MXit goes open source

[guest2013-1]

I use their PC Client already... Works fine, dont understand why they want to give someone R100 000 for something they already have, or am I missing something?

Easy. Its resource hungry and crashes when you don't feed the baby with enough RAM. No jokes. The client alone took around 50meg RAM and each window it opened to chat was around the same.

Unstable to **** on some PC's

 

[gkm]

There is now a MXit plugin for Pidgin. Plus they released its source code too. You can download it from http://devzone.mxit.com/libPurple/. It works for Windows and Linux!

Just want to mention the MXit Pidgin plugin is now up to version 2.1. I see new features include clickable links (same as on the phone) and ability to register on MXit from the PC.

Go here to grab it:
http://www.mxitlifestyle.com/mxitpc

Easy. Its resource hungry and crashes when you don't feed the baby with enough RAM. No jokes. The client alone took around 50meg RAM and each window it opened to chat was around the same.

Unstable to **** on some PC's

That old PC client has been canned.

Is it written in Java by any chance

I think it was done mostly in Flash. Fortunately part of the history books now.

 

[EtienneK]

Awh, man. Wish I saw this earlier. Would have loved to make a PC client in Clutter: http://www.clutter-project.org/ .

 

[gkm]

Awh, man. Wish I saw this earlier. Would have loved to make a PC client in Clutter: http://www.clutter-project.org/ .

I think you can still do one if you want for fun, even through the 100 big ones for the competition has now been taken. :erm: Anybody can do a devzone project.

 

[EtienneK]

Is this thing really open? From the Terms and Conditions:

You grant MXit a free, global, non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free, transferrable licence to any Developer MXit Applications, including the right to use your MXit Developer Applications for commercial purposes and to grant sub-licenses.

WTF?!

So in other words: "You do all the work and we can then make all the money".

I'm seriously reconsidering creating a MXit app now...

 

[waynegohl]

why won't mxit work on my phone, boo hoo.