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[Plugin] MyChitChat - Jabber IM Chat (MUC/IRC/AIM/GG/GTalk/ICQ/MSN/QQ/SMS/email)
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<blockquote data-quote="Anthrax" data-source="post: 632708" data-attributes="member: 46494"><p>Alright Folks, </p><p>here we go!</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Orange">This is the release candidate of</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="font-size: 22px">MyChitChat (1.0.0 RC) - for MediaPortal 1.2.0 BETA!</span></span></span></span></p><p>[ATTACH]64383[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>all the details will be updated asap in this very first post - now I need <s>sleep</s> steady hands for typing!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Documentation:</strong></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Description:</strong></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px">This is my 2nd Plugin after the <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/updated-plugin-mysleeptimer-latest-version-1-0-3-0-a-47353/#post320359" target="_blank">MySleepTimer</a>. Spoiler: Another one involving "cats" is on it's way ;-).</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">MyChitChat is a plugin that allows you to send and receive instant chat messages via the Jabber/XMPP network and supported transports like ICQ, AIM, MSN, GTalk and many others as well. You can view your contact list and see who is online or has send you a message and reply instantly.</p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Versions:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>current:</strong><p style="margin-left: 20px">MyChitChat 1.0.0 RC (community reported bugs fixed)</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>previous:</strong><p style="margin-left: 20px">MyChitChat 0.9.0 Alpha (initial public release)</p> </li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Changelog:</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>since 0.9.0 (Alpha)</strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">double notification bug fixed!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">skin navigation fixed (set OnLeft, OnRight controls)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">skin adjustments (resized columns a bit, removed overlaps)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">enhanced error recovery (i.e. on hibernate, server/ client errors, lost connection, ...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">current Tune & Activity publication is now fully configurable (adresses privacy concerns)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">added event handling for PlayBackChanged (updates and publishes Tune/Activity correctly now)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">added event handling for PlayBackStopped (resets Activity to default / empties Tune info)</li> </ul></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Features:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Red"><strong>Instant Messaging via Jabber/XMPP</strong></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Yepp you heard that right <strong>ICQ, AIM, MSN, GTalk, IRC</strong> and many others right inside MediaPortal!</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Send/Retrive Presence Data</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select & Set Your Online Status (Available, Ready to Chat, Away, Extended Away, Do not Disturb, Unavailable, Invisible)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Send a custom status message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select your status on MediaPortal startup (optional)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Automatically set customizable idle status when not in plugin/timeout</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select & Set your current Mood (happy, excited, grumpy, ...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Send a custom mood message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select & Set your current Activity (working, sleeping, studying, gaming, socialising, ...)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Send a custom activity message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Automatically send current tune/media information on playback (title, artist, album, etc.)</strong>*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Retrieve Contacts presence (status, mood, activity) and custom messages</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Retrieve & display contact Avatar images</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Customizable notifications for events (new message, contact status/mood/activity/tune updates, error</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Global notifications within MediaPortal even when the plugin isn't shown</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Conversation history per contact (no persistance between restarts though)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact List filtering (online, offline, all)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disconnect/Reconnect Jabber account within MediaPortal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selectable input types (default keyboard, sms input, web keyboard)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last active Contact automatically selected in the list</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ultra fast reply by simply starting to type (while a contact is selected in the list)**</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fully skinnable status, mood and activity icons (i.e. plugin checks for [statustype].png on the fly)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fully skinnable message status icons (unread, read, replied, send)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Multilanguage support</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Full event log</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Extended error logging (please rember to attach logs, they are crucial for finding/eliminating bugs)</li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><s>* This is default enabled for now and not fully tested (listens to PlayBackStarted event in g_Player) Privacy concerns! </s></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">** I'm having problems with some hardcoded keys like 'h' which automatically returns to home screen <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Screenshots:</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[ATTACH]64368[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64369[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64370[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64371[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64372[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Download:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>preferred:</strong> via "MediaPortal Extension Installer" (uncheck "Stable only" for now)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">optional: via MediaPortal <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/PIM/MyChitChat/" target="_blank">Plugin Repository</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">optional: directly download at the bottom of this post</li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Installation:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>preferred:</strong> Automatically via "MediaPortal Extension Installer" (this way you'll get auto-updates!