OSNN Jabber conference room!

[NetRyder]

Re: Jabber

More Jabber users! \o/
We should have an OSNN room on conference.jabber.org

Update: We have a conference room now. osnn@conference.jabber.org. Grab a client and join!
Windows users: I recommend Pandion (what I use) or Exodus

Mini-Tutorial:
(I would have put up more details/screenshots, but I have finals coming up. Besides, it's quite straightforward to set up)

1. Download and install a Jabber client. I'll use Pandion for this mini-tutorial, since it's probably one of the easiest clients to use, and what I've been using for the past few months.

2. When you first run Pandion, you'll be asked to sign in. You need a Jabber ID first, so use the register button. You can register for one on any of the Jabber servers out there. Unless you're using Trillian, I'd suggest jabber.org since it seems to be quite a reliable server.

3. Sign in with your new Jabber ID. To add your friends to your contact list, click Actions>Add a Contact. Select the second option and type in your friend's Jabber ID in the username box (mine is kunalk@jabber.org)

4. To join the OSNN conference room, click Actions>Join a Conference Room. If you have a jabber.org account (like I suggested earlier), just type OSNN into the Filter box, and the room should show up. Click to join it.

5. Jabber away.

 

[Geffy]

Re: Jabber

it like an irc style thinger then???

 

[NetRyder]

Re: Jabber

Both. Regular 1-to-1 instant messaging, and conference rooms with lots of people (like IRC channels)

And if the server supports it (I think jabber.org does), the conference rooms can do automatic logging/history, which means that if people join a room, they can even see what was going on before they entered. It's pretty slick.

 

[LordOfLA]

Re: Jabber

okay I got exodus jabber thingy.

connected to jabber.org.uk

waht next?

it tells me I'm lordofla@jabber.org.uk...

 

[NetRyder]

Re: Jabber

Ok, Lord and I just tested out the conference feature on the jabber.org server.
As I had expected, it does support the history feature. We both joined the conference room, then he left, and I typed a few messages while he was gone. When he rejoined the room, he could see what I had typed.

 

[LordOfLA]

Re: Jabber

Yeah and wow! not kid friendly either!! Even henyman would faint!

 

[LordOfLA]

Re: Jabber

/me wonders if he should go hide now....

 

[Henyman]

Re: Jabber

 

[SPeedY_B]

Re: Jabber

Very Cool. Just joined after getting a message from you Kunal, could see what you and Mark were talking about earlier


Will try talk to you later with an idea I've got

 

[Khayman]

Re: Jabber

Tried it, but it won't connect

 

[NetRyder]

Re: Jabber

Very Cool. Just joined after getting a message from you Kunal, could see what you and Mark were talking about earlier

Will try talk to you later with an idea I've got

Yeah, it's pretty sweet, isn't it?

Tried it, but it won't connect

Did you register for an account first? Which server did you register with? What client are you using? Did you enable SSL (some servers need it)?

 

[Zedric]

This seems not entirely stable so to speak.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Perfectly stable here.

 

[NetRyder]

This seems not entirely stable so to speak.

I think it was more of a Trillian problem. Works fine with Pandion, doesn't it?

 

[~bk]

Very nice. Will join it soon.

 

[sean.ferguson]

fine here... i didnt realise Trillian done Jabber... or is it an additional plugin?

 

[NetRyder]

Very nice. Will join it soon.

Awesome

fine here... i didnt realise Trillian done Jabber... or is it an additional plugin?

I think it's a plugin only for Trillian Pro. I could be wrong though.

 

[SPeedY_B]

Just for reference, Mac Monkeys can use

Adium: http://adiumx.com
jabberFox: http://jabberfox.sf.net
gush: http://www.2entwine.com

Gush works on windows and linux also.

 

[Zedric]

I think it was more of a Trillian problem. Works fine with Pandion, doesn't it?

I was referring to Trillian acctually. But yeah sort of. I switched server (jabber.org won't work in Trillian, they did something). Now it's running just fine.

 

[Grandmaster]

I'm on right now