CEdoot - Reincarnation of CE-im

[Prady]

Visit: http://www.crazyengineers.com/forum/ce-labs/839-ce-project-ce-messenger-now-called-ce-im.html

CEdoot

CEdoot-the CE Messenger, was unanimously voted as one of the must start services by/for/from CE in the first ever CE meet on June 21, 2008. The concept is based on the much needed requirement of real time accessibility of CE members to answer queries posted in different CE forums. Attendees registered their expectations from the CEdoot service. Based on the discussion and expectations, it was clear that we are looking forward to a service similar to instant messengers like AOL messenger, Yahoo messenger, Windows Live messenger etc. with CE touch. This post is intended towards listing the feature set for the CEdoot. I am going to divide feature set into two categories; one with the basic features that I know is available with the existing messenger services and the other with the CE specific requirements.

Generic:

1. Instant Messaging: Send text messages in real-time to any registered CE member (online/offline).
2. IM Conferencing: Instant message with many CE members at once in a conference room.
3. File Transfer: Send files instantly to a CE member while you IM.
4. Contact Search Bar: Quickly find a contact to IM.

Specific:

1. CE search bar: The CEdoot GUI should have a search bar for searching the contents on CE.
2. CE alerts: Get notified about new posts on CE when logged in to CEdoot. CE members can discuss any of the posts online on one-on-one chat basis or in conferencing mode and once the conversation ends the chat transcript can be saved as comments on the post in the CE.
3. CE quick query forums (subscription mode): A set of quick query forums should be available for subscription to CE members over CEdoot e.g. java developers, civil engineers, chillax etc. CEdoot should have a quick query board in the GUI wherein the queries posted in the subscribed quick query forums should be displayed. CE member can choose to answer the queries online on one-on-one chat basis or in conferencing mode and once the conversation ends the complete chat transcript can be saved as a new post under quick query forums in CE. Any subsequent conversation on the query-turned-post should be treated as comments in the CE.
4. CE quick query forums (surfing mode): Members should also have the facility to view and answer queries posted in the other forums (forums not subscribed by the CE member) on demand. Basically, the quick query board can be made to work in two different modes mentioned in points 3 and 4.

I hope we will contribute to this initiative in the form of more feature requests or queries on the above feature set and help refine the concept. Also, it will be good to have a list of available open-source projects for the purpose which can be used by CE for no monetary costs.

Comments waited.

A few in context links that the techies who already have started thinking of the architecture and implementation can visit:

1.http://docs.sun.com/source/819-0063/im-intro.html
2.http://docs.sun.com/source/819-0063/im-architecture.html

3.http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs5204/fall02/ProjectArchive/adandapa-sprabhak-report.pdf

[The_Big_K]

That was quick, Prady

CS/IT Gods - Let's get this done!

[ash]

Alright, the project is back! Good. Nice idea regarding the quick query forums and such. Looks like theres quite a number of features in the client. Are we still following the p2p option, or do we need to utilize a web and a directory server?

by the way, what does "doot" mean here? Because I checked the urban dictionary online, and quite shocked with possible meanings.. lol! Perhaps we should modify it a little.. *ahem*

[The_Big_K]

Looks like Prady has adopted a Hindi-Word. 'Doot' in Hindi (or Sanskrit too? maybe) means 'The Messenger'. Let's not worry about the name of the messenger. Probably, 'Doot' can be the code-name for the project

[just2rock]

Gr8! to hear that all of my suggestions to Pradeep while my interview for Know your CE'an is working atlast...we will surely be on the top once all those ..becomes reality! i promise u all

[ash]

Originally Posted by The_Big_K

Looks like Prady has adopted a Hindi-Word. 'Doot' in Hindi (or Sanskrit too? maybe) means 'The Messenger'. Let's not worry about the name of the messenger. Probably, 'Doot' can be the code-name for the project

Ah, I see! That makes sense, hehe

But to avoid an international misunderstanding incident (you'll understand me 100% if you come across the urban online dictionary) lets tweak it a little teeny bit

[raj87verma88]

@J2R: Its Prateek J2R.
@Prady: The project seems to look good on paper. Now we have to make it even better.

[The_Big_K]

Let's wait for Mayank & Pradeep's update on the same. Let's first finalize on the features, and get started.

[Prady]

Originally Posted by ash

Are we still following the p2p option, or do we need to utilize a web and a directory server?

Even for p2p, I believe we will require some kind of registrar server, somewhere; may be on one of the ever live clients itself.

It's too early to talk on this stuff. We can decide upon the architecture once we finalize on the "must implement" features.

Originally Posted by ash

by the way, what does "doot" mean here? Because I checked the urban dictionary online, and quite shocked with possible meanings.. lol! Perhaps we should modify it a little.

You are right, probably we need to change it for the larger community. I should have checked urban dictionary. Thanks for pointing out...

[mayurpathak]

Hey good to see quick replies to this thread. Doot is a good name, till the beta version is rolled out. If there is a google, if there is a zattoo, there can be a doot too. Lets call it a "project Doot"

One or two things from me:
1. We need to have the classification of engineering branches and expertise on the query forum. For that we will have to add few fields in the personal information tab on the profile section. Right now no one is posting their expertise and years of experience in their profile. This will help in a way that suppose I have a doubt in some topic on pollutions, I could find the current online or most popular chemical or environmental engineer whom I can post a query. Alternatively, as prady had suggested, if I'm an expert in 'XYZ', I will get a scrolling marque of latest queries on my forum. I'm only highlighting Prady's point.

2. Lets not limit the search engine to CE. we can have a customized google search engine too.

3. The query forum can be open to public. People can see the queries, the number of experts, their nicknames but not the answers. Neither can they contact them directly, unless they register.

4. Some thing you all forgot is developing the invite members thread.

Gee... there are so many things to talk.