ayttm

Authentication for Yahoo protocol version 16 is finally up and running in the netv2 branch of ayttm. I committed the last part of the login sequence, the address book download from the new location (address.yahoo.com). Things look quite promising for ... [More] the netv2 branch with a lot of changes like: Revamped networking code to have connection negotiations happen in parallel. As a result of this change ayttm is multi-threaded now. It no longer hangs if the DNS servers or proxies are unavailable. We need people testing for proxies to make sure it works well. SSL is now integrated into the networking code. So any protocol can have easy access to an SSL connection with just the flip of a switch. This has simplified a lot of the protocol code as well Changes to individual protocols to work with the new networking code. Currently Yahoo, Jabber and IRC are done. I am working on MSN Once the MSN porting is done, this branch should be ready to be merged into trunk, where there is some action happening as well. Piotr Stefaniak has been contributing a lot of improvements to the jabber module as well as the core. Thanks Piotr! [Less]

Authentication for Yahoo protocol version 16 is finally up and running in the netv2 branch of ayttm. I committed the last part of the login sequence, the address book download from the new location (address.yahoo.com). Things look quite promising for ... [More] the netv2 branch with a lot of changes like: Revamped networking code to have connection negotiations happen in parallel. As a result of this change ayttm is multi-threaded now. It no longer hangs if the DNS servers or proxies are unavailable. We need people testing for proxies to make sure it works well. SSL is now integrated into the networking code. So any protocol can have easy access to an SSL connection with just the flip of a switch. This has simplified a lot of the protocol code as well Changes to individual protocols to work with the new networking code. Currently Yahoo, Jabber and IRC are done. I am working on MSN Once the MSN porting is done, this branch should be ready to be merged into trunk, where there is some action happening as well. Piotr Stefaniak has been contributing a lot of improvements to the jabber module as well as the core. Thanks Piotr! [Less]

Authentication for Yahoo protocol version 16 is finally up and running in the netv2 branch of ayttm. I committed the last part of the login sequence, the address book download from the new location (address.yahoo.com). Things look quite promising for ... [More] the netv2 branch with a lot of changes like: Revamped networking code to have connection negotiations happen in parallel. As a result of this change ayttm is multi-threaded now. It no longer hangs if the DNS servers or proxies are unavailable. We need people testing for proxies to make sure it works well. SSL is now integrated into the networking code. So any protocol can have easy access to an SSL connection with just the flip of a switch. This has simplified a lot of the protocol code as well Changes to individual protocols to work with the new networking code. Currently Yahoo, Jabber and IRC are done. I am working on MSN Once the MSN porting is done, this branch should be ready to be merged into trunk, where there is some action happening as well. Piotr Stefaniak has been contributing a lot of improvements to the jabber module as well as the core. Thanks Piotr! [Less]

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: New IRC protocol library ... [More] Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol Buddy management now in IRC as well Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well Lots of bug fixes The detailed ChangeLog is in CVS. [Less]

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: New IRC protocol library ... [More] Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol Buddy management now in IRC as well Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well Lots of bug fixes The detailed ChangeLog is in CVS. [Less]

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: New IRC protocol library ... [More] Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol Buddy management now in IRC as well Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well Lots of bug fixes The detailed ChangeLog is in CVS. [Less]

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: New IRC protocol library ... [More] Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol Buddy management now in IRC as well Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well Lots of bug fixes The detailed ChangeLog is in CVS. [Less]

Yet another release. Many thanks to George Black, Barry Kauler and the Puppy Linux team and users for their contribution in testing ayttm and reporting bugs -- yes, lots of them :). So here's what we have this time: New IRC protocol library ... [More] Remove the old AIM and ICQ protocols in favour of the AIM-ICQ (OSCAR) protocol Buddy management now in IRC as well Finally we have icons on menus. Cleaned up some of the older icons as well Lots of bug fixes The detailed ChangeLog is in CVS. [Less]

Over the last two years, the ayttm team has been hard at work on the architecture and UI base of this IM client. A major boost came through when ayttm was included as the default IM client in the puppy linux distribution, and puppy users have been ... [More] quick to send in their feature requests and bug reports. The team now has more work than it has time to do, and we need some good developers to join in.TODOsMove to MSN protocol v15. Move to new libyahoo2 library. Clean up Jabber. More and more services are migrating to it. IRC features (channel operator functions, text formatting with ctcp, file transfer) Up-to-date translations Niftier artwork (icons, smileys, etc.), in PNG/MNG and related code changes. Icons/artwork for protocols Put icons into context menus UI related enhancements -- especially the main status window, prefs window, add account window and the chat window. Power up our tray icon right click Asynchronous DNS lookups and better handling for TCP drops/disconnectsThere's more. There may not be time to do all of this during the workout, but people who are really interested will continue working on the project after FOSS.IN.Pre-requisitesMust be fluent in C programming with ANSI C and glib Gtk+ programming skills are useful for UI development Strong network fundamentals for whoever wants to work on the protocol libraries or the connection issues An eye for design for anyone wanting to work on icons and smileys A desire to be a permanent developer of an IM application. How ToIf you'd like to participate, go register as a delegate at FOSS.IN. You can state your preference to take part in the workout at a later date.You should also join the project mailing lists, and maybe visit the website. [Less]

Over the last two years, the ayttm team has been hard at work on the architecture and UI base of this IM client. A major boost came through when ayttm was included as the default IM client in the puppy linux distribution, and puppy users have been ... [More] quick to send in their feature requests and bug reports. The team now has more work than it has time to do, and we need some good developers to join in.TODOs Move to MSN protocol v15. Move to new libyahoo2 library. Clean up Jabber. More and more services are migrating to it. IRC features (channel operator functions, text formatting with ctcp, file transfer) Up-to-date translations Niftier artwork (icons, smileys, etc.), in PNG/MNG and related code changes. Icons/artwork for protocols Put icons into context menus UI related enhancements -- especially the main status window, prefs window, add account window and the chat window. Power up our tray icon right click Asynchronous DNS lookups and better handling for TCP drops/disconnects There's more. There may not be time to do all of this during the workout, but people who are really interested will continue working on the project after FOSS.IN.Pre-requisites Must be fluent in C programming with ANSI C and glib Gtk+ programming skills are useful for UI development Strong network fundamentals for whoever wants to work on the protocol libraries or the connection issues An eye for design for anyone wanting to work on icons and smileys A desire to be a permanent developer of an IM application. How ToIf you'd like to participate, go register as a delegate at FOSS.IN. You can state your preference to take part in the workout at a later date.You should also join the project mailing lists, and maybe visit the website. [Less]