[JDEV] Cool ICQ style messages - see the typing

[Peter Millard]

Dennis, Mark -

This functionality was originally "hacked" into the JabberIM program so I
changed Winjab to support it.. But we now have a draft protocol that defines
these "message-events"..  Checkout

http://docs.jabber.org/draft-proto/html/events.html

It's the "correct" way of doing msg events.. and supports the "foo is
replying" type deal.

Peter.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Noordsij" <dennis.noordsij at wiral.com>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>; "Mark Zamoyta" <mark at lakeclear.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 4:23 AM
Subject: Re: [JDEV] Cool ICQ style messages - see the typing


> On Thursday 25 January 2001 02:07, Mark Zamoyta wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking of adding the ICQ style of messaging (where you can see the
> > other guy type and backspace instantly) to my Jabber client.  What's the
> > best way to do this?
> >
> > I could send small messages through Jabber, but would I get disconnected
> > for sending too many messages, or would things get backlogged?
> >
> > I could establish a direct connection between clients, but I'd like to
> > avoid that if possible.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any input!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
>
> Well, most of ICQ is peer-to-peer, whereas with Jabber everything goes
> through the server. Also, those ICQ messages are small UDP packets, a
Jabber
> packet for sending this one character would still be a substantial XML
> packet. (btw I do like the XML protocol, I am not dissing it :-)
>
> As-is, I'd say you can't really afford to do this. What you can do however
(I
> think Winjab does it) is, as soon as a person *starts* replying - send
*this*
> to the other user.
>
> For example,
> I send you a message, and 2 seconds later the window flashes "Mark Zamoyta
> has started replying" .. 2 more seconds and I get your message. it's still
> nifty :-)
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
>
>
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