[Serusers] Presence and messaging: UA with SER

[Steve Blair]

Cameron Beattie wrote:

> I want to be able to offer the following functionality (in addition to 
> calling) to my users namely: notification when a user is on/offline, 
> directory search, and chat. These simple requirements are met with 
> ease by Skype. And yet there doesn't seem to be any combination of SER 
> and a freely-available Windows user agent that offers this. I have 
> been a little bit out of touch with this recently so things may have 
> moved on since I last checked. The main problem seems to be on the UA 
> side. I've tried (amongst others) X-Ten, SJPhone, PhoneGaim, Firefly, 
> and Windows Messenger - none of them come close to Skype's ease of 
> configuration and use.
>
It sounds like Skype is the application for you based on what you've 
tested. Why keep looking?

> Am I missing something? Can anyone offer some suggestions about how to 
> offer this functionality?
>
> Regards
>
> Cameron
>
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