I read that Treebeard sings one of Tom Bombadil's songs to a tree that turns out to be Old Man Willow. I know it's not much, but I'm excited to at least see a nod toward one of my favorite characters.
Not to be nitpicky, but "Jabber" is the protocol, not the client. There are at least 20 different Jabber clients, and I'm sure there's at least one of them that doesn't pop up windows on your screen. If not, it should be simple enough to modify an existing client to suit your needs.
"PC LOAD LETTER? What the F--- does that mean?!?"..michael bolton
There are actually about 30 projects related to jabber, 20 of which are clients for several different platforms. (linux, windows, mac, palm, etc etc etc)
jabber.org is a home-base type site for people working on the server code, the protocol, or the "transports" (server modules that allow you to talk to other instant messaging services.)
jabber-central.com is dedicated to people working on clients. The site also maintains a list of jabber servers you can connect to.
A new version of the server should be released later this month (well, as a client developer, i've got my fingers crossed, anyway.) The current version of the server doesn't work with all the transports, but hopefully that will fixed with the new release.
Jabber differs significantly from Everybuddy, et al. It defines/uses its own protocol, and it's up to the server to translate your message to AIM/ICQ/Yahoo readable form, not the client, as is the case with Everybuddy.
Also, Jabber uses XML based message packets, so it's relatively easy to make your own application that uses the protocol...you'd just have to write a client that understands your special xml tags.
Anyway, Jabber's a really neat project. Have a look. Yeah.
yer pal,
captain suzanne
"PC LOAD LETTER??!? WHAT THE F--- DOES THAT MEAN?"..michael bolton
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I read that Treebeard sings one of Tom Bombadil's songs to a tree that turns out to be Old Man Willow. I know it's not much, but I'm excited to at least see a nod toward one of my favorite characters.
Webmin runs its own mini web server on some port (often 10000). Stopping httpd isn't going to kill your session.
"PC LOAD LETTER? What the F--- does that mean?!?" ..michael bolton
Also, do a search for Jabber on sourceforge.
There are actually about 30 projects related to jabber, 20 of which are clients for several different platforms. (linux, windows, mac, palm, etc etc etc) jabber.org is a home-base type site for people working on the server code, the protocol, or the "transports" (server modules that allow you to talk to other instant messaging services.)
jabber-central.com is dedicated to people working on clients. The site also maintains a list of jabber servers you can connect to.
A new version of the server should be released later this month (well, as a client developer, i've got my fingers crossed, anyway.) The current version of the server doesn't work with all the transports, but hopefully that will fixed with the new release.
Jabber differs significantly from Everybuddy, et al. It defines/uses its own protocol, and it's up to the server to translate your message to AIM/ICQ/Yahoo readable form, not the client, as is the case with Everybuddy.
Also, Jabber uses XML based message packets, so it's relatively easy to make your own application that uses the protocol...you'd just have to write a client that understands your special xml tags.
Anyway, Jabber's a really neat project. Have a look. Yeah.
yer pal, captain suzanne
"PC LOAD LETTER??!? WHAT THE F--- DOES THAT MEAN?" ..michael bolton