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Project Amy - App.net messaging integrated natively into Messages for the Mac

107 points by alexknight 14y ago

pauldunahoo 14y ago
Awesome!
colbyaley 14y ago
This is so great!
recuter 14y ago
Wait, this is an official Apple api to add additional networks to Messages? I'm surprised it exists. And even more surprised I haven't heard about it until now. > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/IMServicePluginFrameworkRef/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009478 http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/AppleA... Two years old. Woah. This is very interesting. I feel silly for asking but does anybody know if this sort of thing is possible for the iOS Messages? (Probably not, but since this exists I don't know what to think anymore) OP where's the source to Project Amy?
- stevestreza 14y ago
  This project is closed source. I'm planning on doing a follow-up post on how to write an IMServicePlugIn.
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    https://apparchy.net/ https://apparchy.net/ is down, just FYI.
- phil 14y ago
  Unfortunately, iOS Messages is not extensible like this.
- LinaLauneBaer 14y ago
  When Apple announced this framework back then at WWDC they showed a cool sample plugin: The plugin would receive a message, feed it through ELIZA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA) to create a response message. The demo ended with two iMessage instances chatting to each other and both used ELIZA. :)
  - HNLogInShit 14y ago
    plug-in
- 46Bit 14y ago
  As regards iOS Messages, it's possible. You just need a server to send/receive iMessages and interact with the App.net API. From my experience with http://irepl.im http://irepl.im, I wrote an introduction to playing with iMessage: https://46b.it/blog/2012/11/01/hacking-with-imessage/ https://46b.it/blog/2012/11/01/hacking-with-imessage/ Happy to help out or answer Qs if anyone's interested in making use of it :-)
teawithcarl 14y ago
Thanks, Steve. Really insightful integration of the best new API's in APP.net into a mainstream app. Many of APP.net's API's are truly superior, a jewel in the rough. I agree that it's even better than Apparchy - the best hack at last Oct's hackathon. It's devs like you (and others) which belie APP.net's long-term strength and genius.
HNLogInShit 14y ago
Anything that makes shitty Messages better is welcome. I particularly like how it often fails to set my status to "available" when I boot up. And then it incorrectly shows that my contacts are offline when they're not. Oh, and instead of bringing up a contacts list by default, it inexplicably brings up a list of old chats. Why the fuck would I want that? Hooray Apple, total detachment from real-world usefulness.

107 points by alexknight 14y ago

pauldunahoo 14y ago

Awesome!

colbyaley 14y ago

This is so great!

recuter 14y ago

Wait, this is an official Apple api to add additional networks to Messages? I'm surprised it exists. And even more surprised I haven't heard about it until now. > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/IMServicePluginFrameworkRef/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009478 http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/AppleA... Two years old. Woah. This is very interesting. I feel silly for asking but does anybody know if this sort of thing is possible for the iOS Messages? (Probably not, but since this exists I don't know what to think anymore) OP where's the source to Project Amy?

stevestreza 14y ago
This project is closed source. I'm planning on doing a follow-up post on how to write an IMServicePlugIn.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  https://apparchy.net/ https://apparchy.net/ is down, just FYI.
phil 14y ago
Unfortunately, iOS Messages is not extensible like this.
LinaLauneBaer 14y ago
When Apple announced this framework back then at WWDC they showed a cool sample plugin: The plugin would receive a message, feed it through ELIZA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA) to create a response message. The demo ended with two iMessage instances chatting to each other and both used ELIZA. :)
- HNLogInShit 14y ago
  plug-in
46Bit 14y ago
As regards iOS Messages, it's possible. You just need a server to send/receive iMessages and interact with the App.net API. From my experience with http://irepl.im http://irepl.im, I wrote an introduction to playing with iMessage: https://46b.it/blog/2012/11/01/hacking-with-imessage/ https://46b.it/blog/2012/11/01/hacking-with-imessage/ Happy to help out or answer Qs if anyone's interested in making use of it :-)

teawithcarl 14y ago

Thanks, Steve. Really insightful integration of the best new API's in APP.net into a mainstream app. Many of APP.net's API's are truly superior, a jewel in the rough. I agree that it's even better than Apparchy - the best hack at last Oct's hackathon. It's devs like you (and others) which belie APP.net's long-term strength and genius.

HNLogInShit 14y ago

Anything that makes shitty Messages better is welcome. I particularly like how it often fails to set my status to "available" when I boot up. And then it incorrectly shows that my contacts are offline when they're not. Oh, and instead of bringing up a contacts list by default, it inexplicably brings up a list of old chats. Why the fuck would I want that? Hooray Apple, total detachment from real-world usefulness.