just to let you know...

the last days were somehow really busy around here, so I couldn't exactly do all the programming I intended to. however, I plan to use the next two days to catch up and bring you a new built. so I am posting this to let you know that there will be a next release within a couple of days. and by the way: thanks for using juhu, telling me your thoughts and ideas and of course for being so patient. have a nice weekend.

next juhu tomorrow!

take a guess - what does a sunday with a lot of lines of code mean? right, a monday with a new version of juhu. :)

getting started

no time left for doing actual coding today, but nevertheless I compiled some tips for new juhu users. and there is also another help entry you might want to check out too.

by the way

if someone wants to join and help me with the further developement of juhu just contact me (here in the blog, at jaiku or where ever else you find me...)

some thoughts on commenting.

I am sure you know, that juhu currently does not allow you to post a comment from the application itself. like I mentioned earlier, this lack of functionality is based on the issue of a missing api method to do so. however I am aware of the fact, that there is another way to comment from outside the jaiku pages (like demonstrated by the jaiku windows client jay-q). it involves a somehow little hackish kind of approach - to get a little techie here:

• get the actual html page of a post (not the feed or json, but the actual web page)
• extract a validation key from this page, which is needed for commenting
• doing a plain html post to an undocumented web site interface using the key and appropriate credentials

don't get me wrong, it is absolutely doable, but since it is not an offical way of posting a comment I am not really sure if I should do it this way. for me clicking the link displayed in juhu and typing a comment in the opened up browser window works at least okay right now (please note, that I am more or less a-not-so-many-comments guy. :)). therefore I could wait with adding this feature until the api supports it officially.

but I am not the only juhu user, right? so maybe you have a different opinion and want to let me know what you think. should it be implemented, because after all it is a way to post a comment? or can you wait and use the browser for a little longer?

no one likes the beach ball

right? okay, maybe if you are actually at the beach, well then a beach ball makes sense. but while updating your jaiku streams with juhu? then a beach ball is a pretty annoying, isn't it? and this is one of the big things being fixed with the next release - and folks it's coming. maybe tomorrow.

juhu profile at jaiku

a fine idea by a juhu user - a juhu profile within jaiku. the rss feed of this blog is automatically pushed there, so just add this to your jaiku contacts and get the latest information regarding juhu.

make sure you use version 0.4.4

after the updates of the jaiku service, a bug in version 0.4.3 will not only prevent the application from working well, but also possibly hammer at the jaiku servers, so please don't use 0.4.3 anymore and download 0.4.4. thank you for your appreciation. and a big sorry to the jaiku guys!

welcome

dear visitor,
this blog will be the future home of juhu, a small application for your os x desktop to post to jaiku und read the streams. until this happens, you can visit my jaiku page or my other blog. thank you.