Twitch app : what features do you want as a streamer/viewer?

Ligneel · Feb 16, 2023

I've been working on a twitch app for the past year.
I'm wondering what to add before a first release (which could be in about 1-2 months) or for future updates.

I'm very curious to know what matters most to different people and eager to read and discuss with you on the topic.

Partial preview:

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Rapty · Feb 16, 2023

7TV/BTTV support, transparency and resizability of the chat box, ability to hide the text input box, font size adjustability.

Ligneel · Feb 16, 2023

Rapty said:
7TV/BTTV support, transparency and resizability of the chat box, ability to hide the text input box, font size adjustability.

7tv emote support is mostly done : I've done channel emotes atm (300 remotes, maybe 600 now?). Just need to add the global ones which won't be hard.
Bttv will probably not happen as the api does exist but isn't documented and i feel 7tv is plenty. Maybe I'll look into it in the future but no promises).

Resizing is a done deal.

Will add an option to hide the chatbox+probably some dynamic fading or something.

Font size is fixed for now but i understand it's fairly important considering the different screens res/vr headsets people might use. I feel the current font size is decent for all and i will wait for feedback once the app comes out to see how important resizing really is.

quadlt · Feb 16, 2023

Few more ideas/QoL things:

Make !server !track commands static on the channel that you're logged in with, not the current joined chat. For ex. if I enter your channel, the commands will stop working on my own stream and I have to rejoin my chat every time. Not a big deal, just see no reason to make cmds fixed on
Save a few last joined channels, or allow to create a list of favorite channel which you can join with a single click. Personally it's a bit annoying having to reenter the full channel name every time, especially in VR
Improve scrolling. Its basically impossible to scroll slowly with vr controllers, maybe add an a feature where if your mouse cursor is on the top/bottom of the chat, slowly scroll up or down at a fixed speed.

Not sure how doable are these, but would be nice. Other than that it's been great

Ligneel · Feb 16, 2023

quadlt said:
Few more ideas/QoL things:

Make !server !track commands static on the channel that you're logged in with, not the current joined chat. For ex. if I enter your channel, the commands will stop working on my own stream and I have to rejoin my chat every time. Not a big deal, just see no reason to make cmds fixed on

Save a few last joined channels, or allow to create a list of favorite channel which you can join with a single click. Personally it's a bit annoying having to reenter the full channel name every time, especially in VR

Improve scrolling. Its basically impossible to scroll slowly with vr controllers, maybe add an a feature where if your mouse cursor is on the top/bottom of the chat, slowly scroll up or down at a fixed speed.

Not sure how doable are these, but would be nice. Other than that it's been great

For context: the app includes automated invite links. So if someone in twitch chat types "!server", the app replies with an invite link for the current server. Password sharing is optional and has to be enabled per server. With a check for admin privileges to avoid accidentally sharing admin passwords.
The !track commands currently gets track download URLs from a spreadsheet i maintain. I'm thinking of replacing this with local databases thet each streamer can maintain.
If no url is saved for the track, a link to a quick search based on the track name is showed instead.

I think I'll make it check if you're Live and connect automatically to your channel if so. (As an option)

A list of favorite channels is planned.
Ideally with a check of live channels.
Not a priority but will definitely add it.

Is scrolling still bad on vr controllers with scrolling staying fixed when you let go off the scrollbar?

quadlt · Feb 16, 2023

Ligneel said:
Is scrolling still bad on vr controllers with scrolling staying fixed when you let go off the scrollbar?

Yeah, still super hard as my Q2 controllers are not that accurate. And if the chat is longer already, the scroll speed naturally increases making it harder to be precise

Ligneel · Feb 16, 2023

I could simply limit the amount of messages stored in the chat. That's what the online chat does.
Your suggestion is nice though so i could do that too.