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Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
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Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#62"better Beeper"
This is a different Beeper. I don't want a personal CRM, I know everyone in my Beeper chats well enough that I don't need a sidebar to prompt me about where they live. Conversely, I need Signal and Facebook Messenger because that's where my loved ones are.
However I can absolutely see that some people would want this. CRM for email is a solved problem and many professionals use CRM tools, but it doesn't exist in the same way for chat, and maybe it should (although email feels like the bigger market). This is probably in desperate need for a LinkedIn connection though.
My advice to the Amber team: is this for work or personal use? Pick one, make it great for that, and don't try to force it to be the other.
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The site is also very flaky. Sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't. That's probably the HN front page effect to be fair.
Something is weird about the javascript or CSS on the site. When I first scroll down, many things didn't animate and didn't show. When I scroll up and then scroll back down again, then they animated in.
What browser are you using?
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#64Light mode and Apple font please
on the roadmap!
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#65"better Beeper" This is a different Beeper. I don't want a personal CRM, I know everyone in my Beeper chats well enough that I don't need a sidebar to prompt me about where they live. Conversely, I need Signal and Facebook Messenger because that's where my loved ones are. However I can absolutely see that some people would want this. CRM for email is a solved problem and many professionals use CRM tools, but it doesn…
great point
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Something is weird about the javascript or CSS on the site. When I first scroll down, many things didn't animate and didn't show. When I scroll up and then scroll back down again, then they animated in.
What browser are you using?
I tested on macOS Safari.
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#67I've been using BlueBubbles because the only thing I needed Beeper for is to get iMessage working on windows and linux.
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#68This is super cool, but unfortunately has to be open source and with signed reproducible builds.
lol yes 100%
If it's not open source it's a trap.
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#69Are there any open source clients for this out there? Also, if someone were to build that, what are the protocols one would even use to get these things talking to each other and reconciling the different accounts quirks
I think most of these are built using Matrix: https://matrix.org . They have connections with most providers like iMessage, FB, Instagram, etc
I don't think they use that anymore though? From what I've heard it all happens locally now with a proprietary solution.
Re: Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think most of these are built using Matrix: https://matrix.org . They have connections with most providers like iMessage, FB, Instagram, etc
I don't think they use that anymore though? From what I've heard it all happens locally now with a proprietary solution.
Interesting, i'd be curious to learn more. It's been awhile since I looked into Beeper/Texts type apps.