[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-28 Thread Backpack
> If it's only between users using your site, there's no need to use XMPP. The > XMPP API is designed for interaction with users using Instant Messaging > clients. For a web game it is a valid option. And from there, for any real-time web app is still a valid option. I really don't understand wh

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-28 Thread Nick Johnson (Google)
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM, v4vijayakumar < vijayakumar.subbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Oct 27, 12:04 am, Wooble wrote: > > The XMPP service only allows users to send XMPP messages to your > > application, or for your application to send XMPP messages to > > subscribed users. > ... > > Wou

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-28 Thread v4vijayakumar
On Oct 27, 12:04 am, Wooble wrote: > The XMPP service only allows users to send XMPP messages to your > application, or for your application to send XMPP messages to > subscribed users. ... Would it be helpful If I want to implement chat functionality for users logged into my system, or, should

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-27 Thread Backpack
Yes you can send messages to other users of your game, but you have to have them connected in real time to your bot. There are different ways of doing this with ajax, comet, flash and java. The only one I believe it works with GAE is a java applet with sockets (waiting for the future WebSockets im

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-26 Thread Roy Smith
> > > How and when do recipients get those messages? Do they need to be > logged into a 3rd party chat service to receive those messages? > Logging onto your app and receiving messages from it are totally independent. Your app will send an XMPP Invite to the recipient, which the recipient must acc

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-26 Thread Mark
> wouldn't it make more sense for them to just send to the other person > directly? Well I think that definitely makes sense in a lot of cases. If I wanted to make a multiplayer chess game though, it would definitely be more convenient for users to send and receive xmpp messages directly through

[google-appengine] Re: How do XMPP recipients get messages?

2009-10-26 Thread Wooble
The XMPP service only allows users to send XMPP messages to your application, or for your application to send XMPP messages to subscribed users. I don't think it's really designed for you to have your users send messages to other users through your application; wouldn't it make more sense for the