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Meet the new Ajax IM (with Node.js)

Shown by endtwist on Feb 15, 2010. Click the card to turn it over.

95points

18comments

#11of 370 in 2010

Top 3%of 2010 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

5 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.

Execution: 2 for, 5 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

Nice, slick, well-executed app
From 3 comments
- Very nicely done.
  nym on HN
- Really slick!
  davidedicillo on HN
- Oh boy! this is awesome.
  sushi on HN
Source code is a useful reference
From 1 comment
- Love this already (that is, the source code is a really useful reference for me).
  SlyShy on HN
Easily customizable
From 1 comment
- I actually used AjaxIM a few years back when the facebook platform first launched (Imessenger app). The app quickly grew to 18k users in 3 weeks, then we just stop working on it…
  rokhayakebe on HN

Breaks the browser back button
From 2 comments
- Nice app. But there's a little issue: it messes my history; i.e. when I press back button I can't go back to the previous page anymore.
  listic on HN
- I was going to install this to a site but breaking the back button makes this unacceptable. ;(
  wvenable on HN
Guest chat on home page shows offensive messages
From 1 comment
- Great service... Although I'm not sure that enabling guest chatting on the home page is a great idea, professionally speaking, for the following reason, which appeared 5 seconds…
  dandelany on HN
Does not work in Opera 10.5 beta
From 1 comment
- Just a heads up, doesn't seem to work in Opera 10.5 (beta).
  endtime on HN
Polling interferes with middle-click autoscroll and tab title flickers
From 2 comments
- Bug report: when reading a website, I typically click the middle mouse button once in some whitespace, then gesture around to scroll slowly. The polling mechanism used here seems…
  aquadoctorbob on HN
- Great service... Although I'm not sure that enabling guest chatting on the home page is a great idea, professionally speaking, for the following reason, which appeared 5 seconds…
  dandelany on HN
Node.js server may not scale; users stored in a JS object
From 1 comment
- Have you tried stressing the server with thousands of clients? I'm curious how Node.js holds up and how much RAM it uses per connection without (or with?) major TCP/IP tuning of…
  z8000 on HN

Fix back button behaviour
From 2 comments
- Nice app. But there's a little issue: it messes my history; i.e. when I press back button I can't go back to the previous page anymore.
  listic on HN
- I guess, you are going to the previous page, but, previous page seems to be the same page. http://i.imgur.com/HcWI9.png
  karteek on HN
Add chat bots instead of anonymous guest users
From 1 comment
- endtwist- Adding some chat bots to the demo instead of linking anonymous users could solve this problem. http://www.alicebot.org/downloads/programs.html
  asp742 on HN

Has the server been stress tested with thousands of clients?
From 1 comment
- Have you tried stressing the server with thousands of clients? I'm curious how Node.js holds up and how much RAM it uses per connection without (or with?) major TCP/IP tuning of…
  z8000 on HN
Does the server run anything else?
From 1 comment
- Do you run anything else on that server? (i.e. git, blog?)
  listic on HN