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">optional: by double-clicking the downloaded '*.mpe1' file and following the installation wizard</li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Configuration:</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[ATTACH]64274[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[ATTACH]64277[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[ATTACH]64276[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[ATTACH]64275[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>GUI Elements & Usage:</strong></span></span></p> <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Main Window</strong><br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Open the Plugin in MediaPortal to see your Jabber status and contact list. Select (hover) a contact from a List to see his/her last Message, online status and avatar image. Click on a Contact from the list to open the Chat window. Click on the Reply button on the lower left to write a new message to the currently selected contact. If a contact is currently selected and you want to quickly send a message her/him just start typing and the virtual keybord will come up (just don't start with the letter 'h' ;-) )</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Status information (left hand column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your Jabber account name</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your online status & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your mood & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your activity & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selected Contact's nickname</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selected Contact's online status & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selected Contact's Avatar image (if available)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selected Contact's last chat message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reply button (MePo icon with typewriter on the lower left)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Event log (middle column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This textbox contains the history of all event that occured (like incoming message, contact online status update, tune changed, errors, etc.)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact list (right hand column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contains all the contacts you added to your Jabber account (should look exactly like the desktop client's contact list)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The list is filtered by default to show online contacts only (change this via context menu (F9))</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Listitem label: Contact's Nickname [unread/overall messages]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Listitem icon: if available the contact's avatar image or else an online status icon (i.e. available, ready to chat, away,...)<br /> </li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Chat Window</strong><br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px">This window shows the complete conversion history for the currently selected contact</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Selected Contact's status information (left hand column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact's nickname</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact's online status & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact's mood & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact'sactivity & message</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contact's Avatar image (if available)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Last chat message (incoming or outgoing)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Conversation history (middle column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">plain text of all messages from/to this contact in reverse chronological order (new on top)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Every message is shown with sent/received timestamp and direction ('>' incoming / '<' outgoing)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Message list (right hand column)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contains all messages from/to this contact in reverse chronological order (new on top)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Listitem label: Message subject (or shortened message body) and sent/receive timestamp</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Listitem icon: depicts the message type/status (i.e. incoming, outgoing, unread, read, replied)<br /> </li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Context Menu (F9)</strong><br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px">This dialog menu will provide context sensitive options/settings. This menu and all subsequent menus are fully multilanguage supported.</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Set My Status"<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Available"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Ready to chat"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Away"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Extended away"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Do not disturb"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Unvailable"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Invisible"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Custom..." (Select a status and write a custom status message)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Set My Activity"<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"doing maintenance</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"doing the dishes";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"doing the laundry";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"unning an errand";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"walking the dog";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"having a beer";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"having coffee";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"having tea";</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[...]