Forum OpenACS Q&A: New extended chat package

Hi all,

I extended the chat package (java part) and would like to get some feedback. You can take a look at

http://madura.bwl.uni-mannheim.de:8080/

As soon as you register you can test the chat. Registered users can administrate the chat.

You have to accept the certificate to see the applet.

Major Changes:
- Migration to JRE 1.4.2 (Swing-Components)
- Complete Rewrite of major classes
- HTML-Support
- User-Portrait-Support
- Color-Chooser

I hope you like it. Feedback most welcome.

I don't know why but my test server fails to upload portraits. So you won't be able to test this.

Greetings,
Nima

For those who didn't see anything at all. You need to install the Java Plugin - simply follow this link:

http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=22&PartDetailId=j2re-1.4.2_04-oth-JPR&SiteId=JSC&TransactionId=noreg

I will change the applet tag to support automatic JRE detection and download.

Ok. It fully supports now different skins. And it is even possible to define your own skins:

http://dev.l2fprod.com/tutorial-msstyle.html
http://dev.l2fprod.com/converters.html
http://dev.l2fprod.com/tutorial-themepack.html

There are many more themepacks available under:

http://www.javootoo.com/

You can define for the applet if and how many skins should be available to the user.

Next step will be a Flash client for this chat.

Greetings,
Nima