Archive for July, 2008

First steps in developing YoChat web messenger

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The program should be solid. This means that all actions, chat, video conferencing etc. should be done through one single window. The main application window is launched through JavaScript and that’s it. All other stuff is done by scripts and server.

I’ve made a design of the future application first:
YoChat main chat window including video chat and contact list

There are three main blocks:

  • desktop
  • contact list
  • messaging window with multisession mode

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Instant web messenger, some functionality reviews

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

In this post I would like to show some details on the main functions of YoChat instant web messenger. This post will include just a part of whole application functionality review but everything will be reviewed at a later dates.

Well I’ve seen a lot of web oriented instant messenger and chat applications. Some of them are good, and some at not. Basically most of the available products are services like userplane or chuppo which means that you can’t own application and you can’t use your own media server (your own resources). All this set some not good limits for the purchaser and return to monthly fees which are too high. (more…)