<story><title>Envolve (YC S11) Launches An API For Real-Time Chat</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/10/yc-funded-envolve-launches-an-api-for-real-time-chat/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hristov</author><text>Here is a bit of 2000 bubble lore about a company that did the same thing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/02/my-name-is-james-a-and-im-an-alcoholic/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/02/my-name-is-james-a-and-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying this is relvant to anything, but it is just interesting.&lt;p&gt;In any event good luck to Envolve. I am sure they will do much better than gooey, mostly because they do not require users to download or install anything.</text></comment>
<story><title>Envolve (YC S11) Launches An API For Real-Time Chat</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/10/yc-funded-envolve-launches-an-api-for-real-time-chat/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>staunch</author><text>I hope this one makes it to its full potential. A heck of a lot more sites should have chat embedded on them than currently do. HN is a perfect example. We should have a &quot;Chat&quot; link in the navigation bar where we can hang out. We should be automatically signed in with our existing usernames.&lt;p&gt;A while ago I looked into doing this and were no good options. Mibbit was the closest but it&apos;s a bit ugly, doesn&apos;t have much of an API, and relies on IRC (which has pros and cons).&lt;p&gt;Personally I hate the Meebo-style bar they&apos;ve implemented, but the actual chat is good and you can embed it in a page and disable the bar entirely.</text></comment>