very cool actually seeing all the other writers - a counter would actually be a great idea
Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code
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Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code
#12Very nice! Lot of people having fun in there right now, which is a clear sign you did something right.
Thanks!
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#13very cool actually seeing all the other writers - a counter would actually be a great idea
Yeah, I will work on that today, golro ;)
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#14Hello World :)
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#15Very nice! it would be nice to have an option though that would fuzz your location a bit - I dont have a problem with people knowing im from my city - pinpointing my house is a different thing though...
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#16very nice idea! :-) perhaps it needs: * something to zoom the map (and thus, filtering messages for a given radius) * and/or something to organize messages in a way they don't overlap :P (eg: balloons with a number, when clicked it shows the full list of messages)
Thanks! It is possible to save the message history on the client side. But I though that this is fun to have no history :) Right now notifications (The switch on top) gives you some history. I disabled the zoom buttons, because I was thinking about mobile browsers and the very limited screen space they have. I will reconsider
agree on storage :-) I just meant something to organize/view messages during a session. client side, of course :)
PS: it's so amazing to see all that people around the world at the same time, on a map. sounds like a new world to explore :P
Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code
#17Very cool project. A lot of people active already playing along. Would be nice if we could PM one another that to start a one-on-one convo with someone in a place we're interested in.
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#18Not sure if you intended this feature, but using HTML as a chat message is awesome
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#19Very cool. I could see something like this replacing/augmenting the current social networking paradigm.
FYI, someone just managed to inject a javascript alert.
Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code
#20got an alert() in there, unsanitized input?