MapChat
Consumer and social
location chat
SHOW HN2015
205points
114comments
#86of 2,565 in 2015
Top 4%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
16 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 18 critical, out of 61 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Execution: 2 for, 8 againstIdea: 9 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and addictive, lots of people active
From 3 comments
Very nice! Lot of people having fun in there right now, which is a clear sign you did something right.
ohitsdom on HNSo much fun!
Rivi on HNNice hack! It felt like using the old Yahoo! chat rooms implemented on a world map. Chaotic environment, everybody writes, barely anyone replies to any message that makes sense.…
mmrasheed on HN
Map-based format feels more human than forum handles
From 1 comment
So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to…
kevin on HN
Simple and clever for 300 lines
From 2 comments
So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to…
kevin on HNgreat concept, just needs some more polish
jonnw on HN
Objections
XSS security holes in chat messages
From 4 comments
This has serious XSS holes which need fixing! Here is a PR that should do the job (not tested): https://github.com/idoco/map-chat/pull/1
jpallen on HNAnd it's already been XSS'd to death. I wouldn't recommend visiting this for now.
fredley on HNXSS everywhere. Very fun app! Love it! Are chat bubbles auto disappearing? maybe let us set a timer?
Globz on HNgot an alert() in there, unsanitized input?
emilburzo on HN
Exact location is creepy and privacy-invasive
From 2 comments
Very nice! it would be nice to have an option though that would fuzz your location a bit - I dont have a problem with people knowing im from my city - pinpointing my house is a…
netcraft on HNYeah, it's pretty creepy to have a very accurate location.
kenrick95 on HN
Message bubbles clutter the screen
From 2 comments
I think something of a timeout on the message bubbles is needed.. As to not cloud the screen too much. Nice work though :)
Kartificial on HNTwo features to replace dragging: 1. Fade timeout on messages (10 to 20 seconds). 2. Clicking on a chat bubble needs to bring it to the front (change the z-index). Sometimes just…
developer1 on HN
Browser compatibility problems with sending messages
From 3 comments
So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to…
kevin on HN> I first tried to click on people's chat to reply to them and then I finally found the text input at the bottom of the screen. Then nothing would happen when I hit enter. I'm…
glial on HNIt doesn't work for me. I can see other people's messages but. When I type and press enter or send button nothing happens. Tried with both Iceweasel and Chromium.
xylon on HN
Requests
Message fade timeout
From 3 comments
I think something of a timeout on the message bubbles is needed.. As to not cloud the screen too much. Nice work though :)
Kartificial on HNtip: messages should fade after 15? seconds
throwaway12357 on HNTwo features to replace dragging: 1. Fade timeout on messages (10 to 20 seconds). 2. Clicking on a chat bubble needs to bring it to the front (change the z-index). Sometimes just…
developer1 on HN
Clear or close-all bubbles button
From 2 comments
Great work! Obviously ~300 lines of code isn't enough to do a full-fledged slick interface...but one suggestion that presumably would be easy to implement: a button that closes…
danso on HNI would like a clear button.
Kiro on HN
Message history or persistence
From 2 comments
Very cool. Wish there were some form of message persistence. Otherwise the speed at which I type is limited to how quickly others acknowledge what I say, and that slows the…
shostack on HNagree on storage :-) I just meant something to organize/view messages during a session. client side, of course :) PS: it's so amazing to see all that people around the world at…
apeacox on HN
Private rooms or one-on-one chat
From 2 comments
Very cool project. A lot of people active already playing along. Would be nice if we could PM one another that to start a one-on-one convo with someone in a place we're…
moey on HNWould be neat to have private rooms.
glomph on HN
Serve over HTTPS to avoid mixed content
From 1 comment
Would be great if you could put all resources behind https, otherwise browsers do complain: > Mixed Content: The page at 'https://idoco.github.io/map-chat/' was loaded over…
aw3c2 on HN
Questions
How to reply to a specific person
From 1 comment
So, this is how my experience started. http://cl.ly/image/071f1j0B0M3a And then it took me like 5 seconds to figure out how to chat. I first tried to click on people's chat to…
kevin on HN
Does it cause high CPU usage
From 1 comment
On my Chrome+OS X Yosemite, I opened it in a separate tab, and went back to working on something else. After a couple of minutes, the laptop really started heating up :). The…
kodeninja on HN
Alternatives named
Yahoo! chat rooms
From 1 comment
Nice hack! It felt like using the old Yahoo! chat rooms implemented on a world map. Chaotic environment, everybody writes, barely anyone replies to any message that makes sense.…
mmrasheed on HN
Ultima Online chat bubbles
From 1 comment
Very cool. Wish there were some form of message persistence. Otherwise the speed at which I type is limited to how quickly others acknowledge what I say, and that slows the…
shostack on HN
Twitter
From 1 comment
Love it. Would love to read my news this way. I find this much more intuitive and antural than Twitter. You have a hot product here OP, congratulations.
anigbrowl on HN