Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-02 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/2/11 2:24 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > Our church need(ed) to send info to clients "over the wire" in a > guarenteed fashion. They already have a website, which is > under-utilized / not visited as often by every one. RSS didn't work > out as it should / could since many non-IT-savy-folk don't k

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:24:26 +0200 > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> So I was basically looking for something, which works in the same way >> as Google Notify (let's use a different example) which logs onto a >> server, queries the DB for info and displa

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-02 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:24:26 +0200 Rudi Ahlers wrote: > So I was basically looking for something, which works in the same way > as Google Notify (let's use a different example) which logs onto a > server, queries the DB for info and displays it to the user. Most of us call a program that does th

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/1/2011 1:08 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 03/01/11 10:59 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >>> Not today. My kids are all "modern, computer-savvy teens" (understand >>> "teens" starts at about age 11 and lasts until about age 35).  They can >

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/1/2011 1:08 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 03/01/11 10:59 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: >> Not today. My kids are all "modern, computer-savvy teens" (understand >> "teens" starts at about age 11 and lasts until about age 35). They can >> Facebook *all* *day* but cannot compose an email to save

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread Athmane Madjoudj
On 03/01/2011 09:31 PM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > John R Pierce wrote on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:08:48 -0800: > >> seems like what you want is more like a webpage with 'news items' on it, >> perhaps a blog like S9Y or Wordpress, and a web browser window >> displaying the current page on the desktop, maybe

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread Kai Schaetzl
John R Pierce wrote on Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:08:48 -0800: > seems like what you want is more like a webpage with 'news items' on it, > perhaps a blog like S9Y or Wordpress, and a web browser window > displaying the current page on the desktop, maybe that auto refreshes > hourly or something. Th

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 03/01/11 10:59 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > Not today. My kids are all "modern, computer-savvy teens" (understand > "teens" starts at about age 11 and lasts until about age 35). They can > Facebook *all* *day* but cannot compose an email to save their lives. > > I'll have to look into jabber.

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > On 03/01/11 5:03 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> Basically I need to convey information (newsletters, news flashes / >> download links / etc to users, but via a desktop application. > > Traditionally, this is known as 'e-mail'. Not today. My kids are all "modern, com

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread aurfalien
On Mar 1, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Frank Cox wrote: > On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:03:02 +0200 > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> I'm looking for a way to communicate with end users via a desktop app >> that works similar to Facebook / Twitter desktop / iPhone / >> SmartPhone >> apps, and hope someone can help me wit

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread John R Pierce
On 03/01/11 5:03 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Basically I need to convey information (newsletters, news flashes / > download links / etc to users, but via a desktop application. Traditionally, this is known as 'e-mail'. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cento

Re: [CentOS] Looking for a facebook / twitter desktop-like APP for general use

2011-03-01 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:03:02 +0200 Rudi Ahlers wrote: > I'm looking for a way to communicate with end users via a desktop app > that works similar to Facebook / Twitter desktop / iPhone / SmartPhone > apps, and hope someone can help me with this? jabber? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ ww