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Chat Improvements

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If there is a feature on this list that is important to you, please leave a comment stating so OR vote (thumbs up) for someone else's comment.  The more votes a given feature has, the more likely it is to be included.

If you think something is missing please feel free to add it in accordance with the guildelines on the front page.

  Here are the suggesstions on the improvement of chat plugin.... If I've missed something, please feel free to add it in.

 

Reference posts - Please add any comments on this page -: Post 1 , Post 2,

Chat History

  • An option to see the chat history for individuals ( already it is maintained in the database)
  • Ability for administrator to have functionality in the control panel to extract chat history
  • Provision for Delete option on chat history for individuals ( turn on/off by administrator) <-- I would change this so that the user can delete it from *their* view but it's still maintained and the admin or omni-admin can still extract it. 
  • Word filter that can be turned on (see below) 

 

Other Messengers

  •  Ability to configure and use other instant messenger accounts (MSN, Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) 
  • Ability to send and receive messages via SMS

 

Offline Messages

  • An option to send offline messages to the friends.(also a copy to be sent to mail)
  • This option must be enabled by the individual only whether he wants to accept offline messages from other friends (A permission like Accept Offline Messages) 

 

User Features

  • Provide a much better alert for new chats coming in, especially also when the window does not have the focus (chat requests are often missed by users)
  • Ability to log in in "stealth mode" so that you are invisible to other users
  • Ability to block other users selectively
  • Ability to report inappropriate messages to a designated moderator or administrator
  • Resizable message window
  • Able to send a "nudge" or "buzz"
  • Being Able to group my contacts and expand or contract groups

 

Admin Features

  • Ability to create multiuser chats 
  • Ability to broadcast to users via chat
  • Control panel customization of chat for CSS, images, etc.
  • Ability to supress links to the outside
  • Ability to configure the maximum displayed users and a scrollable window.
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Offline Messaging Please!! Secret Developer September 22, 2009 3:50 PM
This feature please! Abhishek Kaushik August 8, 2013 5:12 AM
This feature please! Abhishek Kaushik August 8, 2013 5:12 AM
Multiuser chat please (like IRC or chat rooms)! György Vilmos Papp September 23, 2009 5:19 AM
Is there multi user chat portlet and chat with... Faris Abdulla January 27, 2010 11:58 PM
Ability to be visible as "online" only to... Ian L October 12, 2009 7:30 AM
"Word filter that can be turned on" (and... Ian L October 12, 2009 7:57 AM
New chat alert notification improvements. It... James Denmark November 30, 2009 10:35 AM
I think we should watch to google waves... Markus Nordhaus February 28, 2010 10:25 AM
Chat History is really required.... zaheer mohammed saddapalli March 21, 2010 11:12 PM
Ability to integrate with a different xmpp chat... Geoff Ruscoe April 19, 2010 9:38 AM
hi i want to modify the source is possible? you... John Avila October 26, 2010 9:32 AM
2 to 3 inbuilt status messages with different... Sreeraj AV December 29, 2010 9:37 PM
Property to set so we can only chat with... Koen Olaerts March 14, 2011 3:06 AM
I need file transfer!. And Chat History tools.... Medet Nokhatov October 12, 2011 9:40 PM
Ability to send and receive files Mehdi norouzi October 7, 2013 2:34 AM

Secret Developer
Offline Messaging Please!!
Posted on 9/22/09 3:50 PM.
György Vilmos Papp
Multiuser chat please (like IRC or chat rooms)!
Posted on 9/23/09 5:19 AM.
Ian L
Ability to be visible as "online" only to select users ("stealth mode" to everyone else)!
Posted on 10/12/09 7:30 AM.
Ian L
"Word filter that can be turned on" (and configured)
Posted on 10/12/09 7:57 AM.
James Denmark
New chat alert notification improvements. It seems that not only focus is an issue but SSL encryption seems to interfere too.
Posted on 11/30/09 10:35 AM.
Faris Abdulla
Is there multi user chat portlet and chat with only particular group of people available.
Posted on 1/27/10 11:58 PM in reply to György Vilmos Papp.
Markus Nordhaus
I think we should watch to google waves capabilities. Well, actually, it's more than a Chat. But that way of communication is very, very powerfull and handy for business. I think of all the ping pong E-Mails at our company. I expect that every organisation has a need on such a "Chat"-System.

As my best knowlegge the current chat system is based on jabber. Google wave is - actually - based on that too. But one of the biggest issues i see is the complex userinterface. But with ALLOYUI LIFERAY provides a great upcomming UI Framework ...

Markus
Posted on 2/28/10 10:25 AM.
zaheer saddapalli
Chat History is really required....
Posted on 3/21/10 11:12 PM.
Geoff Ruscoe
Ability to integrate with a different xmpp chat server. This also ties in with the mutliple people in a chat room and the google wave ideas. I have noticed that we get a notification when a key is pressed, but not what the key is (null). So therefore it shows we are typing (but not as we type as in wave). Integration of a wave server and a portlet (or 5 :-)) to handle the functionality really would be an incredible feature.
Posted on 4/19/10 9:38 AM.
John Avila
hi i want to modify the source is possible? you can make open source this portlet for my onw changes, this can make more easy all update, i want to make offline messages, and i want visual alert for blink web broser like google chat or facebook chat... i need to take the events, is posible now or can be posible some day? thxs... i only need the code o the way to take events the rest i can make possible!!!
Posted on 10/26/10 9:32 AM.
Sreeraj AV
2 to 3 inbuilt status messages with different Icons

Available with Green color Icon
Busy with red color Icon
etc..
Posted on 12/29/10 9:37 PM.
Koen Olaerts
Property to set so we can only chat with organization users. This already exists for communities, but it would be nice if this also exists for organizations.
Posted on 3/14/11 3:06 AM.
Medet Nokhatov
I need file transfer!. And Chat History tools. And chat rooms!
Posted on 10/12/11 9:40 PM.
Abhishek Kaushik
This feature please!
Posted on 8/8/13 5:12 AM in reply to Baris Sener.
Abhishek Kaushik
This feature please!
Posted on 8/8/13 5:12 AM in reply to Baris Sener.
Mehdi norouzi
Ability to send and receive files
Posted on 10/7/13 2:34 AM.