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Custom..." (Select an activity and write a custom activity message)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Set My Mood"<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"afraid"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"amazed"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"angry"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"annoyed"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"anxious"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"aroused"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"ashamed"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[...]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Custom..." (Select a mood and write a custom mood message)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"IM selected Contact"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Show all Contacts"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Show Online only"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Show Offline only"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Jabber reconnect"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Jabber disconnect"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Set Keyboard type"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Cancel"</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Skins:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Generic Skin (should work with all skins)<br /> </li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translations:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The plugin's default language is english</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Plugin is fully translateable (at least will be)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Everybody is invited to create a translation file for their language of choice ;-)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have a look at the Plugin Configuration, there you'll find a button to create a new language template </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">fear not! no XML-Skills required, just look for the stuff between these: '><' ...!<br /> [CODE]example <br /> eng: <string Field="brave">brave</string> <br /> => ger: <string Field="brave">mutig</string>[/CODE]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once you're done translating, insert your name in the XML and attach the file to a <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry" target="_blank">new Issue @ GoogleCode</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Troubleshooting:</strong> <em>Internet Explorer needs to be open when you click the "Create new..."-Button!</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Troubleshooting:</strong> <em>An error will occur when XML-files don't have a default program to be opened with on your system!</em></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Icons:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">most (if not all) icons are taken from either blue3 skin, the old MePo-Green skin or from <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /><a href="http://glennmelenhorst.com/wordpress/mepo-2/mepo-icons/" target="_blank">grassynoel's Website</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The plugin will search the skin path for the appropriate icons ("\Skin\Blue3wide\Media\MyChitChat\[type]\[name].jpg")</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">example: "\Skin\Blue3wide\Media\MyChitChat\activity\watching_a_movie.png"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fallback to default icons for missing status/mood/activity icons</li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Sources:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Browse Source: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/source/browse/#svn/trunk" target="_blank">mychitchat - Project Hosting on Google Code</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subversion:[CODE]"checkout http://mychitchat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ mychitchat-read-only"[/CODE]</li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Bugs/Suggestions:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Please file Bug Reports as <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry" target="_blank">new Issues @ GoogleCode</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Please remember to attach logfiles!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">File Feature requests as <a href="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry" target="_blank">new Issues @ GoogleCode</a> as well</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">KISS principle applies <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: Red">I'd really appreciate any feedback, bugs, suggestions, feature wishes and the like</span> (and using the Issue List would definately lower my/your overhead)!</li> </ul> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Jabber:</strong></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Why:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Open Protocol Standard based on XML</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many stable Libraries</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many Free & Open Source Clients</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Single Login for Multiple Networks!</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Single Client for Multiple Networks/Protocols</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No need for "Free" Clients (read 'enriched', read 'Adware') with a payload of many user friendly "features" (read unwanted 'Registry-Mayhem', read 'browser TOOLBARS' that take 50% screen real estate)</li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Links:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.jabber.org/" target="_blank">Jabber.org</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.jabberes.org/servers/" target="_blank">Jabber/XMPP Server List</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" target="_blank">Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ? Wikipedia</a></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Clients:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.miranda-im.org" target="_blank">Miranda IM</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.pidgin.im" target="_blank">Pidgin</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.trillian.im" target="_blank">Trillian</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://psi-im.org" target="_blank">Psi</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Protokoll-Client" target="_blank">more...