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I feel I am building a new Google Wave

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Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

#11

Post by creamyhorror »

I love this. I love the deliciously clean design, the immediate type-and-post functionality (reminiscent of IRC), the loose feel and structure of the forum that makes it a wonderful base for customisation in any aspect. I wish this were in Ruby/Rails; then I'd set it up on my site. It's precisely the sort of forum I've been looking to implement, especially the two-column format and the IRC-style text entry box.

(I wonder how I could get it to interface with a Rails app? Would there be problems just connecting it to the app's database, to get/store user accounts and stats, for example?)

Here's the github repo containing the open-source fork of it: https://github.com/cheshirecats/CuriousWall

Thanks cheshirecat, you've done a great thing here.

Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

#12

Post by cheshirecat »

swalsh wrote: post #10

I have no idea what this is, but i'd suggest adding "Categories" The signal to noise ratio here is just to small. Nothing seems relevant...

There's a "Lists" function. And it is hidden, to keep the UI ultra-clean. Click the left pane title to show it.

Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

#14

Post by cheshirecat »

creamyhorror wrote: post #11

I love this. I love the deliciously clean design, the immediate type-and-post functionality (reminiscent of IRC), the loose feel and structure of the forum that makes it a wonderful base for customisation in any aspect. I wish this were in Ruby/Rails; then I'd set it up on my site. It's precisely the sort of forum I've been looking to implement, especially the two-column format and the IRC-style text entry box. (I wo…

My pleasure. It is very relieving to see people actually like it.

Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

#16

Post by fumar »

Very cool simple design. I clicked around a few things. The only part that seemed "off" was having the "Post" button on the left side.

I like the expand button on the top right. Its nice for longer posts. Definitely keep the good work.

Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

#17

Post by natekupp »

cheshirecat wrote: post #3
yehanyin wrote: post #2

I like the design, simple and clean. The title sounds inflated but you win me, :)

Thank you. Currently the left pane has realtime update, and I am working on RT update for the right pane which is far more complicated. I find people either really, really hate the design, or like it.

> I find people either really, really hate the design, or like it.

A sign you're doing things right :) great work. Looking forward to seeing more.

Re: I feel I am building a new Google Wave

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Post by muyuu »

cheshirecat wrote: post #14
creamyhorror wrote: post #11

I love this. I love the deliciously clean design, the immediate type-and-post functionality (reminiscent of IRC), the loose feel and structure of the forum that makes it a wonderful base for customisation in any aspect. I wish this were in Ruby/Rails; then I'd set it up on my site. It's precisely the sort of forum I've been looking to implement, especially the two-column format and the IRC-style text entry box. (I wo…

My pleasure. It is very relieving to see people actually like it.

Well done. Made a user, and I hope to be contributing to your site, especially if you finish that dump procedure I asked for in your site.
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