Spark Web Interface

Spark Spark Dev
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Hello, I am a full-time Java developer and I am new to both Spark and Smack. Smack appears to have a good following and a good reputation within the Java community. And from what I have seen of Spark, the client UI is very nice as well (I am currently investigating the code in SVN).

Now, I am working on a project for our corporate intranet that is looking to add instant messenger capabilties to our internal portal via a web-based chat, communicating with our existing Jabber servers (running on OS X Server 10.4). Are there any projects to convert or add an HTML/AJAX/Applet/Flash/etc. based interface to Spark so that it can be embedded within a portal environment? And if not, is there any interest in starting one? I am very interested in possibly using this product for our corporate intranet instant messaging.

Thank you.

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That’s something my boss is considering as well. Waiting for the quality reply…

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Hi Guys,

As I write this SparkWeb is being converted from HTML/AJAX to Flash, you can learn a bit more about it in Derek’s video podcast.

There are a number of other web based client projects out there but most of them lack polish and/or features. Meebo is probably the slickest and probably the best of what is currently available, but unfortunately it is not available as a non-hosted solution.

Hope this helps,

Ryan