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Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by injekt »

jorde wrote: post #10
robot wrote: post #5

would be great to integrate with github

You should be able to use Hubot with Grove as it provides IRC interface. We have few users already using it.

Assuming you'll have to create an entirely new Grove account for each bot you want to add, though?

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by maximusprime »

dabeeeenster wrote: post #31

Is it going to remain free? Would consider moving our internal irc server here but am concerned that in a few months it will become pay only?

"We are offering a free trial on all organizations during our beta testing period...... If you sign up for an organization we may contact you to gather feedback - both to improve Grove and help us determine our pricing."

I'd say that means it'll likely be a paid for service. Maybe with a small free option.

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by napoleoncomplex »

untog wrote: post #16

I'd be interested to know how this stacks up against HipChat. I'm not sure what I'm missing out on, but it would be good to hear if there is something.

One functionality I miss from HipChat that I haven't found here, is the ability to copy files from your disk and paste them to the chat (or drag and drop), where they get automatically uploaded so all the chat members can view or download them. If Grove gets that, I'm sold.

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by erikb »

Maybe it's just in my circles like this, but I think these days chat itself is no service anymore. You need to integrate it into something else, like social networks, gtalk, skype (chat+telephone), "webcam-services". 10 years ago Grove might've been awesome, but now it feels like something is missing, because I can chat everywhere else contextrelated anyway.

Look how meebo developed over the last years. First it integrated web and traditional chat media like ICQ, MSN and then they already moved on to integrate their chat services into other peoples web-businessmodels as a b2b service.

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by leahculver »

dabeeeenster wrote: post #31

Is it going to remain free? Would consider moving our internal irc server here but am concerned that in a few months it will become pay only?

No, it won't remain free forever. Soon we'll having pricing plans that are comparable to existing team chat products.

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by leahculver »

derpapst wrote: post #36

Not sure whether it is in your vision as well, but wouldn't it be cool if Grove.io offered a library of such IRC agents in the same manner as HuBot from GitHub?

I think this is a super cool idea and it's something I've been thinking a lot about. Right now, existing IRC bots work fine with Grove but it would be cooler to have more integration.

Re: Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams

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Post by leahculver »

tlrobinson wrote: post #37

Neat. Easy hosted custom plugins/bots would be awesome. You can run your own IRC bot, of course, but then you have to worry about finding a server to run it on, keep it running, etc.

Agreed. We need to figure out a good way to do better bot integration! (suggestions welcome)
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