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Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by mydigitalself »

aeon10 wrote: post #48
mydigitalself wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi. Thanks so much. I do everything "in the browser" these days. No Photoshop, just straight HTML/CSS/JS in Sublime Text. That way the site starts to feel alive pretty quickly and then I just tweak stuff around until I'm happy with it. Colours... Sometimes I use http://flatuicolors.com/ as a starting point and then tweak it from there. Also keep looking around at stuff on Dribble/Behance/Pinterest for inspiration. So…

Hello, Would you mind sharing about front end libraries (js, css) you've used. The interface is beautiful and efficient. I'd love to hear a bit more about it.

Thanks for much for the compliment, you made my day.

There's not much to say really. It's just pretty vanilla jQuery and then I code the CSS/HTML by hand. I use a few Bootstrap components, but where possibly I try to craft everything myself. I think that helps to keep it simple, if you start throwing a lot of components together you end up with a mess rather than having to put the effort in yourself and, as your time is a precious resource, you think more about what's important and what's not.

Sorry, I know that's not very helpful!

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by TheRealWatson »

rmccue wrote: post #44

I want to pay money for this. A chat service with built-in GitHub integration including issue and file referencing sounds like a fantastic tool for teams building using GitHub. Any chance you can use an actual Kickstarter instead so I can throw money at you? :)

Funny enough, I had just sent an email to GitHub support yesterday with similar comment. Using chatrooms internally as much as they do, I can't believe GH doesn't have builtin chat with deep integration and decent API. Heck, even make trivial to add your Hubot's.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by estel »

mydigitalself wrote: post #37
naiquevin wrote: post #35

Just tried signing up with github and got the message - "Gitter isn't ready yet. If we get enough support, we will launch this in a few months. Help spread the word by Tweeting about us and follow @GitChat for updates." From the other comments here, it looks like people are able to try out a demo or something. What am I missing?

Hi. No it's purely testing a concept. Lean product development process in full swing. We tried to make that clear in the text above the signup button, sorry if we mislead you that wasn't the intention. We're trying to gauge interest before investing heavily in the product.

I think the "Sign up" copy on the button might be a bit misleading, because as a user I'm not really signing up for anything...

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by pseut »

mydigitalself wrote: post #18
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.

Not the parent, but I'm reluctant to give a website access to an account I care about just for a trial. If I know that I want to use your service, sure, but not if I just want to casually evaluate it.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by suprememoocow »

fhd2 wrote: post #49

(Edit: I initially thought this was _from_ GitHub. Apparently it's not, so please disregard the nagging below. It is a cool idea, but if GitHub did this, I'd have different expectations.) I'd be all over this if it was an IRC server. Most big projects already have an IRC channel on FreeNode, so this'd be a natural fit: Provide an IRC server with a channel for each project, provide a free web client for this server wi…

Actually, FreeNode integration is something we've discussed quite a bit and could well end up in the product if there is enough interest in us putting it in. FreeNode is an incredible source of information and it would be a pity not to use it.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by trevorah »

dcaunt wrote: post #46

A lot of comments here are saying things like "I wouldn't be able to persuade my team/non-technical colleagues to use this instead of HipChat". Surely one the most exciting uses for Gitter is discussion on open-source repos, where you aren't already communicating with repo collaborators?

true, but it would be fantastic to merge those two cultures together. Having non technical people involved in open source projects is a good thing, and it is something that we are trying to encourage.

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by baudehlo »

mydigitalself wrote: post #47
rmccue wrote: post #44

I want to pay money for this. A chat service with built-in GitHub integration including issue and file referencing sounds like a fantastic tool for teams building using GitHub. Any chance you can use an actual Kickstarter instead so I can throw money at you? :)

As long as it's not Pound coins. Those things are heavy! Thanks for the feedback. Our Clickstarter (tm?) is doing quite nicely. I don't think we'll need to Kickstarter it, we've actually built a lot of the tech anyway and could put this together pretty quickly and start charging too.

Would love to chat to you directly about all this. Your contact details are hard to find!

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by dcaunt »

trevorah wrote: post #67
dcaunt wrote: post #46

A lot of comments here are saying things like "I wouldn't be able to persuade my team/non-technical colleagues to use this instead of HipChat". Surely one the most exciting uses for Gitter is discussion on open-source repos, where you aren't already communicating with repo collaborators?

true, but it would be fantastic to merge those two cultures together. Having non technical people involved in open source projects is a good thing, and it is something that we are trying to encourage.

Absolutely, and I wish you all the best. Look forward to using it!

Re: Show HN: Gitter – Chat for GitHub

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Post by trevorah »

graue wrote: post #56
trevorah wrote: post #16

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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...

HipChat also has a free tier (for teams of 5 or smaller). https://www.hipchat.com/pricing

Good point. The problem with a tier limited by the number of people is that you take away one of the best parts of a free chat service. Being able to freely invite _anyone_ into a conversation really opens up what you can do.
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