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wazd
12-26-2009, 07:47 AM
Hello. Within my "2010 countdown" blogpost series I've released a user interface concept for XChat:

http://tabletui.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/2010-ui-countdown-6-%E2%80%93-xchat/

The only thing it misses is an actual coder that will help me releaseing this stuff. I understand that X-Chat is a really complex application, but I think we should still do it, cause it's the real fun :)

So I wanted to ask, are there any volunteers to help me with it?

Thanks in advance.
anidel
12-26-2009, 10:48 AM
Xournal eats all my spare time, otherwise I'd be delighted to help :(
RevdKathy
12-26-2009, 12:51 PM
I know nothing about coding, but I have Xchat loaded and running. Mo would be willing to test whatever you come up with.
wazd
12-26-2009, 08:33 PM
Well, lets change the goal a bit, who can help with developing genuine maemo IRC client using these concepts? :) Since XChat is too heavy to be editted as I was told :)
Petteri
12-27-2009, 06:08 AM
Well, lets change the goal a bit, who can help with developing genuine maemo IRC client using these concepts? :) Since XChat is too heavy to be editted as I was told :)

Why not just add IRC support to the default communication app. I read somewhere that the last version (maemo 4) even had support for chat rooms (IRC/Jabber), so maybe the extra features are not that hard to provide from maemo extras :)
RevdKathy
12-27-2009, 09:01 AM
You might want to have a word with lcuk - I believe an IRC client is one of his projects.
fms
12-27-2009, 05:15 PM
Ok, I have downloaded the latest XChat sources and am currently trying to diagnose the cause of those crashes when saving config. My plans are at least to release a stable versin of XChat for Maemo5 with the UI configured in a semi-sane way. The main problem is that I cannot even build the package: it drops out saying that debian/tmp/usr/lib/xchat directory is not found. Qwerty12, can ou help me out by any chance? Anyone else?
claesbas
12-28-2009, 08:14 AM
Hello. Within my "2010 countdown" blogpost series I've released a user interface concept for XChat:

http://tabletui.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/2010-ui-countdown-6-%E2%80%93-xchat/

Thanks in advance.

I like the swipe thing for channels and users.. great idea. I hope that app could become real.