[ale] Web - Live Chat

Scott M. Jones eff at dragoncon.org
Wed Apr 29 17:06:17 EDT 2015


Slack is also popular for internal facing chat.

https://slack.com

On 4/29/15 4:59 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
> most startups I know use Campfire https://campfirenow.com
> 
> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.
> 
> On Apr 29, 2015 4:56 PM, "Brian Mathis"
> <brian.mathis+ale at betteradmin.com
> <mailto:brian.mathis%2Bale at betteradmin.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Don't implement anything new using java applets.
> 
>     A big question is what will it be used for?  Is it for internal
>     communication, one on one, group chats, or do you want to be able to
>     connect customers to "the next available representative", for
>     example?  Do you have control over the web browsers, or do you need
>     to be able to reach the widest possible audience?
> 
>     Just saying "web chat" does not give enough information to be able
>     to answer, since there are many different scenarios and the details
>     make a difference.
> 
> 
>     ❧ Brian Mathis
>     @orev
> 
> 
>     On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Sergio Chaves
>     <sergio.chaves at gmail.com <mailto:sergio.chaves at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         All,
>         I have been tasked with implementing a Live Web Chat for my
>         employer. It must be 100% web based. No need for clients like
>         Pidgin, etc., just web.
>         I have looked at some java chat programs out there but
>         everything seems old and with no maintenance on the code.
>         Here is where I have been looking at:
>         http://java-source.net/open-source/chat-servers
> 
>         Can anybody point me in the right direction.
> 
>         Thanks



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