[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-12-18 Thread Sres
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[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-27 Thread Sam Osborne
May be if you're not a participant... 2009/10/26 Tobias tobias.bertel...@gmail.com Nice one. A desktop notifier is essential for any messaging system. Some small sugestions of further development: Highlighting of the deskbar icon when there're new waves would be really nice. A

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-27 Thread Tobias
I thought it was a public wave, which you could join by following the link. But if I underderstand you correct, Sam, one need to be af participant already. Is there a way which one easily can join these waves? Just wondering, because i've seen these links several places, where it seems to have

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-26 Thread Tobias
Nice one. A desktop notifier is essential for any messaging system. Some small sugestions of further development: Highlighting of the deskbar icon when there're new waves would be really nice. A possibility to force a recheck of the wave account. An other thing: How do one opens a google wave

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-24 Thread Sam Osborne
Afternoon! Just thought I'd jump in and say the following: I opened the app up for the first time this evening.. Not sure what's actually supposed to be happening, but I like the native feel of the bubble that says signed in. I cleared up my wave inbox earlier today (read EVERYTHING new) and, to

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-23 Thread Sam Osborne
I'm on Windows so shall be trying it out over the weekend.. 2009/10/23 Eric Dorman dorman...@gmail.com Hey Oliver, Did you use the Embed API to make this with it? This is a great idea. Thanks God Bless, Eric On Oct 15, 3:49 pm, Sam Osborne sam.tosbo...@googlemail.com wrote: 1: Ok.

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-23 Thread Karim Yaghmour
Not sure if it had been suggested, but FWIW C# would be a good candidate. It's not too far from VB and Mono works on Mac and Linux alike. HTH, Karim Yaghmour On Oct 15, 4:16 pm, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Again, I see your point Sam. The only problem is I can't code in C++,

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-23 Thread olemis
On Oct 15, 1:56 pm, Sam Osborne sam.tosbo...@googlemail.com wrote: Ok.. I can interpret VB.net... Ish.. Now I want to know two things:    - How did you manage to get the APIs from whatever language they're in    (Java/Python I think) to VB?    - Where's the source? I wanna see if I can get

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-22 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi All, PROGRESS UPDATE! In case you all haven't noticed yet I have uploaded the source of the project to the Google code Project. I have also been working on this project with a friend and he has been helping me sort out bugs and make improvements. I have redone the Dialog Base, it looks much

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-22 Thread Sascha
To put my two cents in, I would recommend eclipse + java + swt for a portable and good performing gui. Enjoy! On Oct 15, 10:16 pm, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Again, I see your point Sam. The only problem is I can't code in C++, and the plans that I have for this application

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-22 Thread Eric Dorman
Hey Oliver, Did you use the Embed API to make this with it? This is a great idea. Thanks God Bless, Eric On Oct 15, 3:49 pm, Sam Osborne sam.tosbo...@googlemail.com wrote: 1: Ok. 2: No, not make my own project based on yours, help you to translate it. If you turn it into C++ (which, if

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Sam Osborne
Oh thank you :P VB was my first language too, until I installed Linux on a dual boot, and then I tried to run my app, with WINE (a program you put on Linux to allow it to launch .exe files) and I couldn't. Then, I asked a friend to try it on his Mac, same result. This and a few other things made

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Joe Developer
Hi Oliver,its great to hear how keen you are. There are a lot of languages out there and finding out which ones are right for a given task is half the battle :) While there is a propensity for knee-jerk scoffing at VB, the reason that I personally thought it inappropriate is that it is

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Oliver Baker
If I was 12, and knew what I knew. I would be dead from having such a non-existent life. I already need to get one as it is, I am either programming or playing Xbox online with friends. Thanks for the tips and I will defiantly look into all those programming languages (My most important ones at

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Andrew Red
@Oliver, Could you (or someone else) post the design photos on the wavesandbox? (I don't have a preview account :( ) Thx Andrew On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Smloa, I could debug a C++ app right now even though I don't know how to code in C++. I

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Andrew, Here is the link to the WaveSandbox one. (You really should consult with the Google Team about why you don't have a preview account if you have a sandbox account) unless of course you are cheating the system.

