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?
 
instant_messenger.txt · Last modified: 2007/03/26 09:41 by ak
 
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