Hi, I am using ZRTChat. This product, though very simple, really seems to work well. I've cleaned up the interface, and it may be viable in production. The only undesirable feature that I can see is that it fills up the ZODB with chat, that is, logs all chat messages internally to Zope. In a heavy chat situation, this would fill up Zope rather quickly. My question-- ZRTChat stores each chat message in a standard Zope folder object. Would it be possible to replace that folder with some sort of external file product that would allow these messages to be stored externally to Zope? What would that product be? I have used the ExtFile Product, but only to read files that are stored externally. I have no idea if it allows you to write external files. To all potential Zope chat product developers-- things I would like to see in future Zope chat products are threaded dialogs (each user displays as a different color), a list of who is available for chat, and private chat. Harlow Pinson Indepth Learning Email: hpinson@indepthl.com Web: http://www.indepthl.com Voice: 505-994-2135 FAX: 208-475-7678
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 hpinson@indepthl.com wrote:
Hi, I am using ZRTChat. This product, though very simple, really seems to work well. I've cleaned up the interface, and it may be viable in production. The only undesirable feature that I can see is that it fills up the ZODB with chat, that is, logs all chat messages internally to Zope. In a heavy chat situation, this would fill up Zope rather quickly.
My question-- ZRTChat stores each chat message in a standard Zope folder object. Would it be possible to replace that folder with some sort of external file product that would allow these messages to be stored externally to Zope? What would that product be?
i have used it with a db backend. it works ok, but some interface/javascript need to be spruced up to be really usable. i haven't looked into it much more now, .. but will do in the near future www.kedai.com.my/b (need to register to actually do anything)
I have used the ExtFile Product, but only to read files that are stored externally. I have no idea if it allows you to write external files.
To all potential Zope chat product developers-- things I would like to see in future Zope chat products are threaded dialogs (each user displays as a different color), a list of who is available for chat, and private chat.
Harlow Pinson Indepth Learning Email: hpinson@indepthl.com Web: http://www.indepthl.com Voice: 505-994-2135 FAX: 208-475-7678
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:51:26 -0600 GMT (..16:51 where i live(GMT+1) ) hpinson@indepthl.com asked the Zope mailinglist about the following: hic> Hi, I am using ZRTChat. This product, though very simple, really hic> seems to work well. I've cleaned up the interface, and it may be hic> viable in production. The only undesirable feature that I can see is hic> that it fills up the ZODB with chat, that is, logs all chat messages hic> internally to Zope. In a heavy chat situation, this would fill up hic> Zope rather quickly. hic> My question-- ZRTChat stores each chat message in a standard Zope hic> folder object. Would it be possible to replace that folder with some hic> sort of external file product that would allow these messages to be hic> stored externally to Zope? What would that product be? hic> I have used the ExtFile Product, but only to read files that are hic> stored externally. I have no idea if it allows you to write external hic> files. hic> To all potential Zope chat product developers-- things I would like hic> to see in future Zope chat products are threaded dialogs (each user hic> displays as a different color), a list of who is available for chat, hic> and private chat. I have made an alternative (unreleased) chat thet uses Zope's Temporary Folders to store messages with great success.. As the messages live in RAM, the amount has to be limited, but for a 'relatime' chat this is no problem. On upside of having messages in RAM though, is that they are rally fast to access :) I have also done some testing of using XML-RPC from javascript to make for a more smooth interface, but it seems to be troublesome to get working for more that MsIE and Mozilla 1.0 + :) -- Geir Bækholt
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