Re: OT? Best method for real time chat application

Why not just use Jabber, which is open source, open protocol, and cross platform (not to mention already being written)? Not everything has to be done in a browser . . .

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Re^2: OT? Best method for real time chat application by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Jun 10, 2004 at 05:49 UTC
True. But I want general users of the intranet to feel a part of the communication that's going on around them. If the chat is in a seperate window, they're less likely to follow discussions. I mean, look what the chat does to this site's sense of community :) Worth looking into though if I can embed it in a page easily... cLive ;-) Update: Looks like Java jabber clients have come a long way since I last looked. Time for a play....	[reply]

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Re^2: OT? Best method for real time chat application
by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Jun 10, 2004 at 05:49 UTC

True. But I want general users of the intranet to feel a part of the communication that's going on around them. If the chat is in a seperate window, they're less likely to follow discussions. I mean, look what the chat does to this site's sense of community :)

Worth looking into though if I can embed it in a page easily...

cLive ;-)

Update: Looks like Java jabber clients have come a long way since I last looked. Time for a play....

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