Comments on: Chatango

Chatango

Blue Stone — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:01:36 -0800

"Disposable" Instant Messaging. Click a link and chat to someone with just your browser*. "Include [a link] when you create eBay auctions, Craigslist personals, weblogs, moblogs, personal websites, Friendster, etc. and viewers will be able to contact you instantly." *Requires Flash.

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:25:02 -0800

This looks like a really good idea. Has anyone here tried it yet? (Does anyone want to?)

By: Khalad

Khalad — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:37:20 -0800

It's pretty cool, for what it does. Too bad you can't use AIM or some other chat program, but have to use theirs. I'm up for some anonymous one-on-one action.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:55:28 -0800

i'm not sure i get it. browser-based chat with a domain-name twist?

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:06:10 -0800

ok, i kinda get it now. not bad, but it takes a bit of the fun (and features) out of IM. i could see how it could be good for ebay sellers, or anyone who has a need or desire to chat with people they wouldn't want to include on a 'buddy list.'

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:13:28 -0800

After a quick stress test (thanks, all 27 of you; we must do this again sometime), aside from the very small browser window and the no-frillsness of the thing (no links, no multiple-person rooms far as I can tell), it seems to work okay. I can see situations where I'd use this app for various quick one-off chats. I've bookmarked it & put a link on my user page for it. We'll see how often it gets used.

By: micropublishery

micropublishery — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:21:43 -0800

Know a good way to do non-instant messaging? By this I mean just a centralized conversation thread not in real-time. I'm no fan of IM, but I'm working with a group of 5 or so neighbors and it would be nice to be able to avoid the tons of (often out-of-synch) emails. I'm thinking of trying a blog comment feature for this...

By: chicobangs

chicobangs — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:23:40 -0800

Like, say, the kind of thing you're reading right now? Why not start a blog and leave the comments feature open?

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:25:46 -0800

Hmm. Since I posted it, I suppose I have to risk trying it out: I have two gmail invites to get rid of. First come, first serve.

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:31:07 -0800

micropublishery - I think QuickTopic is what you're looking for.

By: micropublishery

micropublishery — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:32:46 -0800

That Chatango and your kind offer are both pretty cool, blue stone...

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:34:26 -0800

Gmails gone now.

By: hama7

hama7 — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 10:58:36 -0800

Excellent.

By: Khalad

Khalad — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 11:04:51 -0800

Their taskbar message watch program doesn't seem to work for me. It's probably banging up against my work firewall, as I had to open up the web site to receive any messages.

By: m@

m@ — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:43:26 -0800

Dr. Alec Matusis is EVERYWHERE!

By: pxe2000

pxe2000 — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:57:16 -0800

i'm scared of how spammers are going to abuse this, personally.

By: benjh

benjh — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 13:57:47 -0800

Looks like a cool concept. Would be nice for eBay and such, where I don't want to give out my AIM name.

By: m@

m@ — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:32:02 -0800

i'm scared of how spammers are going to abuse this, personally. I ran through several scenarios in my head and can't think of a single way that could happen--yet. Is it possible to inject text into a flash app without actually typing it? I started out thinking about what would happen when a spider hit it, but I suppose the desktop app doesn't notify you until text is actually sent.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:42:21 -0800

Before I double-click it - has anyone found any spyware in the taskbar installer?

By: pzarquon

pzarquon — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 17:46:56 -0800

This is a neat way to have (yet another) way to have people contact you... one-on-one chat, where even if you are chatting with six people, they're all helpfully segregated and don't know or see anyone else but you. But, while this might be better in MeTa, I'm wondering if there's an equally simple "group" solution. You know, a way to instantly create a room for a website like MeFi that's open and able to handle more than two people. It'd be neat to be able to say, "Meet you at sitename.chathost.com!" and just go, without worrying too much about configuration...

By: lometogo

lometogo — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 20:36:25 -0800

Will barter 1 Gmail invite? What 'ya got?