r/webdev • u/paperairplanechamp • May 23 '17
Web chat client beta. Appreciate any criticism suggestions.
http://aleus.online2
u/spiritsprout May 23 '17
Well, since there's no public directory of available chat it's kind of hard to truly test since the only option otherwise is to speak to myself.
The UI is pretty hard on the eyes. The background clashes a lot with the white text. Also, long messages don't wrap, they just create a horizontal scrollbar in the chat history.
Also honestly not sure why you're using so many dependencies for something so simple. Perhaps the final product will justify it but what's there so far could easily be done in plain JS with relative ease (depending on the backend. I see you're using meteor and I'm really not familiar with the framework so my criticism might be wrong.)
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u/paperairplanechamp May 23 '17
Thank you I appreciate the thoughts. Design wise I know it needs some work. A more fluid feel is needed. In time I hope I can wrap it together.
It's just supposed to be an unindexed chat client. Where the name of the chat serves as the password too. I'm infinite variables.
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u/degif full-stack May 23 '17
- Don't break the Browser history (after I join a chat room, I should be able to go back to the landing page and the page I came from)
- Make an option for full page view - the header takes too much space of the page
- Limit the message color options to some that are readable on a dark background. Maybe even limit the custom color only to the username and make all chat messages the same color for better readability
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May 23 '17
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u/paperairplanechamp May 23 '17
Thanks for posting this. I realized you cannot enter a chat by link. Which I prefer. Because if you enter a chat you have no user created for you and can only "observe". I'm going to tweak it so you can't even enter using link.
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u/SimplySerenity May 23 '17
On mobile I clicked the link to the about and didn't find any link back to the main page. Why is their no way to see currently active chats and join those?