Comments on: New version of iDialog iPhone OCS Client http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/new-version-of-idialog-iphone-ocs-client/ The long road to riches and ruin... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:40:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Basham http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/new-version-of-idialog-iphone-ocs-client/comment-page-1/#comment-11309 Tom Basham Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:52:05 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/?p=604#comment-11309 That's true, it might be a useful feature, but I think it depends what you want the client for. If your intention is to make youself available to others then yes, push notifications would be a welcome addition. However if you want to use it so you can see the presence of or contact others it's probably not as useful. Good point though! That's true, it might be a useful feature, but I think it depends what you want the client for. If your intention is to make youself available to others then yes, push notifications would be a welcome addition. However if you want to use it so you can see the presence of or contact others it's probably not as useful. Good point though!

]]> By: Big Al http://refraction.co.uk/blog/2009/12/18/new-version-of-idialog-iphone-ocs-client/comment-page-1/#comment-11306 Big Al Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:14:20 +0000 http://refraction.co.uk/blog/?p=604#comment-11306 Until it supports push notifications/alerts like many iPhone apps do like Facebook, this has very limited usability. The app MUST be running in the foreground to let you know you received an IM. They (iDialog) need to build a back-end server farm that takes your login info and establishes a connection to the end-user's OCS CWA server from their servers. Then when you get an IM, they should send a push notification / alert (little blue pop-up on the iphone with a preview of the message) and give you the choice to launch the app or ignore it like MANY other iPhone apps do. Until it supports push notifications/alerts like many iPhone apps do like Facebook, this has very limited usability.

The app MUST be running in the foreground to let you know you received an IM.

They (iDialog) need to build a back-end server farm that takes your login info and establishes a connection to the end-user's OCS CWA server from their servers. Then when you get an IM, they should send a push notification / alert (little blue pop-up on the iphone with a preview of the message) and give you the choice to launch the app or ignore it like MANY other iPhone apps do.

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