Syllable

Phenax · Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 8

Do you all still use AltMe for chat.. If so, how do I join the syllable channel/room/w.e

Kaj · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

Yes, send me a personal message here with your full name and email address and I'll make you an account. This goes for anyone else who wants to join.

Alex Forster · Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 4

I don't understand why the IRC channel was abandoned in favor of this.

Kaj · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

It was not abandoned; it was never populated. And AltME has been running for almost as long; five years or so. Anyway, if you want to see activity on IRC, then make some! Smile

And how can you compare AltME and IRC when you've never been on AltME?

Alex Forster · Joined: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 4

Thing is, from everything I've read about it, I just can't find any benefit over IRC. I want to keep up on developer chatter, but I'm not running a random proprietary program just to idle in one channel. Does someone closely involved with Syllable project develop for that software or something? Just trying to understand..

Vanders · The Knights of Syllable Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 830

[quote="i3x171um"]Thing is, from everything I've read about it, I just can't find any benefit over IRC.[/quote]

The fact that AltME is persistent and IRC is not is one obvious difference I.e. if I log off of AltME and come back later I'll still get all the messages that were sent while I was logged off.

AltME isn't a chat client, it's a groupware client. You can store files, manage lists of tasks and share calendars as well, which is why we use it.

Yes, the downside is that we have to run a closed, proprietary client to access the worlds, but it's light enough that it can run well under a lightweight Linux under Qemu. I think ReactOS works too.

The long-term plan is to get REBOL running on Syllable, complete with REBOL/View, and then the client will run native. The very-long-term plan have our own groupware client .

Mask of Destiny · Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 47

[quote="Vanders"]The long-term plan is to get REBOL running on Syllable, complete with REBOL/View, and then the client will run native. The very-long-term plan have our own groupware client .[/quote]
The official AltMe client seems to be distributed as an executable prepared by REBOL/Encap. Is there a way to extract the actual REBOL program from an Encap executable for use with the standard REBOL interpreter? If not, is there another method we'll be able t use to get AltMe running in the Syllable build of REBOL (once there is a Syllable build of REBOL of course)? Or is the plan to add support for opening Encap executables in Orca?

Kaj · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:56 am Post subject:

No, it's a closed app.

The plan is to port REBOL 3 to Syllable Desktop and then wait for the new R3 version of AltME.

hakim · Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 35

The app seems to work with wine.

Kaj · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:58 am Post subject:

Yes, we regularly use the Windows version on Linux.

skywaker · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 101 Location: Slovakia

Hi Kaj. I want connect to AltME but i dont have a account please help me. lukas.

Kaj · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:16 am Post subject:

Well, you're already in there. Did you loose your password? Do you still have the same email address? I can send you a new password, then.

skywaker · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 101 Location: Slovakia

Hi Kaj. I forgot my login/passwd. My e-mail adress is lukves(at)gmail.com

Kaj · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:35 am Post subject:

I mailed you a new invitation.

skywaker · Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 101 Location: Slovakia

thanks