</a></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Servers:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">jabber.hot-chilli.net</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">jabber.tf-network.de</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">jabber.tmkis.com</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">jid.pl</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">na-di.de</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pluser.ru</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">aqq.eu</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">jabber.org</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.jabberes.org/servers/" target="_blank">comprehensive server list</a></li> </ul></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Transports/Gateways:</strong></span></span> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">XMPP (Jabber)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ICQ </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GG (Gadu Gadu)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">IRC (Internet Relay Chat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MSN (Microsoft Network)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Y! (Yahoo!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PEP (Personal Eventing Protcol)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MUC (MultiUser Chat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GTalk (Google Talk/Chat)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">QQ (Tencent QQ /former "open ICQ")</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Facebook</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">email</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">sms</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">...</li> </ul> </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Credits:</strong></span></span><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/74313.html" target="_blank">Shukuyen</a> - <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/new-plugin-jabber-mediaportal-v0-1-a-67088/#post479744" target="_blank">Jabber.MP v0.1</a> for the idea that started this (sadly you stopped development)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/24659.html" target="_blank">grassynoel</a> - <a href="http://glennmelenhorst.com/wordpress/mepo-2/mepo-media-portal/" target="_blank">MePo - MediaPortal's very own Mascot!</a> for this little sweetheart fellow (I should've ask you first though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/85604.html" target="_blank">fripsy</a> - <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/skype4mp-video-83866/#post632162" target="_blank">Skype4MP</a> for some much needed code insights</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/52082.html" target="_blank">fforde</a> and team - <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/moving-pictures-1-0-6-stable-available-74046/#post541048" target="_blank">Moving Pictures Plugin</a> for the translation engine that i cold heartedly stole from you guys</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> finally to all of YOU who work hard and help out to make this place what it has become!</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>external:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.ag-software.de/" target="_blank">AG Software</a> - <a href="http://www.ag-software.de/agsxmpp-sdk.html" target="_blank">agsXMPP - Open Source C# .NET Jabber Library</a> (comprehensive XMPP protocol implementation library)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/Microphage71" target="_blank">Microphage71</a> - <a href="http://njim.codeplex.com" target="_blank">nJim - dotNet Jabber Instant Messaging Library</a> (nice wrapper for agsXMPP)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p></p><p>have fun and keep 'em bugs & suggestions comin',</p><p>Anthrax</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anthrax, post: 632708, member: 46494"] Alright Folks, here we go! [FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Orange"]This is the release candidate of [SIZE="6"]MyChitChat (1.0.0 RC) - for MediaPortal 1.2.0 BETA![/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH]64383.vB[/ATTACH] [B]all the details will be updated asap in this very first post - now I need [S]sleep[/S] steady hands for typing![/B] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][B]Documentation:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][INDENT][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Description:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][INDENT]This is my 2nd Plugin after the [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/updated-plugin-mysleeptimer-latest-version-1-0-3-0-a-47353/#post320359"]MySleepTimer[/URL]. Spoiler: Another one involving "cats" is on it's way ;-). MyChitChat is a plugin that allows you to send and receive instant chat messages via the Jabber/XMPP network and supported transports like ICQ, AIM, MSN, GTalk and many others as well. You can view your contact list and see who is online or has send you a message and reply instantly.[/INDENT] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Versions:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][B]current:[/B][INDENT]MyChitChat 1.0.0 RC (community reported bugs fixed)[/INDENT] [*][B]previous:[/B][INDENT]MyChitChat 0.9.0 Alpha (initial public release)[/INDENT][/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Changelog:[/B][/SIZE][LIST][*][/LIST][/FONT][LIST][B]since 0.9.0 (Alpha)[/B] [LIST] [*]double notification bug fixed! [*]skin navigation fixed (set OnLeft, OnRight controls) [*]skin adjustments (resized columns a bit, removed overlaps) [*]enhanced error recovery (i.e. on hibernate, server/ client errors, lost connection, ...) [*]current Tune & Activity publication is now fully configurable (adresses privacy concerns) [*]added event handling for PlayBackChanged (updates and publishes Tune/Activity correctly now) [*]added event handling for PlayBackStopped (resets Activity to default / empties Tune info) [/LIST] [/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Features:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][COLOR="Red"][B]Instant Messaging via Jabber/XMPP[/B][/COLOR][*][B]Yepp you heard that right [B]ICQ, AIM, MSN, GTalk, IRC[/B] and many others right inside MediaPortal![/B] [*]Send/Retrive Presence Data [*]Select & Set Your Online Status (Available, Ready to Chat, Away, Extended Away, Do not Disturb, Unavailable, Invisible) [*]Send a custom status message [*]Select your status on MediaPortal startup (optional) [*]Automatically set customizable idle status when not in plugin/timeout [*]Select & Set your current Mood (happy, excited, grumpy, ...) [*]Send a custom mood message [*]Select & Set your current Activity (working, sleeping, studying, gaming, socialising, ...) [*]Send a custom activity message [*][B]Automatically send current tune/media information on playback (title, artist, album, etc.)