Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#1

Post by karjaluoto » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 11:49 PM UTC

Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat
chapp.is

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#2

Post by karjaluoto » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 11:55 PM UTC

Curious to hear what the folks on HN have to say about this. It's still early on, but we're pretty happy with how it's going so far.

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#3

Post by karjaluoto » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 11:55 PM UTC

BTW: TechCrunch's article from yesterday: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/04/chapp/

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#4

Post by karjaluoto » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 11:56 PM UTC

karjaluoto wrote: post #3

BTW: TechCrunch's article from yesterday: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/04/chapp/

And Product Hunt feedback: http://www.producthunt.com/posts/chapp

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#5

Post by Haywain » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 12:38 AM UTC

Hashtags-as-topics look very much like IRC channels, yes? Are there any special features here we don't get with something like IRC?

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#6

Post by adnanh » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 12:51 AM UTC

Why not just use the IRC?

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#7

Post by gazarsgo » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 12:55 AM UTC

Thanks for sharing! Here are my comments, mostly critiques but please note I really think you have a great start here.

Nice clean interface, reasonably quick to use.

Doesn't work with 1password.

HTTPS isn't the default, and when requested gives a cert failure (representing *.onmodulus.net)

Email notification should be opt-in? Also should have a toggle for product notifications.

When I click on someone like http://chapp.is/people/hayk/activity the profile link takes me to my profile instead of theirs.

All in all, I'm looking forward to watching this service grow! (p.s. I suggest looking into PostgreSQL 9.3 as a backup plan to Mongo)

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

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Post by karjaluoto » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 12:57 AM UTC

adnanh wrote: post #6

Why not just use the IRC?

More technical people probably will continue to use IRC. That said, many others won't, simply due to the barriers to entry.

Our take, is that topic-based discussions are of interest to a lot of less-technical folks, too. For them, something like Chapp is easier.

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#9

Post by shelkie » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 1:07 AM UTC

gazarsgo wrote: post #7

Thanks for sharing! Here are my comments, mostly critiques but please note I really think you have a great start here. Nice clean interface, reasonably quick to use. Doesn't work with 1password. HTTPS isn't the default, and when requested gives a cert failure (representing *.onmodulus.net) Email notification should be opt-in? Also should have a toggle for product notifications. When I click on someone like http://cha…

Thanks for the feedback @gazarsgo! Meteor has great tools for integrating with other accounts. Haven't tried out 1password yet though. HTTPS is coming soon too :-)

Email notifications are on by default, but you can toggle them in the alerts area. Alerts certainly need more work too, as does the people page. The nav bug is on our task list already.

I hear what you're saying about Mongo. Hoping that Meteor will have additional DB options after 1.0 is released.

Re: Show HN: Chapp is topic-based chat

#10

Post by jamesbritt » Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 1:35 AM UTC

Curious to try this. Tried signing up using my phone but some gray sidebar blocked the form fields for creating an accout.