Here is a cool chat widget that ties directly into your Digsby account. You can instantly receive messages from your blog without even being there. You will need the Digsby chat client installed on your Windows based computer. I don’t currently use Digsby, simply because I have migrated to Linux and Digsby doesn’t currently support Linux or Mac.
Posts Tagged ‘Chat Widget’
Chatterous adds chat widget
April 5th, 2009
Chatterous is a new start-up that appears to be based around ….chat. Now if you have never seen a chatroom, chat widget or chat related web sites…you must be new to the Internet.
Chatterous claims to be a bit different by offering you the ability to chat via different devices.
Chatterous is group chat using the web, im, email or phone.
Read a really good post about Chatterous on Venturebeat.
Userplane WebChat 2 Widget Now More Social
December 4th, 2008
Userplane and Meebo have been competing with their Chat Widgets for months now and every single time that it looks like Meebo has made a good advance over Userplane. they usually get pwned by Userplane harder. this time around is no exception. just after Meebo recent Hearst Deal. it comes from Userplane that their WebChat 2 Widget will now be Social.
What does that mean?. it means you will be able to use it in the Top Social Networks. the ones first supported are MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, Bebo, Ning and Flux. That pretty much cover the Top 5 Social Networks plus the Top Commercial Social Network and The Top Social Network Provider.
This move will be a huge blow to Meebo`s Community IM party and now it will have to catch up to Userplane yet again.
The last updates to WebChat 2. are sure in need of a new look to the Widget. so i will get to that soon enough.
Windows Live Messenger IM Control
August 5th, 2008
There are already some Chat to IM widgets around and that get quite a lot of use. but pretty much all of them are from third parties. they are made as a communication gateway for a third party Multi IM client. that is of course good on itself and we will see more of them later but first i want to talk a little about Windows Live Messenger IM Control or Live IM Control for short.
This is a First party Widget, well Gadget since it is from Windows Live. that connect with Windows Live Messenger. The Widget is meant for you to use it in your blog or your website if your primary IM client is Live Messenger and there is close to 40% of a chance that may be the case.
And just like the Widgets from third parties its goal is pretty much the same. to let you connect with your readers, friends or clients depending where and how you may want to use it.
Using it is simple and you only need to follow these steps:
1.-Login to your Live Messenger web settings:
Go to this page and log in with the Live ID you use for Live Messenger
http://settings.messenger.live.com/Applications/WebSettings.aspx
2.-Change your Live Messenger web settings:
Activate the option that says “Allow anyone on the web to see my presence and send me messagesâ€
3.-Choose your desired Live Messenger IM control
Go to the Create HTML page and choose your preferred version
http://settings.messenger.live.com/Applications/CreateHtml.aspx
I.- IM Window
This is the full version and will operate directly in your page
II.-Button
This will show if you are online and allow a browser window to be launched in order to use the Live IM Control widget
III.-Status Icon
Will only show if you are online or not
4.-If you choose the IM Window version you can also customize your Live IM control Widget
Choose you desired size and Color, the HTML code will update once you do
5.-Paste and Start using it
Place it in your blog, your social network profile or you website and start using it.
This whole process can be done in 3 minutes. so there you go.
I will place on in this post in order to demo it. i am not sure if i will have it here in the blog but it will be living here in this blog post.
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Hab.la : a great Jabber focused web to IM widget for blogs
August 8th, 2008Hab.la is a web to IM widget for blogs that is focused on the jabber protocol. so it supports any IM provider that supports jabber. that is pretty much almost every single multi im client in existence. this also means it supports google talk and that you can then also use it directly from igoogle or gmail.
The different bit about this widget compared to other web to im widgets is that it looks exactly like the gchat widget in gmail and it is designed to behave in the same way:
It appears minimized when you load a page with the hab.la widget
Then you can pull it up and if there is someone on you can chat right away with it. they got a more detailed tour here if you want to check it out: Hab.la Tour
You can also customize the position where you want the widget, the size and the colors in any way you want. it also got a very serious advanced customization of the widget functionality too:
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It really surprised me how much functionality it has for being such a lightweight widget done in JavaScript. it got more customization than most of its competition right now. one of the best features is that it can show you exactly in what page of your blog your visitor is. so if someone enters in widgets lab via the post page of this very post. the hab.la widget will tell me so. if the visitor ask me something about the widget in a generic way (is this any good?),i will know what the visitor is talking about and will be able to answer without any delay.
The name and domain Hab.la is very clever. it means Speak in spanish and it even sports a roco loco like creature as the mascot that also happens to be Mexican because of the hat it got. that makes me like it even more already.
The widget is served only in javascript. it is really easy to join to Hab.la and to get the widget and paste it in your blog. i totally recommend it and i may be even trying here given it is so unobtrusive but also omnipresent no matter in what page you are seeing.
Hab.la
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