On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Sumit wrote: > On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 20:15 +0000, Saifi Khan wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, sumit wrote: > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > I need some information about web based chat server software which allows > > > users to login into chat rooms for discussion. If anyone is using any > > > such product please share with me. > > > I have following questions in my mind. > > > > > > Is there are any open source tools available for this? > > > Best available vendor product in market? > > > Opinion about difficulty of development of this type of tool & which > > > platform gives best results? > > > > > > > It's been sometime since we chatted :-) > > > > Perhaps you have 'meebo' like application in mind. > > > > In the Open Source space, there are infrastructures that support > > multi-user IM. > > > > For example, please take a look at 'Jabber' which is also an > > innovation on XMPP. > > > > Thus, Kopete supports GTalk through Jabber. > > > > Most of the 'tweet' based engines are best exemplified by > > . Twitter.com > > . Yammer.com > > > > Here the message queue design and application interface are > > open. For, Twitter, please see 'kestrel' > > > > Then offcourse there is identi.ca based on laconi.ca > > > > I'm sure there are other projects out there that Twincling > > community may be aware off or would like to highlight. > > > > > > thanks > > Saifi. > > Hi Saifi, > > What i need is something like > http://www.lion-max.com/products/chatanywhere.htm > > But this is not customisable as this is a licenced product. > so something similar in open source which can be customised for > organisation needs. > What is the feasibility of developing similar product in LAMP(php) or > any other platform? > > Thanks > Sumit >
ChatRoom is one Drupal module that i've been tracking for something. Take a look at http://drupal.org/project/chatroom > > This module enables chat rooms to be set up on Drupal sites. > No additional software is required. Chat Room uses AJAX to > update chats without page reloads. Chat rooms are nodes > that provide access to chats and chat archives. > This module does not support pop-up windows or invitations. > Developing a similar product which is tightly integrated with some Twincling product or Drupal is a good feasability. thanks Saifi.
