Jargong Blog

Pavatar and Gravatar

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:13:00 +0000

Jargong will support both Pavatar and Gravatar standards.

Pavatar:
When you register at Jargong with an OpenID we�ll automatically fetch your avatar from your OpenID provider in the following ways:

1. We investigate if there�s X-Pavatar: header.
2. If there�s any link rel="avatar" or link rel="pavatar" in your html.
3. If we can find an avatar at youropenid/avatar.jpg or youropenid/pavatar.jpg.

Gravatar:
If you haven�t uploaded an avatar to your Jargong account we�ll check if you have any Gravatar associated with your email address and use that before we use the default avatar.

Jargong and OpenID

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:41:00 +0000

We�re happy to let you know that the upcoming version of Jargong is supporting OpenID.

OpenID is an identity technology that let you sign into different sites with a single name and password. It makes surfing the web more simple and secure for you.

If you want to implement OpenID on your site (which ofcourse is a good idea) here is my two cents:

1) Be a consumer. Don�t even think about being a provider before you implemented the consumer part. - OpenID needs more consumers not providers.
If you want to be a provider later that�s fine but start with letting everyone with an existing OpenID sign on first.
The last thing OpenID needs is a another provider that doesn�t support sign on with existing OpenIds (Hello Yahoo and all you others..).

2) Don�t do it the wrong way and only support a few "secure" providers (Hello Microsoft..) the open in OpenID means you should support every provider.
We don�t want to end up with having multiple OpenIDs for different accounts and sites.

small update (while we�re doing the next big thing..)

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:54:00 +0000

While we are working with the next big release (that will be quite different than what you�ve seen so far....) we give you another small update of Jargong. 0.5.3 is now available for download.

Here are some of the new features:

Twitter:

A lot of small user interface updates (It�s now easier to see if an update is successful or not / a refresh is going on etc).
Browse into a users timeline from another timeline.
Send and receive direct messages.
Background image and background color from a timeline is now displayed.

Instant Messaging:

Scrolls username and personal message if it�s too long to fit the display.

Important: To use all the new features please reauthorize your Twitter account with Jargong by logging in with your Jargong account on www.jargong.com and authorize Twitter again.

And as always, please delete any version of Jargong on your phone before installing this update.

Again a small update (more for you Twitter-happy-people)

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:47:00 +0000

Today we release v0.5.2 of Jargong. Another small update to please you. Here are some of the new features.

Twitter:

View "Me and friends", "Everyone", "Friend list" and "Follower list" timelines.
Automatically refresh (every two minutes) "Me and friends" timeline if you want. Set automatic or manual refresh in "My settings".
Fixed a small bug that caused Jargong to stall if Twitter servers are too slow.

Instant Messaging:

Hide offline contacts (finally here!).
Error messages from the Instant Messaging networks are now presented in "My settings/IM networks".

Google Reader:

Folder/Tag support.
Send item as email or MMS.

Important: Please delete any version of Jargong on your phone before installing this update.

Twitter everywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:50:00 +0000

Twitter is on everybody�s mind this week. We released a small update (0.5.1) that includes more Twitter features. Now you can keep up to date with "What You And Your Friends Are Doing" right from the main menu in Jargong. Nice and simple, the Twitter way.

Oh, if you haven�t noticed it. 0.5.0 was released a couple of days ago with Flickr, Twitter, Google Reader, Instant Messaging .. even the website is brand new. Maybe we�ll send you a newsletter and tell you more about it some day soon..

Note this!

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:27:00 +0000

We love the notes feature in Flickr. This is how it looks like in Jargong. The yellow note in the top right corner tells you when there are notes available for a photo. Push "Show notes" in the menu and the notes will appear. Jump between notes with <, > (or 4, 6) keys.

Notes with yellow background are notes written by the photo author and notes with green background are notes written by anyone else, as always..

Only 28 days in February? Damn..

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:49:00 +0000

Right now we�re experiencing some problems connecting to the MSN network. We�re sorry about that and hope we can fix it ASAP.

About the new version: We�ll hopefully add the last things today and then we need a couple of days to test everything and update the website, but we�re getting there..

An explanation

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:58:00 +0000

I think it�s time for an explanation why you haven�t heard anything from us in a couple of weeks. We haven�t gone on vacation as some of you suggested in your emails.. ;-).

