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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
We define portable chatrooms as widgets or portlets that can be embedded into a page, a blog or some portalware and that point users to the same chatroom. | We define portable chatrooms as widgets or portlets that can be embedded into a page, a blog or some portalware and that point users to the same chatroom. | ||
; History | |||
According to Wikipedia, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Places_Chat Virtual Places Chat] system built in the mid 1990s adopted the paradigm that any web page on the Internet is a chat room – a Virtual Place – if one or more people are viewing the page with the VPchat program. A web browser is an integral part of VPchat. Below the browser window there is a chat pane in which the conversation text is displayed. Below the chat pane is a box for entering text for the conversation. To the right of the browser window is a list of people in the room. | |||
Nowadays, severel technical solutions seem to exist: | |||
* Browser extensions | |||
* Services that embed a page as an iframe (or similar) and add panels for chatting | |||
* Similarly, services that insert avatars on top of the contents. | |||
Underlying technology can be proprietary/ad hoc or use a protocol like [Extensible messaging and presence protocol XMPP]. | |||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
=== Web 2.0 services === | === Web 2.0 services === | ||
I.e. widgets that you can embed. | |||
* [http://www.pagechat.com/ PageChat] | * [http://www.pagechat.com/ PageChat] | ||
* [http://chatrool.com Chatroll]] - [http://blog.chatroll.com/ Chatrooll Blog]] | |||
=== Other === | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Places_Chat Virtual Places Chat] (Wikipedia). | |||
[[Category: Real-time communication]] | [[Category: Real-time communication]] | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 3 September 2009
Definition
We define portable chatrooms as widgets or portlets that can be embedded into a page, a blog or some portalware and that point users to the same chatroom.
- History
According to Wikipedia, the Virtual Places Chat system built in the mid 1990s adopted the paradigm that any web page on the Internet is a chat room – a Virtual Place – if one or more people are viewing the page with the VPchat program. A web browser is an integral part of VPchat. Below the browser window there is a chat pane in which the conversation text is displayed. Below the chat pane is a box for entering text for the conversation. To the right of the browser window is a list of people in the room.
Nowadays, severel technical solutions seem to exist:
- Browser extensions
- Services that embed a page as an iframe (or similar) and add panels for chatting
- Similarly, services that insert avatars on top of the contents.
Underlying technology can be proprietary/ad hoc or use a protocol like [Extensible messaging and presence protocol XMPP].
Software
Web 2.0 services
I.e. widgets that you can embed.
Other
- Virtual Places Chat (Wikipedia).