Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code

Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by kevin on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:01PM (#9746135)

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 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. Then I eventually found the blue circle send button and that didn't work.

Then I tried Chrome. Worked! So I found some bugs in Safari :)

Amazing that this was done in 300 lines. Something about this format is immediately appealing. Maybe it's because dots on a map feel more human than handles on a forum or comment thread. Anonymity is this double-edged sword in communities. Maybe this is the minimum amount needed to make people behave? Probably not, but something IS interesting here.

Right now it's just people shouting...I hope your next trick is to figure out how to turn it into conversations. Suggestion: Please don't be tempted to just rewrite it or start from scratch. Iterate from this version because 1) it would be faster and 2) this one already has some magic in it.

Thanks for sharing!

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by kevin on Friday June 19, 2015 @10:49PM (#9748761)

Well, that CloudApp link got taken down. It was a video of Safari asking for location permission over and over again. Here's the reason:

"We've noticed that one of your CloudApp drops has been getting an unusual amount of attention: Screen Recording 2015-06-19 at 09.44 AM.gif has had a download transfer rate of 4.2 GB in the last day or so.

Even though we deeply appreciate you trusting us with your data, this violates our download limit and fair use policy. Unfortunately this is not something we are able to host on our servers.

Your drop has been disabled and can't be reached as of this moment. We haven't deleted it from our servers though so if you need to get it back or feel you might have received this email in error please contact us so we can sort it out."

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by glial on Friday June 19, 2015 @03:54PM (#9747241)

> 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 having that problem in Firefox.

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by jasonlotito on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:06PM (#9746165)

Just another data point, but using Safari Version 8.0.6 (10600.6.3), and I didn't see this issue. It worked as one would expect.

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by leoalves on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:38PM (#9746395)

If you use safari connected to the internet with a cable safari does not give the lat-long. Only if you use the wireless. Had this issue the other day.

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by hiou on Friday June 19, 2015 @03:04PM (#9746936)

Not surprised. I'm still very confused why someone would use a web browser built by a company that has a business plan based on shrinking the web.

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by kevin on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:12PM (#9746209)

Hmm...that's my version as well.

Version 8.0.6 (10600.6.3)

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by idoco on Friday June 19, 2015 @04:10PM (#9747328)

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't really tested it on Safari yet (Although I did test it on ios) I will look into that :)

I will try to add some features to improve conversation, you are welcome to add and track these suggestions on the issues page of the project.

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Re:Show HN: MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 li... by tomasien on Friday June 19, 2015 @06:15PM (#9747998)

I agree about conversations - I actually commented that I wish I could respond to people, and somebody responded to that on the map and we had a quick conversation, just knowing that our dots were for each other. It ruled.

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