Integrating instant messengers into a website

Websites are an asynchronous media. You visit you view and maybe write a mail either via your e-mail client or via a web form. But there are times, when you want to be contacted synchronously. Some people just like being available to the world, others (e.g. sales representatives) want to have a way to directly be in contact with their customers. Whatever reason you might have to provide a synchronous contact to yourself. Here are various ways to do it.ICQ (download)I don't know if this is still the best or even a good IM but I started out with...

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Under review

I have entered this site into some forums and boards now, so that people start to criticise my site. In case you are one of those people, feel free to leave a comment here as well (even if it's just a reference to your board entry). This way I hope to remember more properly what I still need to do. Currently I have review entries in the following boards: DHTML Central - Cool SitesSitePoint - Website ReviewsAnticubicle - Site Che...

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Upcoming articles on this blog

I just wanted to inform you what to expect on this blog in the next days/weeks. I have been experimenting with three main subjects over the last weeks, which I now want starting to present to the world ;-)JavaScript classes and code distributionAs a preparation for the following two subjects I have implemented JavaScript classes, meaning I have been looking around the web and aggregating method how to create JavaScript structures which behave like classical object oriented classes providing features such as inheritance, polimorphism and the likes....

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This site is done... at least the contents exist

Hi all, finally this site is completed. I have provided content for all the existing sections. This includes media such as the drawings and mp3 streaming via JavaScript and Macromedia Flash. Hope you like all of this! Even if not, don't hesitate to comment the contents of this site and the blogs contained. Hope you find some of the stuff on this page either useful and/or entertaining. Domi...

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Fantasy Interactive (FI)

Fantasy Interactive (FI) - Interactive Design & Development is a great crew of web designers who obviously understand how to take internet to the next level. Specialized in very high quality flash applications, which even outperform most of what I have seen at 2advanced. They are responsible for the roadrunner network site, which a completely new cool flash experience, the ford vehicles site. They quality put in their work is tremendous.On their site I particularly like the way they show case their major projects. Having a nice HQ-project site...

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The ABAP Developer´s Guide to Java

This is the first book that I have officially been named as an author. The ABAP Developer´s Guide to Java is a book which aims at SAP ABAP Developers, who want/need to get into Java and J2EE development - as the new SAP technology platform SAP NetWeaver heavily relies on J2EE technology. The quote from the sales catalog reads as follows: "You already know the ropes in the world of ABAP programming. Now, how can you utilize those finely tuned...

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Diploma Thesis - Web Application Design

A Component Framework Based On Web Services Web Services are an XML-based set of technologies to enable remote function calls over about any web-related transport protocol like HTTP, SMTP or FTP. As it is a specification based on the maxim of extensibility and customizability this technology is also suitable for communication across platforms and programming languages. The key feature that both IT analysts and the businesses put their hopes on is the possibility of supporting the automation of business processes even across company borders and...

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LAUNCH: Music on Yahoo!

I don't know if many people know this, but I am afraid they don't. LAUNCH is a music video/entertainem portal on the Yahoo platform. You can get access to the latest music-vids there, have a lot of cool radio stations to tune in and stuff. I really like it although I must admit that I got registered there about 3 years ago long before Yahoo had a part in the portal. Since then performance and reach have decreased a little in my opinion but maybe that is only due to the public exposure.Anyhow if you were looking for a place to stream your favorite...

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Macromedia "On Demand"

Anyone who has been to Macromedia's website in the past year or so must have stumbled over the omipresent Breeze Presentations. Those nice pieces of multimedia, Macromedia uses to provide/broadcast product information in the sense of infotainment. Although I know it's basically advertising I frequently catch myself watching those nice presentations over and over again. Ok, I am a huge fan of Macromedia in general but in my opinion Breeze Presentations are a great alternative to just reading text, especially since audio and video a frequently embedded...

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Macromedia Breeze

So I am a huge fan of Macromedia in general. But I particularly like Macromedia Breeze. For about a year now I am fascinated about the various infotainment breeze presentations that are spread around Macromedia.com for almost all subject. I think it's a real benefit to enable you visitors to view presentations and have a truely multimedia experience instead of just having them read text. Now I have requested a trial account for Macromedia Breeze and I must say that I a quite impressed. It's not that you could not accomplish all of you web conferencing...

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First day of my vacation

Ok, this is the first day of my vacation and I am already pissed. I am up since 6 am this morning and had the phone on my ear ever since. Seems natural that the mother calls on the first day of my vacation, it's even nice that my girl is calling me from work to see what I am doing. But then I got 2 calls from work... wait here is the 3rd one. Then I got a call from some call-center in Tokyo. WTF!!! I don't exactely know what they were even try to sell me. Their English was just so bad. And where the hell did they get my German phone number from....

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