[/B]* [*]Retrieve Contacts presence (status, mood, activity) and custom messages [*]Retrieve & display contact Avatar images [*]Customizable notifications for events (new message, contact status/mood/activity/tune updates, error [*]Global notifications within MediaPortal even when the plugin isn't shown [*]Conversation history per contact (no persistance between restarts though) [*]Contact List filtering (online, offline, all) [*]Disconnect/Reconnect Jabber account within MediaPortal [*]Selectable input types (default keyboard, sms input, web keyboard) [*]Last active Contact automatically selected in the list [*]Ultra fast reply by simply starting to type (while a contact is selected in the list)** [*]Fully skinnable status, mood and activity icons (i.e. plugin checks for [statustype].png on the fly) [*]Fully skinnable message status icons (unread, read, replied, send) [*]Multilanguage support [*]Full event log [*]Extended error logging (please rember to attach logs, they are crucial for finding/eliminating bugs) [/LIST][INDENT][S]* This is default enabled for now and not fully tested (listens to PlayBackStarted event in g_Player) Privacy concerns! [/S] ** I'm having problems with some hardcoded keys like 'h' which automatically returns to home screen :([/INDENT] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Screenshots:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH]64368.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64369.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64370.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64371.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]64372.vB[/ATTACH] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Download:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][B]preferred:[/B] via "MediaPortal Extension Installer" (uncheck "Stable only" for now) [*]optional: via MediaPortal [URL="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/PIM/MyChitChat/"]Plugin Repository[/URL] [*]optional: directly download at the bottom of this post [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Installation:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][B]preferred:[/B] Automatically via "MediaPortal Extension Installer" (this way you'll get auto-updates!) [*]optional: by double-clicking the downloaded '*.mpe1' file and following the installation wizard [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Configuration:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH]64274.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]64277.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]64276.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]64275.vB[/ATTACH] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]GUI Elements & Usage:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][B]Main Window[/B] [INDENT]Open the Plugin in MediaPortal to see your Jabber status and contact list. Select (hover) a contact from a List to see his/her last Message, online status and avatar image. Click on a Contact from the list to open the Chat window. Click on the Reply button on the lower left to write a new message to the currently selected contact. If a contact is currently selected and you want to quickly send a message her/him just start typing and the virtual keybord will come up (just don't start with the letter 'h' ;-) )[/INDENT] [LIST] [*]Status information (left hand column) [LIST] [*]Your Jabber account name [*]Your online status & message [*]Your mood & message [*]Your activity & message [*]Selected Contact's nickname [*]Selected Contact's online status & message [*]Selected Contact's Avatar image (if available) [*]Selected Contact's last chat message [*]Reply button (MePo icon with typewriter on the lower left) [/LIST] [*]Event log (middle column) [LIST] [*]This textbox contains the history of all event that occured (like incoming message, contact online status update, tune changed, errors, etc.) [/LIST] [*]Contact list (right hand column) [LIST] [*]Contains all the contacts you added to your Jabber account (should look exactly like the desktop client's contact list) [*]The list is filtered by default to show online contacts only (change this via context menu (F9)) [*]Listitem label: Contact's Nickname [unread/overall messages] [*]Listitem icon: if available the contact's avatar image or else an online status icon (i.e. available, ready to chat, away,...) [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][B]Chat Window[/B] [INDENT]This window shows the complete conversion history for the currently selected contact[/INDENT] [LIST] [*]Selected Contact's status information (left hand column) [LIST] [*]Contact's nickname [*]Contact's online status & message [*]Contact's mood & message [*]Contact'sactivity & message [*]Contact's Avatar image (if available) [*]Last chat message (incoming or outgoing) [/LIST] [*]Conversation history (middle column) [LIST] [*]plain text of all messages from/to this contact in reverse chronological order (new on top) [*]Every message is shown with sent/received timestamp and direction ('>' incoming / '<' outgoing) [/LIST] [*]Message list (right hand column) [LIST] [*]Contains all messages from/to this contact in reverse chronological order (new on top) [*]Listitem label: Message subject (or shortened message body) and sent/receive timestamp [*]Listitem icon: depicts the message type/status (i.e. incoming, outgoing, unread, read, replied) [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][B]Context Menu (F9)[/B] [INDENT]This dialog menu will provide context sensitive options/settings. This menu and all subsequent menus are fully multilanguage supported.