I've been playing around with the Windows Live Messenger Web SDK. It's an interesting little toy. I suppose 'toy' is a little improper, as there are a lot of API's available to work with. You can check out the API at
http://dev.live.com.
I'll admit, I was a little iffy on the idea of adding my presence to the site. What good is it if all I'm doing is telling people that I'm online? Well, it turns out I can do more. If you click the presence button:
You open a window that allows you to chat with me. Pretty neat, I think. When I came across it, I decided I wanted to modify it a little, so it's more in theme with this site. Basically all I did was put it into a modal window:
Theres a bit of work required to put it into a modal window, so I will cover that next time I post.
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Written by Steve Syfuhs on
11/25/2008 11:00:18 PM
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