From: Jayson Williams <williams.jayson@...>
Date: 2007-09-27T02:13:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Gmail Chat Group

> a Ruby IRC library too, isn't there? Some times the "old" ways are best. ;)<
In fact, most new things are simply old things in new clothing!.
Thanks for the IIRC suggestion. I'll give it a whirl.

Jayson


On 9/26/07, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@cesmail.net> wrote:
> Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> > 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.
> >>
> >> "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."
> >>
> >> 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
>
> For that matter, most of the open source chat clients can get to IRC
> these days, can't they? You could head over to the IRC channels. There's
> a Ruby IRC library too, isn't there? Some times the "old" ways are best. ;)
>
>