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Real-Time Text Over Jabber/XMPP/Google Talk

Posted by timothy on from the no-room-for-oopses dept.

mdrejhon writes "Geeks who miss the UNIX 'talk' days, have a new modern savior: XMPP.org has published the new XEP-0301 Real-Time Text standard, which allows streaming text that is continuously transmitted as it is typed or otherwise composed. It allows conversational use of text, where people interactively converse with each other."

6 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. Not for the disorganised by Chris+Down · · Score: 5, Funny

    "http://www.redtube.c-"

    "sorry, wrong vt"

  2. Re:How about real time comments slashdot? by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would explain why I see "Working..." at the bottom of my browser all the time!

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  3. On talk(1) they can see you type(o) by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used talk recently when stuck in an odd situation. The guy on the other end and I usually use IM.

    His comment to me, "christ, Bill, you type like shit."

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  4. At last... by coreyh · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...all of my ^H^H^H jokes will be funny again.

    1. Re:At last... by trapnest · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...all of jokes will be funny again.

      All of what?

  5. Re:This reminds me... by ensignyu · · Score: 1, Funny

    A long time ago I wrote a GAIM (Pidgin) plugin as a prank based on the observation that people usually try to avoid responding at the same time by watching the typing icon; if one person is typing, the other person stops typing to give the first person a chance to finish.

    The plugin, instead of reporting my typing status, would *mirror* the other person's typing status. So as soon as they started typing, it would indicate that *I* was typing as well. Most of my friends didn't realize what was going on; they would start typing and then stop typing as soon as they saw me typing, at which point it would look like I stopped typing as well; rinse and repeat. Eventually they would just ignore my typing status (which I normally have turned off, anyway).