Hi,
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?
Basically I need to convey information (newsletters, news flashes / download links / etc to users, but via a desktop application.
think of "[URL=http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_windows.html%5B/URL]" or [URL="http://www.mixero.com/%22%5DMixero%5B/URL], or even how online game manufacturers communicate with game player via a UI / game interface.
BUT, and here's the but, I need something that I can customize a bit to work with our specific setup. The basic idea is to have an admin backup, which can run on PHP + MySQL (we can code this ourself) and then app can get whatever content is in the Database on the client's desktop.
Can anyone point me into any direction for something like this?
Ideally it should work on Windows, Linux & MAC - so I'm thinking something written in C++ / C# / GTK+ / etc with different OS installers would be ideal.
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?
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 with this?
jabber?
+1
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-bounces@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, 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.
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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.
jabber is a IM client
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.
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.
That is likely called RSS.
Kai
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 that auto refreshes hourly or something.
That is likely called RSS.
Kai
Try StatusNet [1] the application that power Identi.ca (an open source social networking and micro-blogging service like Twitter)
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 their lives.
I'll have to look into jabber.
jabber is a IM client
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.
A jabber (xmpp) group conference would probably work with basically instant notification and a display of the last screen at startup. I've used the Openfire server (java, uses postgresql for logins and to log data)and the spark client in a somewhat similar scenario with OpenNMS sending alarm notifications to the group because it is less annoying than email. Not sure if you can make a client start automatically in a group conference, though. It might work to just use google talk since you used that as your example of what you wanted but I don't think they have a way to make permanent groups.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com 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 Facebook *all* *day* but cannot compose an email to save their lives.
I'll have to look into jabber.
jabber is a IM client
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.
A jabber (xmpp) group conference would probably work with basically instant notification and a display of the last screen at startup. I've used the Openfire server (java, uses postgresql for logins and to log data)and the spark client in a somewhat similar scenario with OpenNMS sending alarm notifications to the group because it is less annoying than email. Not sure if you can make a client start automatically in a group conference, though. It might work to just use google talk since you used that as your example of what you wanted but I don't think they have a way to make permanent groups.
-- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com _______________________________________________
Thanx everyone.
I wasn't looking for RSS or jabber, or microblogging, I just the Twitter / facebook desktop as an example since those are the only examples I got.
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 know what it it, how it works, or how to use it. Jabber is a no-go for this same reason.
The church needs to send weekly news (events, updates, announcements, etc) to their clients. Email doesn't work well since a lot of it gets send to spam folder or simply never reach the end users since places like Yahoo block anything and everything that doesn't originate from their own network. SMS isn't very effective either.
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. But, I'm not a C++ / C# / JS programmer, so I can't write this myself. I hoped maybe someone knew of something that I could use, maybe a framework or something to build something like this?
Someone suggested Adobe Air, but I don't know, or code Adobe Air.
These guys do something in the lines of what I want: http://www.zanews.co.za/category/daily-news/ - if you download the desktop player on the right-side you'll see. http://www.nuron.co.za/Nuron/index.aspx also has something similar, but you need to use their proprietory backend to communicate with the end users and they force banners adds onto each client desktop.
I need something that isn't bound to, or limit within a certain company.
Maybe I'm asking too much?
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 that a web browser.
People don't check your website for information; what makes you think they will run a completely different program (that they won't ever need for anything else) to check a different "website" for information?
I just (about two weeks ago) wrote my own little email list manager-database program (in C/ncurses because it's really the only thing that I know how to use "well") because I'm changing the way that I book my movies and want to give my customers an easy "push" way to receive updates on what's playing and when. So far the email list seems to be working and it's very popular with the people I want to reach with the information. They don't have to remember to check my website and every week they get a "reminder" that the theatre exists.
Perhaps something like that is what you want. Just gather everyone's email address and send out a mass email to everyone when you have something to say. With a sufficiently small number of customers, you could even manage it through your regular mail client and avoid having to write or install any program at all.
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Frank Cox theatre@sasktel.net 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 displays it to the user.
Most of us call a program that does that a web browser.
People don't check your website for information; what makes you think they will run a completely different program (that they won't ever need for anything else) to check a different "website" for information?
I just (about two weeks ago) wrote my own little email list manager-database program (in C/ncurses because it's really the only thing that I know how to use "well") because I'm changing the way that I book my movies and want to give my customers an easy "push" way to receive updates on what's playing and when. So far the email list seems to be working and it's very popular with the people I want to reach with the information. They don't have to remember to check my website and every week they get a "reminder" that the theatre exists.
Perhaps something like that is what you want. Just gather everyone's email address and send out a mass email to everyone when you have something to say. With a sufficiently small number of customers, you could even manage it through your regular mail client and avoid having to write or install any program at all.
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Thanx, don't worry about it.
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