Forum OpenACS Development: Re: new post-it package

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4: Re: new post-it package (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 08/28/06 11:24 PM
There is the existing user message bar. It only allows one message and the message is only loaded once on the next page view by a certain user.

I think in general we want to allow multiple messages, this would be very handy, for example, if you installed a new package, and the package needed to give you additional information.

See the exsting apis

https://openacs.org/api-doc/proc-search?query_string=user_message&search_type=All+matches&name_weight=5&param_weight=3&doc_weight=2

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5: Re: new post-it package (response to 4)
Posted by Ryan Gallimore on 08/28/06 11:37 PM
I like the idea of the following use case:

1. User 1 wants to invite another online user named User 2 to a chat session.
2. User 1 enters a brief message in a text box at the top of the page.
3. User 2 receives the message at the top of the page without issuing another page request (via Ajax).
4. User 2 should be able to block User 1's messages.

Is there already a package that accomplishes this?

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6: Re: Res: Re: new post-it package (response to 5)
Posted by Raúl Morales Hidalgo on 08/29/06 01:23 AM
First of all thanks for the replies.

My idea is more an sms substitute than an email one, so I'll look at the existing api and probably start the work from there, My idea is basically what Ryan posted and what dave posted seems also a good Idea. I think multiple messaging is a must, as I said before the idea is something quite like sms.