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JWChat: a web-based Jabber client using Ajax
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 24th 2005 at 10:29AM
Last night while the world awoke to the sight of Google Talk I happened upon JWChat, a simple but effective web-based Jabber client. Since I was setting up Jabber in Adium to connect to Google's service, I wondered if JWChat could do the same. Unfortunately, without implementing TLS at the protocol level (not recommended), the developer of JWChat doesn't think it's going to happen. To quote Steve, "So it would be up to Google to add such an interface or to the third-party software to handle this transparently for the client (none of those I know do this atm)." Here's hoping.Still, JWChat is a pretty cool example of yet another nifty Ajax app. It's open source, and I think ideally suited to corporate LAN's. Since there's no software to install (OK, some of those stick-in-the-mud's might want to finally put Firefox on their boxen) there isn't the usual overhead and headache associated with supporting all manner of wacky clients. Or you could give in and use Google Talk anyway...
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With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
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