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Post by Michael Hutton on May 23rd, 2010, 06:30am
Hi all,
Have recently used teamspeak for another purpose (*cough* game) but was wondering what the interest would be to set up a TeamSpeak sever for BB4W?
1. It would be a good place to meet and discuss programming problems or talk to the expert(s)! (If they feel inclined!)
2. I don't know the mechanics of setting up a server or if even you have to rent a server? Or could someone run the server on a laptop at home for instance? (I am looking into this one right now).
3. I realise some people are all over the world, but this shouldn't be too much of a problem.
If people are interested I would like to hear their opinions.
Michael
Re: TEAMSPEAK for BB4W
Post by Michael Hutton on May 23rd, 2010, 3:37pm
So, it seems like you haven't really made up your mind on the issue....
To others who may be interested:
It might be a place a lonely but helpful programmer could hover to talk to BB4W newbies and direct them to the right place in the manual or a bit of code in the wiki. I was reading today that you can even swap files via it. It is a sort of sparked up internet relay chat.
I will be looking into trying to set up a simple server and see what the take up is.
If anyone would like to communicate further about this, or even ask a bog standard "How do I do this or that?" you can try me on my Skype account which is "michael.hutton2" (Australian Network)- obviously not with the quotes. If I am in and hanging around I would be willing to help, or if I can point you in the right place in the manual that is not a problem. Of course, more technical questions might get a "duh?" response... but we'll see...!
Michael
Re: TEAMSPEAK for BB4W
Post by admin on May 23rd, 2010, 9:12pm
If anyone would like to ... ask a bog standard "How do I do this or that?" you can try me on my Skype account which is "michael.hutton2"
I would modestly (!) suggest that if anybody has such a query they are more likely to receive an accurate reply by asking me. I prefer email contact (I check my inbox at least twice a day) but if somebody wants to speak to me I can often be reached on +44 136 638 6281 during UK office hours.
Richard.
Re: TEAMSPEAK for BB4W
Post by specsdude on Mar 18th, 2011, 2:47pm
If someone took the time, they could write a automated help program, which would answer queries.
Is there a way of having programs that respond to stimuli from a Web Browser, eg. IE? So you could click on a form button on this site that said "Ask the Help Robot", then you could chat with the bot, or send a message?
I have no experience with the web, so this is new ground for me. I know some HTML, but that's the most of it.
Re: TEAMSPEAK for BB4W
Post by JonR on Mar 19th, 2011, 09:57am
There's already a live chat space for BB4W which seems to be sigificantly under used and seems there's no call for a TeamSpeak space.
specsdude, the whole Web is made up of programs that respond to stimulus from browsers, they're called web servers! Whilst it would be a couple of hours work to set up a web site where someone could chat with a robot writing the robot is a more difficult proposition. You could start with an existing bot like A.L.I.C.E and add a BB4W knowledgebase, let us know when you're done. Re: TEAMSPEAK for BB4W
Post by admin on Mar 19th, 2011, 10:20am
There's already a live chat space for BB4W which seems to be sigificantly under used
Little used largely because it's so new, I expect (Yahoo launched Group Chat Live on February 1st 2011). Feel free to post a message on the group drawing attention to it.
