Announcing Entropians.com :: A new Entropia Universe community resource

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I am excited to finally present a project that I have been working on for several months now:

This initial launch of Entropians.com offers a feature-rich, dedicated instant messaging network for the Entropia Universe community, allowing members to stay connected with friends, society members and other Entropia Universe contacts 24 hours per day. A completely customized and EU-themed Instant Messaging client, EntropiansIM, is available that integrates perfectly with the dedicated messaging server platform, to maximize all of the server's features and functionality.


Main Features of the IM Server

• Based on rigorous Open Source XMPP/Jabber protocols
• Solid Java performance capable of thousands of simultaneous users
• Multi-user group chats
• File transfer capability
• PC-to-PC voice support
• Messages received while offline are stored for later delivery
• vCard user profiles
• Powerful search service to locate contacts
• Custom contact list avatars
• Robust plugin extendability: IM gateways, SIP (PC to phone), chatbots
• MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, and AIM gateways, allowing members to be connected to multiple networks from a single client

Main Features of the IM Client

• Extremely stable cross-platform Java application
• Minimize to tray
• Highly customisable user preference options
• Customisable status message
• Optional autostart on OS boot
• Automated away status whenever a full screen application (such as Entropia Universe) is launched
• Calendar & Task manager enabling custom alerts
• Built-in notepad
• Customizable emoticons sets
• Broadcast messages
• Entropia Universe theme
• Status selector with custom presets
• Spellchecker
• Integrated voice chat
• File transfers
• Six user interface languages (easily extendable to more via XML files)
• Search tool to request other Entropians join your contact list
• Robust plugin support
• And much more!!

EntropiaForum members are invited to visit www.Entropians.com and check out the screenshots and additional information regarding EntropiansIM network, and register a user account. Registration is completely free for all Entropia Universe particpants, and will surely grow very quickly, helping to bring the EU community even closer.

This new subforum here on EF will be used for all discussions related to Entropians.com IM network future development, support, feature requests, and feedback. There is also a shortcut to this subforum in the EntropiansIM client, under the help menu.

Also, a new member profile field option has been added to the EF UserCP, so that members can share their EntropiansIM username in their profiles if desired:



And it shows this on the users profile (under the Contact Info tab):



Members can edit this field in their UserCP > Edit Details


Future plans for Entropians.com include web-based email service:

YourAvatarName@entropians.com

(assuming of course there is enough community interest) and several other exciting possibilities. As always, I am eager for feedback from EF member, and suggestions on how to improve these community projects, so feel free to PM me (or now, IM me ) with your ideas.

To Do List:

I still have several aspects to refine on the Entropians.com website, primarily the user guide. Right now it is quite plain, but I plan to add some helpful images with arrows pointing out some of the less apparent features. However, I was excited to get the network launched, and assumed most of our members are quite familiar with the basics of IM software.

Also, if any members wish to help with localization of the client software into other languages, that would be great. More info in this thread: Localising the EntropiansIM client for other languages

And of course, I need to import the EF smiley set into the EntropiansIM client

Other planned projects include setting up a chatbot (Bertha?) that would be available 24/7. The software that runs today's chatbots is quite impressive; I think the community could come up with some pretty interesting EU-related logic routines for the bots

As always, big thanks to Jorael for providing some wonderful images for this project

[levithanikos]

Bring it on!

If you keep doing so amazing changes in EF i won't be able to play EU anymore

[Koister]

Cool program :P.

Great work.

[MindStar9]

Holy Moly ... you were right! Great work as always MrAdminMan ... this is great news, and WAY exciting. Brilliant as always!































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[Lykke]

wow this really looks neat 711 What a great feature!!!

+rep

[delerium]

another messenger!

[Cail]

XMPP/Jabber protocols? Wonder if bitlbee would support it?
I hate having billions of programs open, that's why i like to use bitlbee ^^
Don't get me wrong, it looks awesome, trying it out now.

[Lykke]

Originally Posted by delerium

another messenger!

yes ... but but .... with ENTROPIANS .....

[MindStar9]

WhooHoo ... I registered, got it downloaded, and even had a little chat! Oh ya, and also uploaded the new JSA logo as my icon.

It's just WAY cool.