[HN Gopher] Show HN: Drop-in audio & video chat for remote teams
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Show HN: Drop-in audio & video chat for remote teams
Author : morajabi
Score : 19 points
Date : 2021-06-21 09:26 UTC (13 hours ago)
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| knubie wrote:
| This looks really slick. I like how compact the UI is. It almost
| feels like it's part of the OS and just kind of blends into the
| background and gets out of your way. It makes full-window apps
| like Zoom and Discord feel quite clunky / antiquated by
| comparison. Congrats on launching!
| psimm wrote:
| The UI looks great! As others have said, I like how compact it
| is. It doesn't get in the way as much as MS Teams and Discord do.
| I also like that it is lightweight. It's important to me that the
| app stays performant while sharing the screen. MS Teams is too
| laggy.
|
| Have you looked at Tuple? Noor seems quite similar. Could you
| please explain a bit more about the differences between Noor and
| Tuple?
|
| Finally, as others have said: lack of Windows compatibility is a
| dealbreaker for me for now. A performant Windows app would be
| fantastic. That's also something that Tuple doesn't have.
| aminozuur wrote:
| Congrats. It looks great :).
| celim307 wrote:
| Discord fills this need for us
| morajabi wrote:
| Discord's UX is not even comparable to Noor :) You use what
| works best for you though.
| spoonjim wrote:
| Are the founder of this company? This is a bad look and I
| wouldn't want to use an app from a CEO who responds
| inappropriately to posts like this (because I want to use
| products from companies with good decisionmakers).
| morajabi wrote:
| Ok, when you launch something and work days and nights on
| it, when someone who has never downloaded your app comments
| "we use X and this is unnecessary" I'd love to see your
| reaction.
| spoonjim wrote:
| I did launch something. I did work days and nights on it.
| It did have critics from people who have never downloaded
| it. And I always responded in a way befitting of my
| position as the CEO of the company.
|
| Frankly I am in the market for collaboration software
| (who isn't) and I'm not even going to evaluate this now,
| because I don't want to entrust my workflow and my data
| to a company whose leader thinks that working "days and
| nights" is an excuse for behaving unprofessionally. There
| are many ways you could have responded to that comment
| that would make your company look better: even something
| as simple as "Discord and Noor have very different user
| experiences. Please try Noor and tell me what you think!"
| would have been a vast improvement over where you took
| it.
| steveharman wrote:
| Seconded.
|
| Also, Discord works perfectly for us since switching from
| Slack and coats us nothing for a team of nearly 20.
|
| All our text chat, screen sharing, group and 1-1 calling
| (voice or video) plus adhoc "drop in meetings" are all in a
| single app.
|
| Which is available now for every desktop and mobile
| platform. (We're all Mac + Linux)
| thatsamonad wrote:
| One of the huge benefits I've seen since switching to remote work
| is fewer distractions due to "shoulder taps" throughout the day.
| It seems like this app is meant to recreate an environment where
| more of those interruptions can occur again. Why is this
| desirable? What happens if management mandates this "open
| hangout" type of system and requires that people who need to
| focus are still available for "drop ins" at all times?
|
| I feel like I'm missing something, here, but this app may not be
| for me.
| willio58 wrote:
| I think this drop-in style meeting space is best being
| optional.
|
| At my work, we have a 3hr block of time on Fridays that's a
| place to hang out/learn from each other/fix issues in a
| collaborative environment. It's 100% optional.
| morajabi wrote:
| Of course, we have focus preferences. But management can also
| make replying to any Slack DM mandatory as well. This is bad
| management, not Slack's fault, right?
|
| After all, I'd like to be in one conversation, rather than be
| chatting to 5 different people simultaneously over a long time
| and get constant notifications.
|
| With Noor, you jump in, get it done and get out (if it's for a
| task). But with Slack, you have to keep a chat thread open in
| your head for a long time, and get constant notifications, or
| get dragged into multiple chats at once. So which is worse?
|
| Noor is also much better than the office, since in the office
| you have to respond to a shoulder tap, but in Noor it's just
| one click to go to focus mode, or go to a room, so people know
| you're talking, or just ignore nudges. You can't say those
| interactions in the office were all bad, because it's clear
| there is something special about collaborating in an office.
| Remove office distractions, but keep the collaboration. Sounds
| like Noor.
| frankbreetz wrote:
| >>We accept credit cards through PayPal, and crypto currencies.
| If you choose PayPal, %20 will be added to the price to cover the
| fees and the hassle we'll have to deal with.
|
| So, there is a 20% markup for not using crypto? It doesn't even
| say which crypto is accpeted...
|
| If you don't like PayPal, why is there no other option for a
| credit card?
| aminozuur wrote:
| It seems like the creators are based in Iran. I suspect it's
| due to sanctions; credit card companies are not allowed to
| transact with Iran.
| morajabi wrote:
| Noor is a desktop app for drop-in audio and video chat for teams.
| You can download it for macOS to try it right now with your
| coworkers.
|
| -> How it started
|
| I've worked remotely for global teams, but in our own team, we
| sometimes worked in our office, and most of the time from home.
| This resulted in realizing *how much we lose when we switch from
| the office*.
|
| -> Why we need such app?
|
| Let's imagine what you have when you work in-person: 1. You have
| the office environments (chats, breaks, jokes, games, coworking,
| helping each other quickly, coming together for lunch, etc)
|
| 2. Slack
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| 3. Meeting room
|
| Now when you go remote, you only have:
|
| 1. ????
|
| 2. Slack
|
| 3. Zoom
|
| What happened to the first part? Bingo, you lost it! And you
| don't even know it can be solved. We solved it. You can use it
| for anything, such as
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| 1. Talking to the team, instead of just texting
|
| 2. Collaborating in any app with one click voice, video and
| screen share
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| 3. Being present for your junior devs
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| 4. Getting feedback on your work quickly (with the ability to
| spontaneously enable camera and see their real reactions!)
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| 5. Unplanned meetings, natural gatherings, 1:1s, etc
|
| 6. Helping teammates instantly with their code
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| 7. Getting together impromptu in a room to talk, play or hang out
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| 9. Handling emergency situations elegantly when every one needs
| to be available
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| 10. Non-work chats and checking on teammates
|
| It's a whole new world.
|
| -> How is it different from Zoom, or apps like Tandem, Around,
| etc?
|
| When we started, these recent apps weren't even released. I've
| written in detail in https://usenoor.com/faq on how our approach
| is radically different (and better, because we re-thought how
| chats should work from the ground-up)
|
| Oh, BTW we just launched on PH too
| https://www.producthunt.com/posts/noor-2
|
| Happy to answer any questions. From remote work Qs or about our
| tech stack :D
| sharkmerry wrote:
| Feels like MS Teams has all the features in your FAQ of why to
| use your product.
|
| If Noor is for 1. impromptu voice or video chats, why is it
| also for 3. doing 1:1s, which are presumably scheduled
| morajabi wrote:
| It's totally different. MS Teams is like Slack and Zoom. Our
| early users have used both, but still use Noor every day for
| hours. Same for us. This is an entirely new thing.
|
| I highly recommend you checking it out for yourself with one
| coworker you work with closely.
| vyrotek wrote:
| Would have loved to try it with our team today but we're all on
| Windows. You'll need a Windows app for real workplace adoption.
| morajabi wrote:
| Sad. Please fill out our request for platform form so you get
| notified: https://tally.so/r/mZ8Kyw
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