IRC for GMail Apps
Productivity
team chat
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Implementation looks nice
From 1 comment
I'm not seeing much of a problem being solved here, but the implementation seems pretty nice.
iamdave on HN
Good alternative to Campfire with more features
From 1 comment
With a few more features, that could be a great alternative to campfire.
mnml_ on HN
Objections
Unclear what problem it solves beyond Gmail/IRC
From 3 comments
I'm not seeing much of a problem being solved here, but the implementation seems pretty nice.
iamdave on HNI don't get it. What does this do other than move a tool from being a 1st class gui member to relegating it to inside of gmail?
cbs on HN>asking your colleagues to log in to irc client everyday So I'll ask them to keep gmail open all the time instead? If only there were a single program that was unquestionably…
cbs on HN
Extension requests broad access to data and tabs
From 1 comment
> Your data on all websites > Your tabs and browsing activity Why does the extension need this level of access in Chrome?
abraham on HN
Not really IRC; uses web sockets to a custom server
From 1 comment
"IRC" is a bit of a misnomer; it looks like it's web sockets connecting to a custom server, unless I missed something.
drv on HN
Requires a Chrome extension
From 2 comments
I wish this wouldnt need a chrome extension, but otherwise its pretty sweet!
madmaze on HNChrome only? Why not Firefox?
twodayslate on HN
Requests
Run chat through your own server or make external server clear
From 2 comments
It looks like this uses a chat server on alagu.net (https://github.com/alagu/gmail-irc/blob/master/chrome_extension/script.js#L99) but presumably you could run your own server as…
masnick on HNI would suggest making it clear to users that the chats run through an external server.
kcbanner on HN
Support Firefox
From 1 comment
Chrome only? Why not Firefox?
twodayslate on HN
Drop the need for a Chrome extension
From 1 comment
I wish this wouldnt need a chrome extension, but otherwise its pretty sweet!
madmaze on HN
Questions
Why does the extension need access to all websites and tabs?
From 1 comment
> Your data on all websites > Your tabs and browsing activity Why does the extension need this level of access in Chrome?
abraham on HN
Why not Firefox?
From 1 comment
Chrome only? Why not Firefox?
twodayslate on HN
Alternatives named
HipChat
From 2 comments
I think HipChat is hard to beat in this area. We've been testing it at work, and early thoughts are very positive. They have native (Adobe Air, but much better than what I'm used…
jokull on HNI wasn't able to find Skype/IRC like chat-room for my company (gmail) account. So I built this. Hipchat seems to be an option but it doesn't integrate with GMail.
alagu on HN
Campfire
From 1 comment
With a few more features, that could be a great alternative to campfire.
mnml_ on HN
CHATS.iO
From 1 comment
It looks like this uses a chat server on alagu.net (https://github.com/alagu/gmail-irc/blob/master/chrome_extension/script.js#L99) but presumably you could run your own server as…
masnick on HN