EloCarry Shoutbox

[Tempest]

 

Hey folks, had some spare time so I created a MVP proof of concept "EC Live Chat". You can call it a shoutbox, mini-discord or just a chatbox.

Features

• Fault tolerant: Operate independently of a site or on a site
• Flexible: Can be added to any page because it utilizes thoughtful responsive code
• Functional: Has the ability to detect your member role, your color properties, your photo and send messages into the chat
• Instances: Multiple instance support for different chat(s). For example, "General", "Announcements", etc
• Web compliancy: The code is has a HTML5 shiv and a transpiler so it targets your browser on the fly for maximum compatibility

Technicalities

For those who want to know how its built and its requirements:
This is built from scratch from the ground up using JavaScript and React.

There are a few things to make this lightning fast and cheap for EC (if they decide they want to use it)

• PubSub server, relatively cheap from any cloud provider. $5/month
• PubSub software: Choices from Redis (old school but reliable), Apache Pulsar (what Netflix and popular companies use), etc
• REST endpoint to validate the user
   

Missing features

• Better UI scroll-bar
• PubSub server to retain the chat messages + send messages
• Network states

Edited July 18, 2020 by Tempest
Changed title for clarity

[Zlitz]

Really cool analysis of what can be made to improve connectivity and functionality of something. +1

[Tempest]

Ya, this has the ability to integrate with Discord chat channel(s), Forum posts (if there is a webhook, seems likely since there is an off-topic channel) and possibly in-game chatting perhaps using a custom command via chat (that will have to happen more on the EC core product side).

[Profanity]

Its looking pretty, pretty great tbh