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I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic lately, so I decided to build a little web chat app inspired by Yahoo! Messenger. Right now it’s got group chat rooms. Super simple setup, no email required to register. You can create your own room or hop into one that’s already open.

Room owners can customize things like backgrounds and even cursors of their room. Users can format their messages with basic markdown like bold, italics, and color texts (kind of like the old Yahoo! days).

I even brought back the classic Yahoo! Messenger emoticons because… well, why not?

You can try it out here: https://buzzed.chat (Heads up: it's still pretty barebones, so excuse any bugs you might run into!)

I'm thinking of adding a few more features next, like:

• Audibles

• A buddy list so you can add friends

• Private chats between buddies

Before I keep building, I wanted to check in and see what people think. Anyone else remember using Yahoo! Messenger back in the day? Any features you’d love to see again?

Would genuinely love to hear your thoughts and ideas

Comments (32)

fishgoesblub · 21d ago

A missed opportunity to use XP.css!: https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css

lakshikag · 21d ago

Hey! Thanks for the link. I will look into this

navigate8310 · 21d ago

This reminds me of these projects https://escargot.chat/ and https://nina.chat/

accrual · 20d ago

Also Retro AIM server, a reimplementation of the OSCAR login server in Golang!

https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server

ferguu_ · 21d ago

Would be good to have a little dot next to a room if it has an unread message. Or a signpost telling you at which point unread messages begin. Basically just track read / unread messages.

lakshikag · 20d ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to implement this in a future update.

neogodless · 21d ago

Was Yahoo! Messenger the one (or one of the) chat clients that let you find games to play with Buddies (or strangers?), like Pinochle or "drawing"?

giancarlostoro · 21d ago

MSN did this, I dont remember the games, I believe Yahoo had games too though separate of YIM.

smusamashah · 20d ago

Reminds of Pidgin messanger which was the universal chat client (connects with msn, yahoo, google chat etc). It was also shared here a while ago that its still being updated after all those years.

https://www.pidgin.im/

nsriv · 20d ago

I miss Meebo.

dustincoates · 20d ago

I used Meebo for a bit, but Trillian was my main cross-service chat app. Interestingly, they're still going, although apparently now as a Slack competitor.

upbeatlinux · 20d ago

Yes! It really was the best way to stay connected to friends on all the chat platforms from the 90s and early aughts.

bigdang · 21d ago

Not being able to move the window is a huge miss imo.

lakshikag · 21d ago

Coming right up! :)

thecannoli · 21d ago

Triggered that nostalgia for me too, thanks for that!

Can't wait for the ChatGPT powered Messenger Bots to return.

Shoutout to Smarter Child!

floralhangnail · 20d ago

Pretty good, but what I really want is this skin and MSN messenger skin for Signal desktop.

debschillin · 19d ago

This brings back a lot of memories. Such a nice idea.

ugh123 · 20d ago

Looks great! Might be helpful to have a few demo accounts

lakshikag · 20d ago

You don't need an email account to create an account, so you can simply wind up an account

andrewstuart · 20d ago

Layout on mobile is quite broken.

lakshikag · 20d ago

I'm aware of this. Will look into asap

causality0 · 21d ago

Now the real question, can I make five hundred accounts and use them with a booter program to crash the chat clients of preteens who get on audio and start screaming? Good times, good times.

_0xdd · 20d ago

Bring back Yahoo Pool next :)

anon115 · 20d ago

i have to refresh to see new chats,(im on firefox)

lakshikag · 20d ago

Could you please see if it's still the same?

Falimonda · 21d ago

a/s/l?

also, will I be able to play pool?

lakshikag · 21d ago

Who knows? probably :D

umutdev · 18d ago

why not real MSN

data_spy · 20d ago

a/s/l

101008 · 21d ago

awesome!

notpublic · 21d ago

Thanks! I really missed yahoo's :rofl: emoji

crossroadsguy · 21d ago

If I go to cyber cafes can I find profile details of people who have used Buzzed Chat before me on that machine? If not, then you must implement that feature ASAP.

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