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi All, The Context menu preview has been uploaded to Google Code: Herehttp://code.google.com/p/gwave-tools/downloads/list Please Note a few things first: - The Black borders around the context menu is just a place holder for the actual border which will be added later - This preview is

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Andrew Red
@joe, was 12 a typo? I think you meant 21... 18 is the age where the maths in your brain is a maxmin, and it is around 21 for computing and programming. @Oliver, WHAT!!! at the age of 10 I knew 4 langues well (Quick Basic, Liberty Basic, HTML/javascript and robolab) and I still have a life.

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Andrew Red
Nice. are you going to add the AnimateWindow function? This allows sliding windows (like gtalk) and it is easy (ish) to use. I got my sandbox on October 14th, and the previews were sent out on October 1st (i think)... On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Andrew Red
Hi Oliver, I'm sorry, but I got board, so I wrote some code to launch a window from the notifaction area. I posted the code on your wave ( https://wave.google.com/a/wavesandbox.com/#restored:wave:wavesandbox.com!w%252BG0TCUy7kA.1 ) On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Andrew Red

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-17 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Andrew, Yes, I saw that. I haven't tried it yet though. On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Andrew Red andrewr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Oliver, I'm sorry, but I got board, so I wrote some code to launch a window from the notifaction area. I posted the code on your wave (

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Joe Developer
From browsing the code it seems like a straight translation is unlikely to work all that well.. It seems like the vb code uses an embedded webbrowser to handle the handshaking with the wave site. On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Sam Osborne sam.tosbo...@googlemail.comwrote: Ok... Well you could

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi, yes its an embedded webbrowser since I have found no other method that works with MIT's Proxy (New Zealand MIT). On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Joe Developer joe.d.develo...@gmail.comwrote: rar x file.rar works fine here(Debian), you may want to install `unrar` from your package

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Chris Bailey
sorry for not being able to reply before. _ not sure why it wouldn't let me. but Oliver if you focus on just making a GUI even if it's in a different language and make the actual getting of Wave data into it's own core that can be replaced in the future you should be fine with leaving it as is

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Chris, I Know, but you guys want me to stop doing it in VB.net. If you go to https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BbTKibG6gA and look at the Dialog design Picture I am already designing a User Interface in VB.NET. I am actually going to put up all my sketches there

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Smola
Hello all, Oliver, I don't see how Sam's translating has anything to do with your progress developing your app. You go on your merry way developing your Windows app as your original intent implies. And if Sam chooses to try and translate, then way to go for him. Whether he finishes it or not

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-16 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Smloa, I could debug a C++ app right now even though I don't know how to code in C++. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Information Systems in New Zealand, and it is my intentions to come and work for Google as a Programmer when I leave MIT (New Zealand). I am only 17 so I have a little

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi All, I have good news!!! Pamela has allowed me to continue developing and displaying my application using its current Scrapping method until the API comes out. I have put the Application back on Google Code and will shortly be releasing an update which fixes the Proxy Authentication issue.

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Sam Osborne
Ok.. I can interpret VB.net... Ish.. Now I want to know two things: - How did you manage to get the APIs from whatever language they're in (Java/Python I think) to VB? - Where's the source? I wanna see if I can get the source, translate it into C++, and then get it to run in Linux..

