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Pibb - web-based group chat

centernetworks.com — A new web-based chat system called Pibb was unveiled at BarCampPortland and is now undergoing early beta testing. Pibb features group chat, private messaging, threads and OpenID authentication and is built on top of Google's Web Toolkit.

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  • burchie2, on 10/11/2007, -6/+11kevin?
    • fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15This is digg. If Kevin Rose was involved the title would be "OMG BREAKING KEVIN ROSE INVENTS WEB-BASED GROUP CHAT".

      I have a question about openid if anyone's knowledgable about that stuff. User information is the only commodity most "web 2.0 companies" have, right? With openid the site does the site not have any info, or have access to the info you entered in the myopenid rego form?
    • Konstantino, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Yes, but it was confirmed that Kevin was working on a new startup involving IMing.
    • timdorr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6This company is based out of Portland, so it would be quite a hike for Kevin to hold down these two positions, plus do all the other stuff he does. Also, he's not anywhere on the staff page: http://janrain.com/about/ Although, there is another Kevin :P
    • mrfish, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Hmm the only interesting thing here is OpenID. No users so it kinda sucks. Web 2.0 101 - How not to bomb on your first day. GET CONTENT!
  • JayRod, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Mr. Pibb?
    • Eivo, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Sounds tasty!
    • iburl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5The Mr. Pibb laywers will love this name.
    • revmonkey, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18pibb + red vines = crazy delicious
    • macgyber, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0pibb. it remind me of the word glib. hehe.
    • mwosh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree

      - Hedberg.
    • steamedlice, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1http://www.crazydelish.com/
    • soccerboi00, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Pibb
      digg

      Just flip the letters around and you can get one from the other.
    • Brog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Pibb: Built on top of Google's web toolkit
      Pibb Xtra: Built on top of Dr Pepper's formula

      Coincidence?

      FYI, Pibb (the drink) is owned by Coca Cola, which is why you only see it in places with Coke exclusive contracts (i.e. Dr Pepper is not an option)
  • Ravenark, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1They're definetely going to run into legality issues with that name...since Mr. Pibb is now Pibb Xtra and the Pibb name is franchised...
  • JaaX, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10It sucks when there's no DEMO and it forces you to make an account to preview. :/
    • juliob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5yeah but this is openid. sooner or later you'll have to create an account. so jump to http://myopenid.com
    • Atomic1fire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1just use aol(openid.aol.com/youurscreename or yahoo(idproxy.net uses yahoo logins throught bbauth)
      or you can also use typekey(profile.typekey.com/username) or livejournal(username.livejournal.com)
      openid is url based and there are allready obvious ways of logging in you just need to find them
  • andrewmp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10All your chats are belong to Google!
  • fober, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2All it needs are some Red Vines and it'll be 'crazy delicious'.
  • xatx1, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1dugg for the cool name - Pibb. I love it...
  • gajillion, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0Damn. I read that as Pihb. Now that's a group chat I could get into.
  • pitchpitch, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Put it in your head!
  • drmessano, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Is this like a Java Based IRC Applet + Some Web 2.0 + Authentication?

    Ok, thought so...
  • Universal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Link: https://pibb.com/
  • juliob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2tangler.com, lingr.com anyone?
  • eightyd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I've always preferred Dr. Pepper.
  • Meekrok, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4This service is horrible, there is no prevention of HTML use, so the threads are full of shock site spam.
  • Wilddigi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0stickam.com
  • hankyone, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Application error

    Change this error message for exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code) in public/500.html
  • elstevo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0so its a chat room, then?
    wow... revolutionary 2.0
  • atmablue, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Anyone notice that rotating the letters in "pibb" 180 degrees gives you "d!gg"? Assuming that the ! is really an "i", I suspect that this is associated somehow with digg.
  • jaythree9, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2BarCamp FTW! I just attended my first one and it was great. Super informative, inspirational and exciting. It's always great to see what others are working on. As informative (if not more) than the we-gots-a-fancy-hotel conferences I've been to.
  • aura, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Web 2.0 Checklist:

    1. Has a name unrelated to the service. Check
    2. Name isn't spelt correctly. No, not a true Web 2.0 Service
    3. Uses AJAX. Check
    4. Includes the word 'social' anywhere on the site. Check

    Oh, and it doesn't work in Opera :(
  • kidcodea, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1how da ***** do i delete a created thread? code it asap plz. tx in adv
  • markgarrigan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Done.
    http://campfirenow.com/
    Next.
  • DeusNova, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I doubt it'll replace good ol' IRC. =)
  • DynamicJR, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Many of the comments and suggestions have been addressed, I think they are still actively developing the app... better than Tangler IMHO...
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