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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

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So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to reply to them and then I finally found the text input at the bottom of the screen. Then nothing would happen when I hit enter. Then I eventually found the blue circle send button and that didn't work. Then I tried Chrome. Worked! So I found som…

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Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code

#83
post #77

So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to reply to them and then I finally found the text input at the bottom of the screen. Then nothing would happen when I hit enter. Then I eventually found the blue circle send button and that didn't work. Then I tried Chrome. Worked! So I found som…

Just another data point, but using Safari Version 8.0.6 (10600.6.3), and I didn't see this issue. It worked as one would expect.

If you use safari connected to the internet with a cable safari does not give the lat-long. Only if you use the wireless. Had this issue the other day.

Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code

#85
Very cool. Wish there were some form of message persistence. Otherwise the speed at which I type is limited to how quickly others acknowledge what I say, and that slows the entire conversation down.

Adding more traditional scrolling chat bubbles (see Ultima Online) would help that I think.

Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code

#87
Alternate interface suggestion: Keep a rolling chat box. For avatars of each person, use a smallinsh picture of the area surrounding their dot. That might bump up the line count a bit though.

I think that'd provide a nice basis for fleshing it out.

Re: Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code

#89

Alternate interface suggestion: Keep a rolling chat box. For avatars of each person, use a smallinsh picture of the area surrounding their dot. That might bump up the line count a bit though. I think that'd provide a nice basis for fleshing it out.

Came here to post exactly this.
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