Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Things I feel are important for gm's future

[Damien Sandras <damien sandras it-optics com>]

Le jeu 08/01/2004 à 20:52, PUYDT Julien a écrit :
> (2 IM 'integration'
> 
> We all know the difference between VoIP and IM, but we also know one way
> to make gm more mainstream would be to make more people know its
> existence, for example by making it easier to launch.
> 
> The current situation is that to use gm, you need to launch gm. It would
> be nice if some IM programs (and as many as possible) were proposing a
> voice(/video) connection through gm, and gave a nice "You really should
> install gnomemeeting to enjoy that feature" popup if it isn't found.
> 

After 1.00, I will start writing a bonobo component.


> 2)
> (3 win32 port
> 
> I don't remember exactly what the problem is for gnomemeeting on win32,
> but I think trying to get it to work on that platform would also help a
> lot to get it in more wide use.
> 

GTK Windows doesn't support threads at all...

> 3)
> (4 mosx port
> 
> Same problem as the previous point; except that I discussed the issue a
> little with Damien recently, and it seems the only issue for gm on mosx
> is: there's no video input plugin!
> 
> I really think that is a really easy to fix problem, and it would not be
> that difficult to find someone to help us out on this!
> 

Moreover, ohphoneX, a GUI over ohphone, already implemented the required
code !

> 4)
> (5 whiteboard
> 
> That is another thing that is asked. This doesn't really belong to
> gnomemeeting, but being able to cooperate with such an application would
> be nice; the way I see it, people get in touch via IM, then decide to
> talk (gm), then find a little drawing would help, and need the
> whiteboard.

> The problem is: I don't know of any such app. I think there was an
> opent120 project, but I don't think it is really alive...
> 

Use COCCINELLA


> 5)
> (6 "add a contact" api
> 
> This would involve writing a function that would be responsible of the
> edit contact popup. This would of course be used in the ils/contacts
> window, but would also allow to finally use the regex-enhanced text chat
> code I wrote (and Migras rectified, checked-in and debugged -- see the
> Changelog around the 19/12 of last year).
> 

Will do that

> 6)
> (7 application sharing
> 
> I don't even really know what it really is, but it seems people want
> it... I think it doesn't belong to gnomemeeting, but to another app, and
> gnomemeeting should only cooperate with that app.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't know of any project of that type...
> 

Use TightVNC.

> 7)
> 
> Feel free to comment, volunteer or object to anything I listed, or add
> your own...
> 
> Snark
> 
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