The main thing with the new version (besides all new cool features you suggested of course) was to make Jargong work for the people that had problems with the first version. We spent a lot of time with rewriting the networking code and everything was working great. Then this (what we thought) small bug came up just before release..
Well, to make a long story short.. after a week we decided to make the second beta version to be a private beta only for us and our testers and continued to work on the features planned for the version after that... And that�s where we are today.
We apologize for the inconvenience. We hope (no more promises..) to have this version out for you before the end of February.

So ... Again, what can you expect from the upcoming version? Well, we already revealed some new Instant Messaging features, Nokia support and that we implemented Twitter and Flickr support (but hey, that�s still a secret only for our bloggreaders..).
So what�s left? Well, I guess you have seen the "My channels" thing in the main menu.. expect some news in there....

Thanks for your understanding and patience.

Twitter and Jaiku

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:00:00 +0000

Have you guys discovered Twitter and Jaiku yet? If not check them out, they are pretty cool services.
The idea is to share what you�re doing right now, how you�re feeling or just any thought you might have, with your friends simply by answering the question: "What you are doing?".
You can update this "status message of your life" in many ways: on the web, by sending a SMS or by using a mobile application.
Your friends can then keep track of what you�re doing by receiving a SMS everytime you update your status message or just by surfing into the service on the web. They can even connect the service to their favorite Instant Messenger network and get status message updates from there.

At first it seems like a strange idea, why would I need that? But when you start using it it�s quite addictive to follow what your friends are doing. Both services seem to get a lot of users and hype right now.

We like the idea so we�ll add support for both services in Jargong, starting with Twitter in the upcoming version.
If you connect your Twitter account to Jargong then everytime you login to Jargong the client will automatically fetch your status message from Twitter and set it as your IM status message and then each time you update your IM status message in Jargong your status message at Twitter will automatically be updated. Pretty nice and simple, right?

So what�s up with the upcoming version? Well we�re getting there, soon. It took some more time than expected to add all the features that we wanted in this version. But we think it�ll be quite good..

We can reveal for our blog readers that we implemented Flickr support. Yes, now you can view your online photos on your mobile phone anytime, anywhere. You can even make a Flickr search and comment on other peoples photos as you can see on the screenshots below. We hope you�ll like it!

Here comes the sun

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:45:00 +0000

Happy new year to you and your friends! Maybe you will send some happy new year greetings from Jargong, I know I will..

It�ll be an exciting new year! In the first quarter you�ll see more what we have planned for Jargong! The road map is growing every day.

We aimed to release beta version 0.5.0 on the 5th of January but we will delay it a couple of days. We�ll get it ready in time but we need a few more days to test all the new functions, prepare the web and move things to other servers. But expect a release sometime in the second week of January. Sorry for the delay.

What to expect in 0.5.0:

* Totally rewritten network code so everyone (atleast most people) that had trouble connecting to our Instant Messaging server with the first version will love 0.5.0.
* Faster navigating to next unread message by pressing < > keys or from the menu.
* Change nickname and your avatar directly in Jargong (as many of you wished for!)
* Support for some Nokia phones (It looks quite nice on N73..)
* And that great new thing that I can�t talk about yet... err.. .. but I think many of you will like it!

Keep up the good work emailing us suggestions and feedback. (We�ll try to move the activity more and more to the forum in the future)

Two Weeks with Jargong

noreply@blogger.com (Robert) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:01:00 +0000

Two weeks and growing along..

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that downloaded and tested the first early beta version of Jargong. We learned a lot this past 14 days.

Now it's time for You to tell us what you like and don't like about Jargong (and of course the things that doesn't work.....).

The forum and blog is for you so please don't hesitate to contribute. We would like to build a strong community around Jargong and develop the features and services you want.

We're polishing the new beta version of Jargong right now. I can't tell you exactly when we'll be releasing it but I can reveal that you�ll probably understand more what that strange "My photos" option in the main menu are for..

If you got any requests of new features that we must include let us know right away and maybe maybe we have time to include them in the upcoming beta version.

Today we open up our forum

noreply@blogger.com (pean) — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:04:00 +0000

Today we launched our new support forum with the intention to be able to open up for better communication with our users.

Post any questions, feedback, bugs or anything else in our brand new empty bulletin board. Just log in with your Jargong-account and start posting.

Here it is. Go there

We have a blog

noreply@blogger.com (pean) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:26:00 +0000

We too have got a blog now! We will try go keep you updated here. So check back here a little now and then for the latest buzz about Jargong.