dirc
Consumer and social
peer-to-peer chat
SHOW HN2018
44points
16comments
#840of 2,155 in 2018
Top 39%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Execution: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting project and good for trying out p2p chat
From 1 comment
I like it! You might consider reformatting the description to be more like /nick handle // sets handle because it's kind of confusing with the = for those that don't use irc much.
thatcat on HN
Objections
Connection setup is slow and fails behind restrictive firewalls
From 2 comments
``` Waiting for other participants... ``` On Firefox 61.0.2 ``` Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://tracker.fastcast.nz/. app.js:15:233483 ICE failed, add…
m-p-3 on HNThe WebRTC signalling can take a long time (I've seen up to 2 minutes) because your browser has to find a way that other browsers can tunnel in to your network. Once you're…
chr15m on HN
Did not work on Firefox initially; chat room looked empty
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem to work on Firefox 61.0.2 on Mac OS. I can send message on Chromium but the chatroom seem empty. EDIT: Work on Chromium :)
maeln on HN
Signalling relies on a centralized tracker that is down
From 2 comments
``` Waiting for other participants... ``` On Firefox 61.0.2 ``` Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at wss://tracker.fastcast.nz/. app.js:15:233483 ICE failed, add…
m-p-3 on HNThe WebRTC signalling can take a long time (I've seen up to 2 minutes) because your browser has to find a way that other browsers can tunnel in to your network. Once you're…
chr15m on HN
Requests
Clearer command description format, like /nick handle
From 2 comments
I like it! You might consider reformatting the description to be more like /nick handle // sets handle because it's kind of confusing with the = for those that don't use irc much.
thatcat on HNThanks for testing & for your feedback! I'll have a think about how to make that clearer.
chr15m on HN
Questions
How the room list is implemented and how new lines are announced
From 1 comment
How do u implement the list of rooms ? Presumably, when a new room is created, this has to be broadcast to all users. Also, i guess every chat line is kind of broadcast to…
yazr on HN
Alternatives named
Matrix
From 1 comment
Have you tried Matrix? https://matrix.org/
boramalper on HN
WhatsApp
From 1 comment
I never found any p2p app with similar user experience as WhatsApp. All people on this site brag of p2p and their technical prowness, yet no one has managed to build a killer p2p…
tribesman on HN