[Adium-devl] Adium for iPhone

[Elliott Harris]

I can chime in on this one.

I talked to David about it a little bit, especially concerning the  
contact list and how we might deliver a web-based version. I believe  
we came to the conclusion that since the contact list isn't currently  
WebKit based, we would have a rough time doing this well enough to  
make it worth it.

I threw around some ideas on how this might work, especially  
concerning the installation and setup of the plugin, etc. However, I  
think we'd really need a small group of people dedicated to doing this  
well. I really don't think any of us want to release it unless it's on  
par, if not better than some of the solutions already out there. (See: http://www.beejive.com/iphone 
  and http://www.crunchbase.com/company/flickim )

In all honesty, I'm not sure how much time we'd have to devote to  
this, and like I said, I don't feel we should do it unless we can  
realistically see ourselves putting out something that really feels  
like and, for lack of a better word, channels Adium really well.

However, it's really up to the collective on whether we want to devote  
engineering time to it. I'm almost positive it will be much harder  
than it sounds, but that doesn't preclude us from doing it. We have a  
pretty good working relationship with Colloquy, and their help would  
surely be invaluable if we did decide to go down this route.

Thoughts from the rest of the list are most assuredly appreciated.

-Elliott
On Jul 24, 2007, at 2:58 PM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:

> John,
>
>> I am interested in helping figure out how to develop Adium as a web
>> app for the iPhone. I have a company in which we develop in php/mysql
>> and would be interested in figuring out how to make adium work as a
>> web app. Much like meebo.com, but they have issues with their
>> software as it relates to the iPhone.
>>
>> Please contact me on how this might happen.
>
> It'd be fantastic if Adium were available on the iPhone.  I'm not in  
> the least a web programmer and don't know what is necessary for  
> something like this to work from that angle, but I imagine it would  
> also require accessibility via an Adium plugin on the desktop side.   
> I know another open source project, the IRC client Colloquy, has  
> done something similar.  I'm cc'ing the Adium development list -  
> please feel free to fill the team in on your thoughts and questions!
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
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