[/INDENT] [LIST] [*]"Set My Status" [LIST] [*]"Available" [*]"Ready to chat" [*]"Away" [*]"Extended away" [*]"Do not disturb" [*]"Unvailable" [*]"Invisible" [*]"Custom..." (Select a status and write a custom status message) [/LIST] [*]"Set My Activity" [LIST] [*]"doing maintenance [*]"doing the dishes"; [*]"doing the laundry"; [*]"unning an errand"; [*]"walking the dog"; [*]"having a beer"; [*]"having coffee"; [*]"having tea"; [*][...] [*]"Custom..." (Select an activity and write a custom activity message) [/LIST] [*]"Set My Mood" [LIST] [*]"afraid" [*]"amazed" [*]"angry" [*]"annoyed" [*]"anxious" [*]"aroused" [*]"ashamed" [*][...] [*]"Custom..." (Select a mood and write a custom mood message) [/LIST] [*]"IM selected Contact" [*]"Show all Contacts" [*]"Show Online only" [*]"Show Offline only" [*]"Jabber reconnect" [*]"Jabber disconnect" [*]"Set Keyboard type" [*]"Cancel" [/LIST] [/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Skins:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST][*]Generic Skin (should work with all skins) [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Translations:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST][*]The plugin's default language is english [*]The Plugin is fully translateable (at least will be) [*]Everybody is invited to create a translation file for their language of choice ;-) [*]Have a look at the Plugin Configuration, there you'll find a button to create a new language template [*]fear not! no XML-Skills required, just look for the stuff between these: '><' ...! [CODE]example eng: <string Field="brave">brave</string> => ger: <string Field="brave">mutig</string>[/CODE] [*]Once you're done translating, insert your name in the XML and attach the file to a [URL="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry"]new Issue @ GoogleCode[/URL] [*][B]Troubleshooting:[/B] [I]Internet Explorer needs to be open when you click the "Create new..."-Button![/I] [*][B]Troubleshooting:[/B] [I]An error will occur when XML-files don't have a default program to be opened with on your system![/I] [/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Icons:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST][*]most (if not all) icons are taken from either blue3 skin, the old MePo-Green skin or from :ooops:[URL="http://glennmelenhorst.com/wordpress/mepo-2/mepo-icons/"]grassynoel's Website[/URL] [*]The plugin will search the skin path for the appropriate icons ("\Skin\Blue3wide\Media\MyChitChat\[type]\[name].jpg") [*]example: "\Skin\Blue3wide\Media\MyChitChat\activity\watching_a_movie.png" [*]Fallback to default icons for missing status/mood/activity icons [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Sources:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST][*]Browse Source: [url=http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/source/browse/#svn/trunk]mychitchat - Project Hosting on Google Code[/url] [*]Subversion:[CODE]"checkout http://mychitchat.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ mychitchat-read-only"[/CODE][/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Bugs/Suggestions:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*]Please file Bug Reports as [URL="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry"]new Issues @ GoogleCode[/URL] [*]Please remember to attach logfiles! [*]File Feature requests as [URL="http://code.google.com/p/mychitchat/issues/entry"]new Issues @ GoogleCode[/URL] as well [*]KISS principle applies ;) [*][COLOR="Red"]I'd really appreciate any feedback, bugs, suggestions, feature wishes and the like[/COLOR] (and using the Issue List would definately lower my/your overhead)![/LIST] [/INDENT] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][B]Jabber:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][INDENT][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Why:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*]Open Protocol Standard based on XML [*]Many stable Libraries [*]Many Free & Open Source Clients [*][B]Single Login for Multiple Networks![/B] [*]Single Client for Multiple Networks/Protocols [*]No need for "Free" Clients (read 'enriched', read 'Adware') with a payload of many user friendly "features" (read unwanted 'Registry-Mayhem', read 'browser TOOLBARS' that take 50% screen real estate) [/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Links:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][url=http://www.jabber.org/]Jabber.org[/url] [*][url=http://www.jabberes.org/servers/]Jabber/XMPP Server List[/url] [*][url=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol]Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ? Wikipedia[/url][/LIST] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Clients:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*][URL="http://www.miranda-im.org"]Miranda IM[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.pidgin.im"]Pidgin[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.trillian.im"]Trillian[/URL] [*][URL="http://psi-im.org"]Psi[/URL] [*][URL="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Protokoll-Client"]more...[/URL] [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Servers:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*]jabber.hot-chilli.net [*]jabber.tf-network.de [*]jabber.tmkis.com [*]jid.pl [*]na-di.de [*]pluser.ru [*]aqq.eu [*]jabber.org [*][URL="http://www.jabberes.org/servers/"]comprehensive server list[/URL] [/LIST][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="3"][B]Transports/Gateways:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][LIST] [*]XMPP (Jabber) [*]ICQ [*]AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) [*]GG (Gadu Gadu) [*]IRC (Internet Relay Chat) [*]MSN (Microsoft Network) [*]Y! (Yahoo!) [*]PEP (Personal Eventing Protcol) [*]MUC (MultiUser Chat) [*]GTalk (Google Talk/Chat) [*]QQ (Tencent QQ /former "open ICQ") [*]Facebook [*]email [*]sms [*]... [/LIST][/INDENT] [FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][B]Credits:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][INDENT] :thx: [url=https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/74313.html]Shukuyen[/url] - [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/new-plugin-jabber-mediaportal-v0-1-a-67088/#post479744"]Jabber.MP v0.1[/URL] for the idea that started this (sadly you stopped development) :thx: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/24659.html"]grassynoel[/URL] - [URL="http://glennmelenhorst.com/wordpress/mepo-2/mepo-media-portal/"]MePo - MediaPortal's very own Mascot![/URL] for this little sweetheart fellow (I should've ask you first though :ooops:) :thx: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/85604.html"]fripsy[/URL] - [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-plugins-47/skype4mp-video-83866/#post632162"]Skype4MP[/URL] for some much needed code insights :thx: [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/52082.html"]fforde[/URL] and team - [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/moving-pictures-284/moving-pictures-1-0-6-stable-available-74046/#post541048"]Moving Pictures Plugin[/URL] for the translation engine that i cold heartedly stole from you guys :thx: finally to all of YOU who work hard and help out to make this place what it has become! [B]external:[/B] [URL="http://www.ag-software.de/"]AG Software[/URL] - [URL="http://www.ag-software.de/agsxmpp-sdk.html"]agsXMPP - Open Source C# .NET Jabber Library[/URL] (comprehensive XMPP protocol implementation library) [URL="http://www.codeplex.com/site/users/view/Microphage71"]Microphage71[/URL] - [url="http://njim.codeplex.com"]nJim - dotNet Jabber Instant Messaging Library[/url] (nice wrapper for agsXMPP) [/INDENT] have fun and keep 'em bugs & suggestions comin', Anthrax [/QUOTE]
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