The idea is to integrate or develop some chat solution that allows Horde users to chat either in a separate application or from a widget that is displayed inside the regular applications.
https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/4574
https://github.com/jsxc/jsxc/issues/61
https://bitbucket.org/mhxp/conversejs-horde
Jan
As requested by several users and one customer, Horde lacks some chat/instant messaging solution. Suggested features:
There are two categories of possible solutions:
The latter is preferred, because we wouldn't have a vendor-lock-in and building on top of existing standardized solutions if better following Horde's paradigm of "integrate with what's there".
Two other categories are:
Again, the latter is preferred because you wouldn't have to switch between the chat application and the other Horde application that you are currently using.
Other points to keep in mind: look and feel, ease of integration with existing web applications (other examples), conflicts with existing Horde JavaScript code, maintenance status, customization possibilities.
Without having investigated //all// items, it boils down to an XMPP server with Converse.js, JSXC, or Jappix on top. Pending any unforeseen problems, and due to the nice UI and video/audio chat support(!), the winner is:
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