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beta.mss.gs

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Create a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want. Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything.

http://beta.mss.gs/#!/page/home

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Create a chat, copy the URL, paste it wherever you want. Perfect for those that would like to continue a discussion on a social network without having to sign up for anything.

You can find me here: http://beta.mss.gs/#!/chat/424ad948f671dd032c4a2e89fb115763

This is very similar to one of my own weekend projects from several years back when I was trying out Google AppEngine.

http://yakeze.appspot.com/chat/4d8079ff24d6ab02fcd9fd0e767a2...

Yours is much nicer. Well done.

Wow, congrats on having made this so long ago! Very similar indeed.

Thank-you!

Nicely done. Seems like the technology is there now to do this relatively easily. I did it too on Google App Engine. Took me more than a weekend though. Did it for my wife, she uses it on chinese gossip sites.

https://monsterbagua.appspot.com

I used jquery on the front and golang on the back.

Indeed it is :) It still was pretty much work to get it really finetuned to deliver an sleek and simple experience!

I also built http://prompt.im (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457111) around 1 year ago which is pretty similar (doesn't really work anymore). Good luck with it.

This opens the authentication discussion. To require authentication or to not require authentication.

The UI looks beautiful though, any plans with it :)?

Not currently. It was just a way to learn node.js and to see how fast we could build a somewhat useful app (took 24hrs).

Similar to what I am doing with http://chatfor.us except I have been planning to add authentication sources to better identify people and control moderation. Your approach is interesting, easier to implement too. I may have to think about that.

We're thinking about adding that as well, but didn't see that as a high priority prior to launching a beta!

did something similar, with some twists http://270rule.appspot.com no (!) usernames, is a bookmarklet to use on top of existing sites, and has a feed for those sites and activities

There seems to be a lot of chat related apps coming out of the works, this other one is pretty cool: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4000283 - nice work dude.

seriously cool. looks like chat is the new 'to-do list' and I mean that in a good way. if anything it is more fun and interactive to build.

i also did something similar except the chat room generation is automatic and based on your location. Basically http://getyoucoffee.com/ will decide which chat room you are assigned to based on your location. it's pretty huge in cities with subways.

Imagine how useful a location-based video chat site would be for online speed dating.

We're thinking about adding popular (trending) topics and indeed position based topics. But these features could wait for the beta launch!

It's a great idea though, thanks for sharing!

Not working for me on IE 9

We'll try to get it working on IE 9, but can't promise anything yet. We think IE 10 will pick it up better.

Really cool. What is the front and back end?

We kept a simple stack.

Frontend: HTML5 CSS3 Javascript (jQuery)

Backend: NodeJS CouchDB

Why Couch and not Mongo?

Our developer understood the views on Couch and simply couldn't get Mongo's views working with nodeJS. It's a human preference and works out perfectly - so far.

Hey are you guys planning on doing a blog entry on how you developed this? I know next to nothing about Node.js and co and it seems like a good choice for a lot of my ideas.

We are now. Look out for next week!

Where exactly? I wanted to subscribe but I couldn't find a blog url. Probably because of the language. ;)

We're actually pretty much starting the whole thing up so don't have a blog URL yet. When we do, those following us on twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/mssgs) will be the first to know where to find the blog.

Great UI and very speedy, fantastic work!

Thank you, wsg, we'll try to keep it that way :)

nice work, i can already guess that it is socket.io + node.js :D

I like the UI, very well done.

Thank you :)! And indeed, socket.io + node.js

I like the UI.

Thanks!

How do I invite someone else to a chat that I opened ? Copy/paste URL to him/her ? Just wondering. A cool app overall.

Yes, we'll be adding an "invite friends" button soon.

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