Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#11

Post by buf » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:04 PM UTC

Beautiful, but unfortunately it wouldn't be appropriate for my non-technical teammates, so I cannot see it beating out hipchat.

I love the concept though and I can see this being the tool of choice for technical teams.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#12

Post by trevorah » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:05 PM UTC

Artemis2 wrote: post #7

"Available everywhere that has internets" And my Windows Phone? :(

There's always the webapp :)

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#13

Post by nichol4s » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:06 PM UTC

Looks really interesting, you guys should take a look at www.surfly.com. With Surfly in the mix you would not just be able to chat about things but also show people around.

Also, I couldn't find any contact info. :(

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#14

Post by mydigitalself » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:08 PM UTC

buf wrote: post #11

Beautiful, but unfortunately it wouldn't be appropriate for my non-technical teammates, so I cannot see it beating out hipchat. I love the concept though and I can see this being the tool of choice for technical teams.

Hey there. We'll absolutely consider how non-technical folks can engage with this. Our current product, Troupe (http://trou.pe) is more along these lines, with GitHub webhooks integration.

We may look to fuse the concepts so that it works brilliantly for both the developers and the rest of the company too.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#15

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:10 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#16

Post by trevorah » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:12 PM UTC

buf wrote: post #11

Beautiful, but unfortunately it wouldn't be appropriate for my non-technical teammates, so I cannot see it beating out hipchat. I love the concept though and I can see this being the tool of choice for technical teams.

Yeah, that barrier is a tough one to overcome. We've found that having an easy entry point (nothing to install, one click signup etc.) lowers the barrier a bit.

Also having some kind of free tier could always be an advantage over hipchat...

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#17

Post by mydigitalself » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:12 PM UTC

Artemis2 wrote: post #7

"Available everywhere that has internets" And my Windows Phone? :(

Ah, yes on that too! Sorry, didn't mean to leave you guys out.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#18

Post by mydigitalself » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:13 PM UTC

janerik wrote: post #8

I don't really like the idea of signing up with my github account. But I like the idea of Gitter. One small improvement: Link the "@GitChat" on the confirmation page to the twitter account ;)

Hey, thanks for the improvement. Done. Shipped like squirrel.

Why don't you like the idea of signing up with GitHub? Feedback will be very valuable for us, thanks.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#19

Post by davman » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:16 PM UTC

Not directly related to your product, but I always wonder why, with soft launches like this where you gauge interest, why not make the "interest" count public? How many people have you captured?

That being said, I've wanted this idea for a while, so I signed up straight away.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

#20

Post by CatsoCatsoCatso » Fri, Nov 15, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

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This led me to view the page source and zoom out to see what the clusterfuck at the top was. Hah. Nice easter egg OP.