there is the cgi::irc package that the OLPC forums are using: forums.laptop.org/chat <<?
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Luke Faraone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > n Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 17:16, Caroline Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Do we want to use IRC for this? IRC is not that familiar to >> nondevelopers. >> >> I do like the idea of a synchronous place to get help. We have a Moodle >> install and that can have chat but who would be there to answer the >> questions? > > That's the problem: All the developers/techies use IRC currently, telling > them to open up a web page and stay in their browser isn't going to work. > Segmenting the community across two real-time-chat mediums is not the way to > go. > >> We could use the window into IRC on the wiki page idea that came up >> earlier. > > Yes, that was what I was thinking. Currently we have a non-embedded setup at > http://sugarlabs.org/go/Communication_channels , eventually we will be able > to embed Mibbit. (try clicking on a channel name on that page) > >> If we do we should be sure to also include instructions on how to use IRC >> with other clients. Our goal has to be to recruit a certain percentage of >> the question askers to be question answers or we'll never scale. > > That would be trivial to do, and is a good idea. > > -lf > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
