[pdutta2000]

After using Verichat for the better part of 5 days on my "vacation" I'm hoping that Verichat soon adds a feature to distinguish current chats from active users. While trying to juggle 5-6 different chats at once I lost complete track of who I was chatting with. Any chance of making open sessions get their own color so that you see people who are online and then the people you are chatting with? Thanks

Pritam

[sempai]

Originally Posted by Mark Rejhon

I think IRC is different enough that it would have to be a separate software program. There are also now at least 3 or 4 IRC programs for BlackBerry now -- why not try them instead? (jmIRC, wlIRC, virca) I heard that jmIRC is the best, do a google for it.

IRC in VeriChat would be a very good user interface; but as a computer programmer, I know the programming would definitely be difficult as the Verichat architecture wasn't designed to accomodate IRC. However, you never know....

I disagree.

If VeriChat used jabber for their transport, the Jabber->IRC gateway works well.

[sempai]

Originally Posted by hi-tech

How about icons that show the actual status of the buddies on the list. Little notepad for "Away" Italic or dimmed icon for "Idle" and a cellphone icon for "Mobile" etc...

YES.

I would love to surf a contact list in VeriChat and see who is available and who is not. It would make the software a lot more usable.

[Eric5273]

Originally Posted by sempai

YES.

I would love to surf a contact list in VeriChat and see who is available and who is not. It would make the software a lot more usable.

I agree. I tend to use VeriChat when I am somewhere and have time to kill, like waiting on line at the post office or something like that. I hate looking at my buddy list, seeing 5 people signed on, and then after saying hello to each of them, it ends up they are all "away" -- its rather annoying.

[Sommer_rm]

What is buddy pounce?

[sempai]

Originally Posted by Sommer_rm

What is buddy pounce?

It is what you do when you haven't seen your buddy in a long time.



Actually, it's a way to be notified when that buddy signs on.

[Mark Rejhon]

Originally Posted by sempai

I disagree.

If VeriChat used jabber for their transport, the Jabber->IRC gateway works well.

It's my understanding that Jabber is not currently used. (I could be mistaken, if this is a back-end module, a kind of an extensible IM API)

I know they're using their own proprietary protocol between the BlackBerry and the server... Maybe you can give me more information about what you know about VeriChat's back end?

[TheMatrix]

Timestamping of some sort - or at least of when the conversation began. Many times I'll notice someone IMs me, but I won't be sure when they did, and by then they usually aren't online anymore.

I agree, logging would be a nice feature. Maybe logs could be moved automatically to the Inbox, so they could be easily refered to, or deleted.

And, the most crucial thing I'd like, is for buddies that are idle to be dimmed. 99.9% of everyone I know leaves their computer on 24/7, and I have no way of knowing if they're there unless I see if they're idle - but with VeriChat, I can't do that, not even if I look at the contact details.

Other than that, VeriChat is great.

[Eric5273]

As long as they are detecting if the person is idle, they should also detect if they are using a mobile device. That is another issue....

Many of my friends use IM forwarding for AIM which means when they are signed off, they appear to be signed on if I look at my buddy list, but it has a little mobile icon next to their name. This means the IMs are forwarded to their phone as a text message. Also, the same thing happens if they are using a regular cell phone to sign on.

I noticed that when I am signed on with VeriChat, people do not know I am on a mobile device. I was thinking it would be preferable if they did know. AOL/AIM has a setting you can turn on/off for this, but VeriChat does not work with this setting. Instead it always appears you are on a regular computer even when the "Allow other members to see that I am using a mobile device" setting is turned on. It would be a nice feature to allow this setting to be functional with VeriChat.

[sempai]

Originally Posted by Mark Rejhon

It's my understanding that Jabber is not currently used. (I could be mistaken, if this is a back-end module, a kind of an extensible IM API)

I know they're using their own proprietary protocol between the BlackBerry and the server... Maybe you can give me more information about what you know about VeriChat's back end?

Oh, nothing, Mark!

I just wanted to point out that if VeriChat DID use Jabber, it would reduce the sockets required since only ONE would be required to give access to as many services as you want, but IRC could also be used, since there is an IRC transport available for Jabber.

It would conserve handset resources and allow them to add new services without software updates. I'm surprised (and actually disappointed) that they don't do this today.

[Mark Rejhon]

Oh right, Jabber can be used for all the other chat networks. That would explain it.

Keep tuned, I heard something from the Verichat people about Jabber, that may be related to their single-socket work after all...

[TBC]

Originally Posted by Mark Rejhon

Verichat Suggestions



[*]More Configurable Visual Alert Methods
Somebody asked about a way to disable visual interruptions. Some people use their BlackBerries for business, and they don't want to be interrupted with a popup. Especially if they are showing the boss something on their BlackBerry. I recommend modifying the Preferences to give a choice of three:Suggested Priority: Medium (2 votes)

i've been experiencing this and it gets very annoying.

while typing an SMS message to someone and i get a chat from verichat, it totally interupts my SMS message and all of a sudden, i'm typing my SMS message to the verichat person. being that i am a heavy SMS and IM user, this is something that needs to be fixed.

after using verichat on my treo 650 i stuck with it since i had already paid the subscription. the pdaapps people were really nice and gave me an $8 dollar discount based on the time i had left on my previous subscription.

[adamlau]

VeriChat 2.68b: Suggestions

1. Keyboard shortcut support for switching between
sessions, contact lists and logging off.

2. Split window chat support to allow for simultaneous
support of multiple (perhaps two maximum) chats.

3. Incoming (background) chat alerts from established
sessions when on a chat (as opposed to when the
VeriChat application itself is in the background).

4. Incoming (background) chat alerts from sessions
initiated by a contact when on a chat (as opposed to
when the VeriChat application itself is in the
background).

5. Option to NOT login to bots to save on login times
and responsiveness. Hide Bots is not adequate.

6. Option to change the application font size
(improved viewing of chat history).

7. Enter key performs Login when AutoConnect is
disabled and connections accounts must be chosen
manually on application start.

8. Blackberry-specific user manual/guide.

9. Highlighting, or bolding of contacts in the main
contact list who sent background messages while the
user was in a separate foreground chat. This way, the
user can return to main contact list and determine
which contacts had sent messages (the screen which
appears at the bottom while in a chat often flashes by
too quickly).