jchat is not available

Project:	JNode Website
Component:	User interface
Category:	bug report
Priority:	minor
Assigned:	Unassigned
Status:	closed

#1

Submitted by Fabien D on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 11:31.

I am not able to fix that myself but it seems to be a recurrent issue (afair it happened in the past and was fixed).
Meanwhile, you can use join (mibbit) instead.

#2

Submitted by fulapol on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 04:02.

Status:

active

well, i think the problem is in the server but i find a JNLP wich is here, http://jchatirc.sourceforge.net/jws/jchatirc.jnlp so if you want to use the jchatirc you can use that aplication. Now, i will send a mail to the jchatirc mainteiners, but i dont promess you they will fix it.

#3

Submitted by Fabien D on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 09:11.

The "join (jchat)" link is actually embedding jchat as an applet. I think we should keep it and fix it.

What about adding another link for jchat running through webstart (by using the jnlp file you mention) as 4th way to connect to irc?

#4

Submitted by lsantha on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 15:35.

I think there's no need to wait for the others to fix their site. After all the whole thing boils down to publishing an applet which shouldn't be a big deal usually. In this particual case there is the extra need for getting the username from the portal or nickname specified by the user and starting the applet with it. This can be solved by creating a php page with the applet and passing the single parameter to it which is the username. All the other parameters of the applet can be hardcoded with the values adjusted to our needs. So we need a significantly simpler page than the one showing up right now as php source instead of the applet.

#5

Submitted by Stephen Crawley on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 00:12.

Rather than a 4th (and 5th, and 6th) link/page for connecting to IRC in the navigation menu, it would better to have just one link in the menu that works reliably for most people [*]. Cluttering th menu with many alternatives is messy and unhelpful for new users.

IMO, the various alternative IRC links that only work some of the time, or that only work for some platforms should be farmed off to a separate page. The page could also document the preconditions for the various links to work; e.g. requires a configured IRC client, requires a Java plugin, requires Javascript, etc.

[* e.g. the mibbit link, which only requires javascript and iframes, and should work on any modern browser provided that javascript has not been disabled. Long term JNode folks who prefer a different IRC link should consider using bookmarks ... ]