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Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

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Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#81

Please stop doing this: https://i.imgur.com/2WeVGxK.png It's so frustrating. Early in your product lifecycle it should be painfully easy to get started and you shouldn't be worrying about this kind of security.

Good point, we'll fix this in the next update. p.s. fan of the work on replicache and of course chrome

relevant: https://xkcd.com/936/

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#82

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I find the need to self-moderate at least as scary. Heaven forbid you say what you think with just morality in mind. Who even knows what is or isn't allowed in 2024?

I have never in my life thought “Gee, I might be banned for saying that,” but maybe I’m just a sheeple.

My reddit comment in /r/uk resulted in my 12 year account banned because it didn't comply with a UK mods viewpoint.

The comment may of been slightly off-the-cuff but for sure didn't incite "violence". This resulted in getting banned by Reddit admins and I've never been back on Reddit since.

After the shock wears off you realise that you really you don't miss reddit.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#83

Please stop doing this: https://i.imgur.com/2WeVGxK.png It's so frustrating. Early in your product lifecycle it should be painfully easy to get started and you shouldn't be worrying about this kind of security.

I don't see any issue with this? It makes sense to keep the accounts secure, and very few people will be coming up with passwords by hand; they'll be using the auto-generated ones from their browser (or from their 3rd-party password manager for the more HN-y types).

Very few?! I really doubt that. Most people use their pet password everywhere.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#84

Please stop doing this: https://i.imgur.com/2WeVGxK.png It's so frustrating. Early in your product lifecycle it should be painfully easy to get started and you shouldn't be worrying about this kind of security.

Please keep doing this.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#85

This is super impressive. Love the demo, especially the AI recall feature that deeplinks your files and @'s collaborators. This product feels like the obvious evolution of the digital workplace after the cloud. Is the plan to eventually integrate more native collaboration tools (Kanban boards, team password sharing, cloud file storage) after chat?

I think we might have more base interfaces (notes, sheets) but we want to encourage people to keep building first class software. All in one is worst of all

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#86

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You are right. We came in letting hosts open experience stores in Airbnbs (try on an Oculus at a hosts home). Difficult to attribute our sales so we moved on. COVID hit and we had the itch to look at the browser in a different light. Building a browser seemed intimidating...but it was quarantine. Long story short, built a few different ideas and here we are :)

This is incredible, 5 years of not giving up, kudos. How big is your team and how did you make your money go this long?

Team is a handful, fluctuated over the years but never more than 8.

We’ve always treated everything we do as an experiment. We’re not trying to keep anything alive for the sake of it.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#88
post #5

So, despite being based on Chromium, there's no Linux builds? Would like to try this but me and my entire team uses Linux.

We have Ubuntu and Fedora users through Wine. Not ideal I know, but enough to try out unless you have a super custom Arch setup

I don't see what having an arch setup would have to do with running it through wine, but running your main browser under a heavy compatibility layer is practically unusable in my book. I need my browser to be able to be invoked in no more than a couple hundred milliseconds, while wine programs can sometimes take 5 to 10 seconds to launch.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#89
post #88

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We have Ubuntu and Fedora users through Wine. Not ideal I know, but enough to try out unless you have a super custom Arch setup

I don't see what having an arch setup would have to do with running it through wine, but running your main browser under a heavy compatibility layer is practically unusable in my book. I need my browser to be able to be invoked in no more than a couple hundred milliseconds, while wine programs can sometimes take 5 to 10 seconds to launch.

Yes, the lag is the main problem. Certain distros and setups don’t work with wine. Mine doesn’t, but I’m sure it’s a tractable problem.

Re: Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done

#90
post #66

Love to see a hack week project get this far. The timeline and signals features look awesome, and I can't wait to give this a try. Hope you also have thoughts (and a business model) for more private, ephemeral spaces - enabling short term collaboration, e.g. for freelance/remote/hack work.

Curious what you had in mind?
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