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Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

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Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

#3

Post by chime »

trq_ wrote: post #2

Just launched 5 days ago! Over 100k notifications served. We're completely client side, so there are no privacy concerns.

This works very nicely. This is probably the most refined and well designed Chrome extension I've ever seen. Great job! You may want to gray/hide 'Clear all' when nothing new is showing up.

Does it also do reddit's http://www.reddit.com/message/moderator/ mail? Will it ping Gmail a lot? I stopping using any Gmail extensions because Google treats frequent queries as bots and blocks the originating IP for hours.

Also, nice name :) For well over a decade, I've been doing things under the name 'chime' so it's a bit weird when I see someone else create apps with that name.

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

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Post by aam1r »

trq_ wrote: post #2

Just launched 5 days ago! Over 100k notifications served. We're completely client side, so there are no privacy concerns.

Congrats on the initial success!

If you are completely client side, how are you tracking the total number of notifications served? I would assume you would have to send some data back to the server to keep track?

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

#5

Post by gurumx »

chime wrote: post #3
trq_ wrote: post #2

Just launched 5 days ago! Over 100k notifications served. We're completely client side, so there are no privacy concerns.

This works very nicely. This is probably the most refined and well designed Chrome extension I've ever seen. Great job! You may want to gray/hide 'Clear all' when nothing new is showing up. Does it also do reddit's http://www.reddit.com/message/moderator/ mail? Will it ping Gmail a lot? I stopping using any Gmail extensions because Google treats frequent queries as bots and blocks the originating IP for hours. Also,…

Hey chime (god this is weird): we had that problem months ago, but we decreased the ping frequency and there haven't been any issues.

It doesn't currently do moderator mail, but I'll add it to the issue tracker. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

#6

Post by fananta »

aam1r wrote: post #4
trq_ wrote: post #2

Just launched 5 days ago! Over 100k notifications served. We're completely client side, so there are no privacy concerns.

Congrats on the initial success! If you are completely client side, how are you tracking the total number of notifications served? I would assume you would have to send some data back to the server to keep track?

Thanks! We're just tracking the analytics with Google Analytics.

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

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Post by bluetidepro »

Wow, this is a slick interface. I love the Windows Metro look and feel. Great job with this, I'm excited to use this and not have to worry about keeping a bunch of tabs open! How often does it check for new notifications? It would be nice if you could set a variable to check for new notifications every 1 min, 5 mins, 15 mins, etc.

Do you have a donate link or something? I would love to say "thank you" with a little money gift to thank you guys for your hard work! :)

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

#8

Post by gurumx »

aam1r wrote: post #4
trq_ wrote: post #2

Just launched 5 days ago! Over 100k notifications served. We're completely client side, so there are no privacy concerns.

Congrats on the initial success! If you are completely client side, how are you tracking the total number of notifications served? I would assume you would have to send some data back to the server to keep track?

Haha, that's true. We use google analytics for anonymized data.

Re: Show HN: Chime - A Notification Center for the Web

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Post by chime »

gurumx wrote: post #5
chime wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This works very nicely. This is probably the most refined and well designed Chrome extension I've ever seen. Great job! You may want to gray/hide 'Clear all' when nothing new is showing up. Does it also do reddit's http://www.reddit.com/message/moderator/ mail? Will it ping Gmail a lot? I stopping using any Gmail extensions because Google treats frequent queries as bots and blocks the originating IP for hours. Also,…

Hey chime (god this is weird): we had that problem months ago, but we decreased the ping frequency and there haven't been any issues. It doesn't currently do moderator mail, but I'll add it to the issue tracker. Thanks!

Another thing you may want to do is stop pinging Gmail if it returns a couple of failures. I noticed that when Gmail signed off automatically for any reason, any additional pings caused the account to be locked. This is purely anecdotal so dig into it yourself if you have some time. Last thing you want to do is cause Gmail to block your users' mailboxes.
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