Show HN: Lechat – team chat for developers

Post by scottmagdalein » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 7:18 PM UTC

Post by grishick » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 7:19 PM UTC

lomowin wrote: post #15

mapleoin wrote: post #11

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I can search an emacs IRC buffer (it's just like searching a text file) or if I want to search everything I can just grep in my logs directory and get search results in emacs which I can then grep some more or easily copy paste to another buffer where I have a file open or a colleague who I'm chatting with. For multiple windows, I can split my emacs in however many windows I want horizontally and vertically and switc…

only problem with that is to find someone else who knows what emacs and irc are and how to use it, but anyone can use web-app or mobile-app.

Post by lechat » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 7:26 PM UTC

demandingdata wrote: post #34

any plans to let us own our data - as in a hosted offering? The idea of my teams chats being owned only by me appeals

Post by trumbitta2 » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 8:38 PM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #13

The fake names are disconcerting for a product that will handle sensitive information (chats). (edit: unless 2 co-founders are genuinely named Bob Smith and John Doe, in which case maybe consider changing your names :p)

Post by lechat » Mon, Feb 11, 2013, 8:46 PM UTC

avree wrote: post #29

lechat wrote: post #28

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Does not work with XMPP. We're opting for high-quality native clients for everything (coming soon).

But you're chat for developers! You're never going to be able to offer the level of customization people get out of Adium/Messages/their chat client of choice. Facebook took this approach with Facebook Chat but eventually offered XMPP. Curious to hear what value you think the native client approach would offer.