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Shout – A web IRC client

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Re: Shout – A web IRC client

#11

Post by valarauca1 »

wut42 wrote: post #7
alrs wrote: post #6

Please let this put an end to the hipchat/slack madness.

I love IRC but Slack/hipChat has some features IRC can't provide. Especially, the "formatted"/"preview" (images, videos, URL preview, tables) messages. Even if the IRC client supports some of theses features, the protocol is just text, you can't add meta/structured data to a message.

Circa 1994: Even if the web client supports some of these features the protocol is just text, you can't add meta/structured data to a page.

HTTP and TCP are just plane text too. Its what you do with that text that matters.

Somebody just has to find a way to shoehorn it in. I'd propose using a basic system built on top of the basic AK meta-protocol for serial communication.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

#13

Post by erming »

erming wrote: post #10

Hey, guys. Thanks for all the attention! The repository is here: https://github.com/erming/shout It's open source, so if you're looking for a cool new project to work on, feel free to help out!

One more thing: Freenode has given me about ~20 slots to work with on this demo. If you can't connect, try another network, like `irc.rizon.net` or something.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by vhost- »

erming wrote: post #13
erming wrote: post #10

Hey, guys. Thanks for all the attention! The repository is here: https://github.com/erming/shout It's open source, so if you're looking for a cool new project to work on, feel free to help out!

One more thing: Freenode has given me about ~20 slots to work with on this demo. If you can't connect, try another network, like `irc.rizon.net` or something.

What do you mean slots? Is it just because connections are coming from one IP and there is a limitation on their end?

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

#16

Post by wlesieutre »

wut42 wrote: post #7
alrs wrote: post #6

Please let this put an end to the hipchat/slack madness.

I love IRC but Slack/hipChat has some features IRC can't provide. Especially, the "formatted"/"preview" (images, videos, URL preview, tables) messages. Even if the IRC client supports some of theses features, the protocol is just text, you can't add meta/structured data to a message.

Along with the image previews, being able to just paste an image into chat (and have it automatically upload to S3) is a huge deal if you're working on anything visual.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

#17

Post by general_failure »

Fantastic! I am now running it locally and works very well for me out of the box. (Using the shout-irc.com doesn't seem to work)

Feature request: Make it work with quassel core. Currently there is https://github.com/magne4000/quassel-webserver but I don't like the UI as much as yours. https://github.com/magne4000/node-libquassel might help you with quassel connectivity.

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

#19

Post by general_failure »

general_failure wrote: post #17

Fantastic! I am now running it locally and works very well for me out of the box. (Using the shout-irc.com doesn't seem to work) Feature request: Make it work with quassel core. Currently there is https://github.com/magne4000/quassel-webserver but I don't like the UI as much as yours. https://github.com/magne4000/node-libquassel might help you with quassel connectivity.

Also desktop notifications :)

Re: Shout – A web IRC client

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Post by ionwake »

erming wrote: post #10

Hey, guys. Thanks for all the attention! The repository is here: https://github.com/erming/shout It's open source, so if you're looking for a cool new project to work on, feel free to help out!

Thanks this is awesome - I would love to integrate it with sagebump.com instead of using freenodes client.

Can I ask why there is a 20 slot limit? How can one increase this?

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