[ubuntu-za] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

[Corrie Strydom]

On 1 March 2011 17:07, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2011/03/01 15:59, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Adrianna Pinska
>>> <adrianna.pinska at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> How about a custom StatusNet server? I believe that a multiplatform
>>>> StatusNet client has been released already, but some OSS clients that
>>>> support identi.ca probably also support arbitrary servers.  And people
>>>> will be able to use a browser or a feed reader to access the
>>>> information too.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adrianna Pińska
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>>>
>>> What do you mean with StatusNet?
>>>
>>>
>> Adrianna has a great point.
>>
>> http://status.net/ is an Open source microblogging application, it publishes
>> RSS feeds of your posts, your end users can use feed readers to catch up on
>> the latest posts.  Thunderbird has feed capability.
>>
>> Any such platform would work, really, it's the feed publishing part that you
>> are after. XML based, they pass through firewalls.
>>
>> Coding support for RSS / Atom feeds is easy enough, if you want to make a
>> custom viewer tailored for your needs.
>>
>> Take the Python RSS libraries for instance, you can read, and create, feeds
>> with these: http://wiki.python.org/moin/RssLibraries
>>
>
> aah, ok. I don't want RSS. RSS is too limited. I need something which
> gives me much more control. Like I said, something similar to the
> Facebook / Twitter / gmail notify desktop apps which basically give
> you a lot more.
>
> Something like this: http://www.d6technology.com/
>
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sounds like you need a website? :)

Status.net sounds like what you need, from there you could write
something that pulls the private feed to your clients.

What about Google API stuff, I'm sure there would be something you
could use with their web services/google talk.

Some questions :
a) should is "popup" with a message?
b) would users be able to reply to messages?
c) would users be able to send their own messages to you?

Why not a status.net or a private twitter account, from which you can
"pull" the feed to your clients? (like status.net suggestion)

Have a look at Jabber as well?

For me, a proper website with up to date info is much more useful than
a app thats keeps on popping up.

Corrie