ChatStep
Productivity
group chat
SHOW HN2012
19points
22comments
#961of 1,677 in 2012
Top 58%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks good and beautiful interface
From 3 comments
Wow. Looks pretty amazing guys. Love the bitcoin donation links. beautiful interface too; Can't wait to use it in the bitcoin community
saucow on HNLooks amazing!
carlsednaoui on HNsecure, beautiful; where can I download it from?
Nux on HN
Fast response time
From 1 comment
It works nicely with Ubuntu 12.04 and Chrome. The response time us fast, even with images and youtube videos. On youtube, if you paste a link such as…
thrill on HN
Objections
Uses non-standard port 4000, blocked by corporate firewalls
From 3 comments
Please don't use obscure ports for the sockets (aka tcp:4000). 1) many corporate/etc firewalls filter these type of packets 2) my personal reaction when the browser requests…
mmmooo on HNusing windows 7 and chrome - can't create or join rooms edit: now realizing it's probably corporate FW related, blocking port 4000
danvideo on HNred X near the following... GET https://chatstep.com:4000/socket.io/1/?t=1341425107446 socket.io.js:1632 Socket.handshake socket.io.js:1632 Socket.connect socket.io.js:1671…
danvideo on HN
Similar to existing web IRC clients
From 1 comment
Some web based IRC clients have this. There are a lot to chose from as well http://twodayslate.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/web-based-irc-clients/
twodayslate on HN
Requests
Move to standard ports 80 and 443
From 1 comment
Please don't use obscure ports for the sockets (aka tcp:4000). 1) many corporate/etc firewalls filter these type of packets 2) my personal reaction when the browser requests…
mmmooo on HN
Fix YouTube popup link embedding
From 1 comment
It works nicely with Ubuntu 12.04 and Chrome. The response time us fast, even with images and youtube videos. On youtube, if you paste a link such as…
thrill on HN
Questions
What technology is behind it
From 1 comment
What's the technology behind this?
phasevar on HN
Where to download it
From 1 comment
secure, beautiful; where can I download it from?
Nux on HN
Why is it better than web IRC
From 1 comment
Why/how is this better than web IRC?
twodayslate on HN
Alternatives named
Web-based IRC clients
From 2 comments
Why/how is this better than web IRC?
twodayslate on HNSome web based IRC clients have this. There are a lot to chose from as well http://twodayslate.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/web-based-irc-clients/
twodayslate on HN