OK guys.... just had a flash of brilliance (@ least i think it's brilliant
). here goes:
what if the portal had a feature that integrated IRC, ICQ, MSN, AIM, & Yahoo! instant messaging? (maybe even integrate/embed Trillian since it already does all these things(?)) i.e. a conference or 1-to-1 chat session could take place on your portal site by simply embedding the IM controls into a portal page/section or the BB.
members could initiate a private IM chat w/ one individual or join an IM/IRC conference session involving all forum members. there could also be a feature to optionally log all public, conference IM/IRC sessions to a text files or threads that contained everything that was talked about in the public conference, the conferences could also be just dumped to a text file then just hyperlinked from a thread. this way public conferences could be viewed later for reference, etc. sound cool?
let me know what you think.... later
