jupe.io - new IRC network with an easy to use, always-connected web
client.
reddit / irc

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jupeio · 2013-12-27 03:00

Hey guys, I'm the creator of Jupe. It's still pretty early in
development but I figured now it's far enough along to put it out
there and get some feedback.

Jupe is an IRC network, but unlike most public networks you need to
authenticate with a username/password. This just makes things a bit
easier since you don't have to deal with nickserv, or hostnames (e.g.
when creating ban masks).

Jupe is also a web client I created that was designed to be easy to
use with a lot of great features like embedded images and youtube
videos, aggregate message feed, plus some planned features like a bot
marketplace, a "view message" feature a la twitter, and more. The
built-in web client also negates the need to use bouncers or remote
clients to achieve an always-on connection. You can log in from any
browser and get your messages. (If you use a different client though,
you'll still need to set up your own bnc/remote client, however this
might change in the future.)

The web client also has some other nice advantages like being able to
link directly to channels, e.g.
[http://jupe.io/channels/welcome](http://jupe.io/channels/welcome)

If you'd like to chat, join me in
[#theBasement](http://jupe.io/channels/theBasement) :)

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Katana__ · 2013-12-27 03:09

No TOS, AUP or anything for the network available online? Recipe for
disaster (yes, you have a link on the signup page, but it's useless).

Also for the love of god, please don't do youtube videos full-size and
autoplay. I hope you're thumbnailing them and having them fold out, a
la RES with image embedding.

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silverforest · 2013-12-27 16:28

Enforcing logins is a nice idea, but is there any in-band method of
registration, that we client developers could present to a user?

A persistent web client is great idea, though it would be nice if you
could extend that to ordinary clients as well.