I'm excited! My software has been reviewed for the first time on the web!

KevinMU1

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Hey, just wanted to share my excitement, my latest project BitWise Chat finally has been officially reviewed on the web over at Vans Hardware! Nothing like seeing YOUR software on the web and receiving such praise!

BitWise Chat review at Van's Hardware

From the conclusion:

Creativity is nothing without purpose. In BitWise, we have both purpose and creativity. On one hand, we have the BitWise ideals of minimal server interactions, direct connects, and ease of use. On the other hand, we have the creative use of function superceding form. Together, the whole is complete. Is the BitWise version I reviewed the final revision? Certainly not! BitWise has the advantage of having a small user base currently and the beauty of this is the ability to tailor the client to the user's needs. Consider it the "mandate of the people," if you will. The challenge in all of this is for you, the reader, to actively take it upon yourself to test, try and prove BitWise to be the chat program I have made it out to be.
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

BitWise Chat is by Kevin Hock and Jon McKenzie, copyright 2002.

Article by Dave Graham, copyright 2002.
 

KevinMU1

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Thanks for taking a look guys! If you ever sign on, my BitWise name is just Kevin, feel free to message me. :)
 

Yossarian451

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Good Job, one day I hope to be doing that. But till then I have to hit the books and the sack I am getting over the flu ithink, at least something like it.
 

bUnMaNGo

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hehe congrats... my old roommate has had several reviews of one of his programs that he released (Colorpad)... it's one of the most popular skinnable apps out there, a couple behind Winamp! Check it out ;) Google for Colorpad :)
 

EvilYoda

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wow, very nice, it's cool to actually read posts from someone who's wrote a decently significant program........usually it's just "someone". Congrats Kevin, although I'm sure you've been hearing this for a while now.
 

RossMAN

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Imagine what kind of [FREE] exposure you'd receive if BitWise was reviewed by C|NET.com and included in their top 5 IM clients list? Woah.
 

chrisjor

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WOW!!! Cool for you! Maybe people will now realize that software is a product of PEOPLE!! Not the great churning software machine.
 

KevinMU1

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I'll check out ColorPad after work :)

I can't post on cnet--I already tried--because they don't post "beta" software. grrr. So for now it's word of mouth & other ways of getting the word out. :)

I'm glad that the responses have been so favorable overall. Am I a showoff? No, not really, I just don't like the programs churned out by the corporations.

I'd write more but I have to get to work, blech.

 

Czar

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hey
an idea for an addon, built in file sharing :)

so you can see what files your buddies are sharing and download them
 

cavingjan

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Quick question: is this capable of checking both POP3 email accounts for new mail and check the AOL servers for new mail?

It looks good. If it has this capablility, then I'll consider going back to a unified client.
 

JayHu

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Originally posted by: coder1
just curious, what did you right it in?

Says on the mainpage of the site
"With the server and client both written from the ground up in C and C++"
 

KevinMU1

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Is it kinda like AIM? Yeah, except it's made by 2 guys from the ground up to be fast, small and efficient. And not run by a huge corporation. If that counts. ;)

Built in file sharing is on the long-term list. However, there are more critical things that in our opinion need to get in first. Give us time, the project ever grows. And some things people have asked for and gotten in the next version if they're not too complicated, just ask a few select very satisfied customers. :)

Note: we are NOT connected with AIM in any way. Nor can you read your POP3 email with it. Maybe later, but that's a bit beyond the scope of the project right now.

The client was written in Microsoft Visual Studio 6 with C++ and the server was written in C using gcc on linux.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to look, and for your interest. It's good to see some other enthusiasm than my own. ;) hehe

PS as for open source--not yet. The client may eventually open up, but that's still way up in the air. Open protocol is likely to come long before open source. Although given that the protocol still changes every so often as features are fleshed out, opening it would likely cause more confusion than it's worth. :)
 

GT1999

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Cool.. no ads, I like it :)

My s/n is Tom if anybody wants to add me to their list.

Yes, I got Tom before somebody else did!
 

KevinMU1

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Yeah, the ads were a big pet peeve of ours in some of the other clients. :)

We've been working since mid/late February on it, so about 5 months at this point. Not too bad for what 2 guys do in their spare time. :)