2009/7/21 Julián Alarcón <alarc...@gmail.com> > Hi... > > Like many (if not all) the LoCo Teams of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Colombian > Team have an IRC channel in Freenode.net [1]. > > When we released our website (http://www.ubuntu-co.com), we embeded > one web application called Mibbit [2] in our site to bring support to > Ubuntu users and chat about organization and integration of Ubuntu-Co > (the main activities of this kind of channels) without the need of use > Java or Flash (just Javascript). This really help us to bring more > interactivity with persons who don't have knowledge of IRC > applications, protocols, channels, etc. Because, to be part of the > chat, they only need to choose a NickName and press Enter. > > Sadly, the Freenode people had problems with Mibbit app (security > problems) [3] [4], so they cut off the access through it. But, the > gave us one alternative, and with the plus of being free software > (Mibbit is proprietary software). This app is called webirc [5] , and > the implementation of Freenode is here [6]. > > Some things are missing if we compare it to Mibbit, but the qwebirc > guys are working really fast, so, we hope to see new functions and > features coming to qwebirc. > > So, what about all this?? We, the Ubuntu Colombian Team, are inviting > to all the LoCo Teams to join us to build a new bridge with new > people, simplifying the methods of communication, just publishing your > own web IRC chat in your LoCo Websites. For example, here is ours > embedded chat: http://ubuntu-co.com/node/9 > > You can embed the chat pasting the code generated by the "Wizard" of > Freenode web IRC. > > So.. that is all folks.. See you later :) > > [1] http://freenode.net/ > [2] http://mibbit.com/ > [3] > http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-why-to-use-it/ > [4] http://blog.mibbit.com/?p=306 > [5] http://www.qwebirc.org/ > [6] http://webchat.freenode.net/ > > -- > Julián Alarcón > Admin Ubuntu-Co > https://launchpad.net/~alarconj <https://launchpad.net/%7Ealarconj> >
I would add that we, in Florida, routinely add the web chat address to our meeting notifications, and also make "special" web chats available for OpenWeek, in order to help bring those users into participating. http://www.ubuntu-fl.org/team-chat/ Dan --- Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Open Standards!
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