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Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

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Re: Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

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Post by ALittleLight »

meddlepal wrote: post #30
ra5 wrote: post #29

+1 for the dope, minimalist design. +2 for the no shenanigans approach. Love it

Nothing about this actually is minimal. It's a highly stylized design that I guess "feels" minimal, but it utterly fails at actually being minimal.

Saying it "utterly fails" seems harsh, especially because you don't give any explanation. I don't think you can say it fails at all, the author never said it was an attempt at minimalism, or minimalism in the way you understand it.

The app has its own aesthetic. I think it's debatable whether it's minimalist or not. I don't think it's justifiable to say it "utterly fails" either way though.

Re: Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

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Post by joshgachnang »

noobermin wrote: post #3

Not quite a copyright concern but wouldn't this get confused with the island[0]? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yap

I think with context it will be pretty apparent whether you're talking about islands in the Pacific/Micronesia or a real time chat room.

Re: Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

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Post by JauntyHatAngle »

DJBunnies wrote: post #11
Covzire wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems really fascinating to me, all about being in the moment like conversations face to face.

It wont be though. People can record them. Might as well make it a feature.

Sure, but you can record face to face conversations too. But to do so requires more effort, and would only be done if you had a particular need for it.

The original intent and design still would apply to the vast majority of interactions on the chat room.

Re: Yap: An ephemeral, Real-Time chat room with up to six participants

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Post by jhoechtl »

taneq wrote: post #23
fumplethumb wrote: post #19

Cool app, but I really love the style. Is there a name for this kind of style? There’s a common theme here with sites like https://glitch.com . I love it, so it would be nice to put a name to it. Also reminds me of https://sourcehut.org , but to a lesser degree. Big fan of that design too!

Pop art? It reminds me a bit of Warhol's stuff.

The logo reminds me of Vim
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