Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0, Web
Create temporary chat rooms with tiny URLs with TinyChat
Now the makers of TinyPaste are back with a new service that lets you create an instant chat room, complete with a short URL that you can use to promote the chatroom on Twitter or other sites. TinyChat is about as simple as a build your own web chat page could be. You just click a button to create a room and then enter the room or copy the link to share with others. That's pretty much all there is to it.
You can save a log of the chat as a text file, email it, or post it online. And you can even embed a TinyChat room on your web site.
There aren't a ton of advanced features. You can't upload files to a chat room, for example. But TinyChat has the basics covered. There are a few emoticons and you can perform basic actions with the "/me" command.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jash Sayani said 12:10PM on 2-17-2009
Wow! This is the coolest web app so far !!
But what if people find out URLs and join wrong chat rooms to see other's conversation ??
Reply
Evenio said 1:13PM on 2-17-2009
I noticed that /me is essentially the only command it seems to support; typing *anything* after a forward slash will merely append everything after the slash as your /me action. Not exactly an IRC substitute, and a little basic for my liking, but for quick multi-user chats without having to worry about everybody using different IM services, it seems quite serviceable. I'd sure like to see it grow its feature set a little, though. (Not a lot, because that'll make it bloated in the end, but a little.)
You can also type in anything you want as the room address — you don't have to use their auto-generated codes (i.e. "mi5n") if you don't want to, and can even give your room a name this way.
Reply
Amit Banerjee said 11:52AM on 2-25-2009
Very well ! But as Jash said How secured is the chatroom ?? And is it permanent ?
Reply
Adeel Raza said 1:09PM on 4-09-2009
TinyChat is good for temporary chatting. If you're looking for a well-built permanent chat site, try http://www.gixawchat.com/
Reply