node.js ko
Discuss.
Discuss.
by Ryan Doenges
You are tossed into a chat room with one other participant and shown an image chosen by another user, who gets to watch your conversation. It’s Omegle, but with pictures.
Judging Instructions
Tested in chrome and firefox 5. Should work in safari as well. EDIT: A chat room actually takes three people: one to submit a picture and two to chat. I’ve submitted several pictures so people can actually try the website.
Who
rhdoenges — /dev/knoll
How
node modules: socket.io express stylus jade redis connect-form
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ciaran_jjudge- contestant
The simplicity is because, well, it was effectively my first web application. Thanks for your feedback!
- ciaran_jjudge
Well hey congrats! I hope you enjoyed it writing it. I’ve got to compare it within the light of the other entries so that is reflected in the score, but if its your first application you should definitely be proud of your achievements so far!
chrismatthieujudgejimfleming
contestantThe idea seems original and could be a good way to discuss random topics with people. The design is clean and for a first web application (from my understanding) very well done.
jerrysievertjudge
wh__l_rjudgechristopherdebeer
contestantlooked promising, but – couldn’t get it to work (much like my own submission :) )
therazorbladejudgeCould not get it to work. The server wasn’t matching me to another user while waiting, and when I finally got on the same chat, it didn’t work (didn’t see updates or even notified another user arrived). Didn’t really get why this is fun…
mdeitersjudgeI wasn’t to actually get in a chat room. When I uploaded a picture in one browser and tried to join a chat in another browser, I was not able to connect.
The idea is very interesting.
zgryw
contestantThe idea somehow derived from chatroulette, and somehow similar to my application allowing watching videos with other people. Unfortunately I tried many times to get in, but every time I was stuck on “Searching for open chat…”/“Waiting for another user…” – I never managed even to chat with myself.
JonRohan
contestant
I couldn’t get the ‘join’ functionality to work, but if I moved myself (and other browsers) into the same url I could get the chat working. Image uploading appeared to work fine, but didn’t seem to check the mime-types.
Interesting idea, effectively static chat roulette, but very simple. Would like to see further improvements such as tags on the image so one could see relevant images.
Did like the fact it changed picture after a set period, but would’ve liked a counter telling me this was going to happen (was this a deliberate ‘surprise’ element?)