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Sam, *Answer to your First Question:* If you read the whole post you will know I have been given permission by Google to (For This Application only) Breach Condition L of the Google Wave Program Policy until the relative API is released by Google. Which means that there is no current API for

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Sam Osborne
1: Ok. 2: No, not make my own project based on yours, help you to translate it. If you turn it into C++ (which, if you can't do, I'll try to do) it'll be able to run on Windows, Mac AND Linux. I'd be having a look at the VB code, learn how the parts I'm not sure about work and what their C++

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Sam Osborne
People prefer to just be able to run/install something, without having to go around installing other things as well... Getting away from VB is always a good call.. I did VB for the past 2 years, now I'm C++-ing. Seeing as I'm not even half way through that pdf, I can't do GUI's yet (:(), though,

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Again, I see your point Sam. The only problem is I can't code in C++, and the plans that I have for this application would go well beyond the capability of me learning within a few days. Also it would mean I would not be able to Bug Fix my own application for a while and would have to rely on

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-15 Thread Oliver Baker
Thats all very good, however I have to make sure I find people that I know will not suddenly ditch the application halfway through, leaving me dead in the water. (I am not saying that you would do it, its happened to me before) I suppose we can move into C++, but we are going to have to find

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-14 Thread kim3er
Thanks for clearing that up, I was a bit taken back by the use of the word illegal for scraping websites. I suspect that we will start to see the nature of scraping change in the near future as websites become the API. Pages written in valid XHTML/HTML 5 with meaningful naming conventions (like

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Chris Bailey
I'd be willing to help test. Also my wave ID is Xcom923 On Oct 13, 12:30 am, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, It was my intention from the beginning to make a Tool for your Desktop which would tell you when you have new Waves. And I was surprised that nobody had made one before

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Sam Osborne
Sure I'll grab it.. Gimme about half an hour and I'll come in and start testing it. 2009/10/13 Chris Bailey xcom...@gmail.com I'd be willing to help test. Also my wave ID is Xcom923 On Oct 13, 12:30 am, Oliver Baker ocba...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, It was my intention from the

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Scott Breakall
I've downloaded the exe, but am I missing something? There's nowhere for me to enter my wave credentials? ~Scott~ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Wave API group. To post to this group, send

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread James Purser
Even without the code it is possible to do basic checks. I ran the strings took across the exe this morning and couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. However while it is a .net app it doesn't work under mono. On 14/10/2009, Brian May br...@microcomaustralia.com.au wrote: On Tue, Oct 13,

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi Pamela, Like I said, the first release (Version 1.0) was coded pretty slack, which is why it isn't in the repository yet. I am currently cleaning it up and soon (next 1-2 days) it will be put into the repository. And I am surprised that you don't know how I did this, its a relatively simple

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Oliver Baker
How dare you Andrey! I do not store any of your information what so ever excluding the last Wave server you selected. Any Login information you enter is immediatly put into the Google Wave Login page to log the application into the Google Wave login page. To enter your login details on Version

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Oliver Baker
Hi All, At Pamela's request I have removed this Application from its Google Code Project until the release of the required API pack. Regards, Oliver Baker On Oct 14, 1:42 pm, pamela (Google Employee) pamela...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Oliver- I responded to you offline, but will also respond

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Joe Developer
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:42 AM, pamela (Google Employee) pamela...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Oliver- I responded to you offline, but will also respond here to keep the thread in the forum. I assumed that was how you were doing this, but wanted to give you a chance to explain. It is generally

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Joe Developer
However scrapping is really ugly, error prone, and needs frequent updating. I would consider these issues more important then the legal issue. Especially as it seems likely that Google will develop a proper API in the future. Absolutely.

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Joe Developer
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, pamela (Google Employee) pamela...@gmail.com wrote: Sure, good point, let me clarify, though please keep in mind that I'm not a lawyer... According to the Google Wave terms of use, it is not permitted to modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any

[Google Wave APIs] Re: Google Wave Inbox Notification tool for the Windows Desktop

2009-10-13 Thread Dan Peterson
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:11 PM, pamela (Google Employee) pamela...@gmail.com wrote: Once we have an API to let you programmatically extract the content -- which is something we're working on -- then that API could be used to build this prototype without having to reverse engineer. Another