#portableapps - *skinned* IRC client for discussion and support Submitted by Chris Morgan on June 18, 2008 - 3:29am
Hi all, I've been working on a skin for the Mibbit IRC client, which can be embedded into webpages. Mibbit uses Javascript and AJAXy type things, which makes it very fast, and means you don't need to have Java/Flash, or a fullblown client. I think that this would be a good option for support, and from other discussion on this channel, I believe that John agrees. Without further ado, here it is. Set up to go straight to irc.freenode.net, #portableapps, and set up with my skin. :-) I hope that you like it! Hopefully with something like this we'll get better support options for our users. You can embed it in webpages; and example of embedding this one in the PortableApps.com support page is here. ( categories: )
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Ahhh, But can you come up
Ahhh,
But can you come up with something that doesn't need Java/Flash OR Javascript and AJAXy type things which would make it very secure ;-P
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
The only option there is a
The only option there is a full-blown program like Pidgin - but what if they can't get that working, and that is what they're wanting support for? :P
Edit: oh, for smileys...
Edit: http://drupal.org/project/smileys - 6.0 has an alpha now!
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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Alpha :-(
Smileys for Drupal 6
All Drupal 6 version of Smileys are intended for development and testing usage only, and are not recommended for production sites. Alpha1 code is intended for preview of how smileys is going to be at the administration back-end.
I miss Simleys :-(
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
Me too... :-( But anyway,
Me too... :-(
But anyway, could you please test it? :-)
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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Test what?
The smiley's, that up to John?
The IRC thingy, I don't do IRC?, and rarely allow javascript :-P
The theme/skin, I don't do themes/skins?
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
:-(
:-(
Not meaning smileys.
IRC and skin, you could just check it maybe type something, and leave again. But if you don't want to, that's fine.
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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Sorry
It's not that I don't want to,
but I don't have an account/logon/password or any of that stuff,
as I said, I don't do IRC/IM type stuff [I don't even know the difference between the two], hate it myself, but I'm sure people will be around in the morning to give it a try.
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
You don't actually need to register.
(Most) IRC channels don't need registration. #portableapps doesn't. All you need to do is choose a screen name.
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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Fine
I'll try it tomorrow,
Let's do this set by step.
1. I turn on javascript
2. I allow irc.portableapps.chrismorgan.info/ to use javascript.
3. I go to http://irc.portableapps.chrismorgan.info/
now what?
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give details, I haven't done this stuff in years, if I've even done it before :-P
Tim
edit: oh, and from what I recall reading, yes I've been reading, I need to allow IFrames too :-(
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
List:
And no, you don't need to allow iframes; that's only for embedding it in a page (like here). If you're accessing it directly (as you are if you go to http://irc.portableapps.chrismorgan.info/), you don't need iframes.
Hope to see you on there soon! If you go just about now, I'll be on.
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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Okay
Ok, I was there, it was scary :-(
I didn't know what to say.
I type very poorly for live chat.
There were a few folks there.
I saw a lot of pink and red.
I will try again tomorrow.
What do you want to know?
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
Say how you think the client is
I presume that you were the teck... one?
How do you think it will go for the average user? What do you think needs changing (if anything)
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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teck ?? if that is a nick
teck ??
if that is a nick name, no, I was me, timclark.
I think that is would be fine for an average user but I've got nothing to compare it to.
What can you change, I thought you just came up with the colors and the rest was just "the site", but what do I know :-P
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
Great!
I like it, as well the colors you've chosen (except for the joined green).
This way to chatting is so simple but clear, perhaps I'm switching.
Life is crunchy, anywhere
Joined green?
What do you mean?
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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He Means
Nick has joined #portableapps or whatever it says, in the lime green font... if you have the power to change that.
Ah.
Yes, I can change that. I can change everything - even to the point of putting in images for backgrounds! It seems that although the things are meant for colours, it just treats it as CSS, and uses it verbatim, though hopefully it strips any dangerous stuff first! The tab bar, for example, currently uses the header bar from here, and gives it a y-offset of -7px, to get rid of the white at the top and the black border.
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I think the pink background
I think the pink background areas, might look better as grey. Also, I was wondering is the size of the embedded one adjustable?
Maybe, yes
I was wondering a bit about the pinks, too. But I think it looks good, so long as it's not fullscreen.
The size is definitely able to be changed - if you look at the source code, you'll see that it's just an iframe tag, with width and height attributes. Mibbit will scale as large as you like.
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
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To much pink.
In reply to your wish . . .
To much pink.
Make the text on the side white, so it offsets the grey more. EDIT-No I see why you did that. Maybe change the highlight?
I do like what you did with the user list.
Did I mention the pink?
Good gracious! There goes a kangaroo. I must have a practice with me boomerang- Now then, slowly back
If you throw that thing at me, I'll jump right on your head.
Innit marvellous? Got a land full of kangaroos and I had to pick that one.
Work In Progress... pink lay-offs
Yes, you did mention it. :P
You see why I did it? The reason I did it was because I've put the image in, but not changed the text colour yet! It's a work in progress, and I was given some statistics work to do by the school principal, so I'm putting that first. I'll fix it soon, though.
My aim is really to get it to look as similar to the PortableApps.com menu as possible/reasonable.
I agree with you about too much pink. The problem is finding a portableappsish colour other than reds and pinks... probably grey.
But to sum up for the people who have commented on IRC but not here: the general response seems to be, it's good, we like it, it'd be helpful, but it'd probably be nice with a little less pink... So I'm going to lay off some of my pink employees. :P
Oh, for graphical smileys... :-(
Chris Morgan (formerly chrism) :-)
Religion = Christian\Christadelphian
Likes_Swearing = false
Portable_App_Developer = true