HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer

Post by twodayslate » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 2:02 AM UTC

samwillis wrote: post #45

StavrosK wrote: post #38

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There was a company, but I think they shut down. I can't remember the name now, but it was, basically, hosted IRC.

Your are thinking of http://grove.io from Leah Culver of Pownce and Convor. Convor shut down and she started Grove, still there and running plus it has a sensible revenue model.

Post by ams6110 » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 2:05 AM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #41

jtchang wrote: post #22

Awesome. I am just looking into chat options for our small but growing team. As an aside I think IRC is being sold short on this chart: https://www.hipchat.com/compare Nothing wrong against it since it is mosting a marketing comparison chart. IRC is fairly hard to use if you aren't familiar with it already so I get it. We decided to try out an IRC channel because it was easy to get started, no cost really, and knowin…

Why is it so hard to make IRC work decently for mortals?

Post by tempestn » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 6:37 AM UTC

Post by tosh » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 7:25 AM UTC

alittletooraph wrote: post #46

tosh wrote: post #28

This is great news. If you want to see why HipChat makes sense: take a look at our integration with HipChat https://www.blossom.io/blog/2013/03/12/take-a-look-at-our-ne... If you have a product that creates more value for your customers if you integrate with HipChat this is now a no-brainer :) Revenue wise integrating was definitely worth it for us.

I like that the project you decided to use in your mockup on your homepage is "Duke Nukem Forever - release once it is perfect and not one second earlier".

Post by guruz » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 8:37 AM UTC

RaphiePS wrote: post #64

Fauntleroy wrote: post #40

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Shameless plug here, re: "IRC is fairly hard to use if you aren't familiar with it already" I'm currently working on a web based IRC client called Relay.js ( https://github.com/Fauntleroy/relay.js ), which is my attempt at making IRC a little more approachable. It's pretty basic at the moment, but I hope to make it something really special in the coming months.

Ooh, if you're open to suggestions, my number one frustration with IRC goes like this: I'm connected and happily chatting, but then my Wifi blips and I'm disconnected. There's no chat log, so I don't know what I missed. And on crappy connections, this can happen pretty frequently. I know there are programs that'll keep you online and collect chat logs even if you disconnect, but it seems ridiculous to have to set up…