We have published two new video previews of OneTeam, our Mozilla-based Instant Messaging client.
We have added a lot of improvements to our Enterprise Instant Messaging client since the start of the private beta test. We have polished the user interface and have added interesting new features. Both the overall user interface and the new features are demonstrated in video:
- The first video, commented in English, is an overview demonstration of OneTeam performed during the FOSDEM 2007 event in Brussels: Demo OneTeam FOSDEM 2007.
- The second video is a demonstration of our new help bot and avatar management system included in the Web version of OneTeam: OneTeam: Help Bot and Avatar Management.
Avatars management is a tricky topic in Web based Instant Messaging client as the browser security model prevents the Javascript code from reading file from your hard drive. We however managed to add avatar management to OneTeam web version, as shown by the demo.
The Help Bot is a feature we are planning to improve in the future. This project will be submitted as a Google Summer of Code 2007 project. If this project is accepted, we are planning to extend the OneTeam help system but also add help features for various other available XMPP clients (such as PSI and Gajim). We feel that having an help chat bot is the right way to assist new XMPP / Jabber user in their discovery of their client and the feature of the protocol: You get started by chatting with the bot so this is a very good introduction.
