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The Net Chat system aims to have both a simple and an advanced feature set.  We plan to have chat/file and buliten board systems.  Later plans include server-side transports to other protocols, and ability of non-netchat clients to connect to netchat.

My current outline of planned features/things for the project is below(taken down during a conversation about where to take our JAVA Chat system next):

C/GTK/QT/Objective-C/ Client

C server

UTF-8

File Transfer using client file routing servers with bandwidth monitoring

We use server/superclients (clients with DC ability and decent(tested) bandwidth

).. to route the data

Replicated User data

Replicated message servers

Sever side Transports that work.

Message Queuing

Stable NETSPLITS

connected to two servers:same data stream to both server

Main routers

AUTH servs

world server nets

message queue between servers nets

locality based servers

message recpeits

Server ranking based on stability/UPS.. make an effort..to keep reliablity

bots

libs-perl,python,php,C,java libraries

GAIM Plugin

Other Plugins

MAKE IT SIMPLE to use

Mulitiple data streams...client ID

Audio Visual

Addy Book

AIM Connect (AOL BACKEND) AIM Client->Netchat

UPnP support on routers to do routing

Md5sum data/messages?

Advanced dialog:Ip blocking.. Server Selection etc

Online Web Interface.. message checking (remote)