From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2007-09-26T21:56:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Gmail Chat Group

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On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 03:12 +0900, Jayson Williams wrote:
> ...so there I was. Wishing there was some Ruby Guru nearby that could
> coach me through this challenging bit of code. As I opened up my gmail
> account to shoot off yet another question to the group, my eye spotted
> the gmail chat feature to the left of the compose email window.
>=20
> "Wouldn't that be great?, " I thought to myself. " ...to have a list
> of a dozen or so Ruby enthusiasts that also had a gmail account. I
> could instantly see if they were  online, before I addressed the
> entire group, and shoot out a quick question via chat."
>=20
> Not endorsing Gmail, or anything, just trying to use what I have to
> the fullest. Gmail has a chat feature, and quick contacts window.
> Clicking on a contact opens up a direct chat  with that user if they
> are online.
> So what do you think? Are there any community members that have Gmail,
> and wouldn't mind helping one another out by adding each other to our
> quick contacts list? Does this sound like something that would be
> useful to anyone else?

GMail, and Google Talk, uses the open Jabber protocol. There are
numerous clients and servers available -- you don't have to be a GMail
user.

If something like that should work, though, it probably requires a
dedicated Ruby Jabber server, so that one isn't forced to accept
questions whenever online, but can enable and disable such an account at
will.


Cheers,
Daniel

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