blog » October 2, 2008/Speeqe to me

Web-based chatrooms. Thanks to the magic of XMPP/Jabber, BOSH, JavaScript, etc. it works just like regular chatrooms, except that it's all in the comfort of your web browser. You can create your own room, set themes, etc. You can even join Jabber conference rooms on other servers.

It's somewhat similar to an idea that I had, except that I'm not sure that the traditional chatroom format is what people want. But I could be wrong. (Who am I to tell people what they want.)

Nevertheless, it illustrates how XMPP can make the web more dynamic and interactive. Like my Talk-to-me web chat. And it looks like the Jabber website will soon have more lively content.

(Speeqe is also Free/Open Source, so you can, among other things, download it and run your own server, and modify it to your heart's content. (As long as you follow the licensing terms.))