Add to the list the Skype plugin for Pidgin: http://eion.robbmob.com/ Skype is what I mostly use these days when I collaborate with someone remotely.
--- Alex. On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:58:11AM -0500, Bob McElrath wrote: > Alexander Shumakovitch [shu...@gwu.edu] wrote: > > > > Now, concerning the issue of authentication and sharing of the data. I > > believe > > that the easiest solution would be to use the existing IM infrastructure. > > Using existing IM infrastructure has another serious advantage: most of the > time > your communication is not solely by shared whiteboard/xournal. Virtually > everyone will also be on the phone or IM with each other while simultaneously > sharing a xournal page (assuming they're not in the same room). > > It should be fairly straightforward to write e.g. a Pidgin plugin that > launches > xournal and attaches it to the current IM conversation. See for instance: > http://xmpp.org/xmpp-protocols/xmpp-extensions/ > specifically: > Jingle: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0166.html > This specification defines an XMPP protocol extension for initiating and > managing peer-to-peer media sessions between two XMPP entities in a way > that > is interoperable with existing Internet standards. > XMPP In-Band Bytestream: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0047.html > Shared XML Editing: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0284.html > Feature Negotiation: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0020.html > do you have collaborative xournal? > XHTML-IM: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0071.html > strokes could be encoded as HTML canvas objects > > Pidgin plugins: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Scripting%20and%20Plugins > > -- > Cheers, > Bob McElrath [ Heidelberg University, Theoretical Physics ] > > "If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing > anything very innovative." -- Woody Allen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
