Some thoughts and links about prototyping/developing a text-UI instant messenger
UI with
STFL
use libgaim as protocol stack
Prototype
Purpose:
find out whether it's feasible
find out how the general design could be done, how much effort it is
find out how the overall performance would be
experiment with different possible user interfaces
write prototype in Ruby
regarding protocol support in prototype:
support only Jabber? (via XMPP4R)
or support more than one protocol via libgaim? (Ruby libgaim wrapper would be necessary)
Actual development
Based on the findings from the prototype, it can be decided:
Ruby or C/C++?
libgaim or some other library?
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