[HN Gopher] Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat...
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Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app - pure
nostalgia
I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I decided to build a
little web chat app inspired by Yahoo! Messenger. Right now it's
got group chat rooms. Super simple setup, no email required to
register. You can create your own room or hop into one that's
already open. Room owners can customize things like backgrounds
and even cursors of their room. Users can format their messages
with basic markdown like bold, italics, and color texts (kind of
like the old Yahoo! days). I even brought back the classic Yahoo!
Messenger emoticons because... well, why not? You can try it out
here: https://buzzed.chat (Heads up: it's still pretty barebones,
so excuse any bugs you might run into!) I'm thinking of adding a
few more features next, like: * Audibles * A buddy list so you
can add friends * Private chats between buddies Before I keep
building, I wanted to check in and see what people think. Anyone
else remember using Yahoo! Messenger back in the day? Any features
you'd love to see again? Would genuinely love to hear your
thoughts and ideas
Author : lakshikag
Score : 55 points
Date : 2025-04-09 10:47 UTC (12 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (buzzed.chat)
(TXT) w3m dump (buzzed.chat)
| neogodless wrote:
| Was Yahoo! Messenger the one (or one of the) chat clients that
| let you find games to play with Buddies (or strangers?), like
| Pinochle or "drawing"?
| giancarlostoro wrote:
| MSN did this, I dont remember the games, I believe Yahoo had
| games too though separate of YIM.
| Falimonda wrote:
| a/s/l?
|
| also, will I be able to play pool?
| lakshikag wrote:
| Who knows? probably :D
| bigdang wrote:
| Not being able to move the window is a huge miss imo.
| lakshikag wrote:
| Coming right up! :)
| causality0 wrote:
| Now the real question, can I make five hundred accounts and use
| them with a booter program to crash the chat clients of preteens
| who get on audio and start screaming? Good times, good times.
| fishgoesblub wrote:
| A missed opportunity to use XP.css!:
| https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css
| lakshikag wrote:
| Hey! Thanks for the link. I will look into this
| crossroadsguy wrote:
| If I go to cyber cafes can I find profile details of people who
| have used Buzzed Chat before me on that machine? If not, then you
| must implement that feature ASAP.
| notpublic wrote:
| Thanks! I really missed yahoo's :rofl: emoji
| 101008 wrote:
| awesome!
| navigate8310 wrote:
| This reminds me of these projects https://escargot.chat/ and
| https://nina.chat/
| accrual wrote:
| Also Retro AIM server, a reimplementation of the OSCAR login
| server in Golang!
|
| https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server
| ferguu_ wrote:
| Would be good to have a little dot next to a room if it has an
| unread message. Or a signpost telling you at which point unread
| messages begin. Basically just track read / unread messages.
| thecannoli wrote:
| Triggered that nostalgia for me too, thanks for that!
|
| Can't wait for the ChatGPT powered Messenger Bots to return.
|
| Shoutout to Smarter Child!
| anon115 wrote:
| i have to refresh to see new chats,(im on firefox)
| nsriv wrote:
| I miss Meebo.
| upbeatlinux wrote:
| Yes! It really was the best way to stay connected to friends on
| all the chat platforms from the 90s and early aughts.
| andrewstuart wrote:
| Layout on mobile is quite broken.
| data_spy wrote:
| a/s/l
| ugh123 wrote:
| Looks great! Might be helpful to have a few demo accounts
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