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2013/12/6

UserInfo IM

Instant Messenger with individual users. Live chat with "online status" indication.

Threw this together the past few days.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

NOTE
* This is not a mailbox implementation.
* Messages are no longer available once a chat session has ended.
* Messages can be sent between 2 users if BOTH are paired with each other.

Can have 2 chats active at a time.

HOW IT WORKS, via basic example:
1. Both UserA and UserB are paired with each other.
2. UserA: send message to UserB.
3. UserB: receive message, send notification to UserA.
4. UserA: recieve notification, remove message.
5. UserB: remove notification.
6. Finally UserA can now reuse the message slot.

Each message can be of length 50 characters (may be increased to 62 in the future).
If you send 3 messages with the first 2 not complete, the 3rd will fail to send.

From what I tested on site, seems sending messages took ~2 seconds to complete.
(1 second for other user to receive, and 1 second to receive notification)

Basically have ~13 unused bits for each of the two ints in use (the other 8 ints are not used).
One string not used, may end up allocating 12 characters for each other string (making individual messages to have max length 62).


For reusable GUI Components, visit:
http://www.greenfoot.org/scenarios/7578

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bournebourne

2013/12/7

If you haven't had the chance to engage in a chat yet, I will be on most of today, so you can see it working. (just give me a minute or two to notice that you are on)
bournebourne

2013/12/8

I have a new design but finals start Friday, so might have to wait. The design will increase message length to 125, number of 1-1 chat sessions you can be engaged in at a time to 10, and be able to engage in 1 group chat session (up to 5 other users) at a time.
bournebourne

2013/12/11

Anyone not have a chance to try this out yet?
bournebourne

2013/12/11

If you want to try it out, I will check by every divisible by 10 minute (until otherwise stated)
shrucis1shrucis1

2013/12/11

Hey, bourne, when your new update on this project comes out, which will allow group chat, you should arrange a time for a bunch of greenfoot users to have a group chat.
bournebourne

2013/12/11

@Shrucis1, Good idea.
bournebourne

2013/12/11

Heading out, need to study for finals. (If you can't tell, I'm addicted to programming)
drhorriblejrdrhorriblejr

2014/3/13

Always says failed to send messages?
bournebourne

2014/3/13

That's because the other person needs to be in the scenario logged in as well.
drhorriblejrdrhorriblejr

2014/3/13

Ah, that clears mud. Sorry about that.

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