by mcjiggerlog » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:05 AM UTC

PawelDecowski wrote: post #11

I get: Error when getting location: 1 User denied geolocation prompt even though I allowed location access. Firefox 72.0.2 on macOS Mojave 10.14.6

On ubuntu 19.10 I get:

    Error when getting location: 2 Unknown error acquiring position

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#18

Post by nemasu » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:11 AM UTC

californical wrote: post #13

This is a really cool idea, and I like it so far!! -- would you mind sharing what the different ranges are for each type? I see people chatting, but not sure how close they are to me... Within 10 miles radius? 100? Edit: I'm on mobile, it seems like maybe it shows on desktop. I'd check but I'm laying in bed haha. Regardless, I really like this idea. Seems like a good way to maybe even meet my neighbors since I moved…

Thanks! The ranges are 1KM, 10KM, 100KM etc.

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#19

Post by nemasu » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:13 AM UTC

CGamesPlay wrote: post #15

There are 4 people chatting with the word "ignition" over their messages but my range selector (presently "campfire") says "1 in range". Also, my preferred username, ~ry, causes some weird layout issues.

There's a check box beside the range selection to only see messages in your range. I'll be changing the UI a lot, will test that thanks.

Re: Show HN: Camp Fire – chat with people within a radius

#20

Post by mcjiggerlog » Wed, Feb 05, 2020, 10:21 AM UTC

CGamesPlay wrote: post #15

There are 4 people chatting with the word "ignition" over their messages but my range selector (presently "campfire") says "1 in range". Also, my preferred username, ~ry, causes some weird layout issues.

username: alert('oh oh')

Oh boy... How long till someone loads a cryptominer on everyone's machine?

Also, for kicks: https://i.imgur.com/wHq8nrb.png