Merge with Drupalchat module? [#1549486]

It seems that the Drupalchat module is more developed than this one in the sense of notifications, ui, node.js integration etc., but there are still a lot of features that would be very nice in Drupalchat, such as FieldsAPI, message by role, hopefully Messaging module integration, etc. Maybe the developers here can provide their expertise/knowledge with the Drupalchat developers to integrate into that module.

For my current project, I'm finding myself literally caught in between these two modules, and realized the perfect solution would be a nice mix of the two, not to mention it would strengthen D7 overall by having one fully functional module where users can choose if they want to enable/disable inbox, IM, fields, notifications, etc. instead of two that half do the job.

Thanks for everyone's hard work!

Comments

Comment #1

ptmkenny commented 17 May 2012 at 14:39

The Drupal Chat module provides chat room/instant message functionality. The Private Message module provides on-site e-mail functionality. These are very different in philosophy and implementation.

I for one would be quite upset if these two modules were integrated.

Comment #2

sgp913 commented 20 May 2012 at 08:53

What I mean is to take an approach that's more like Facebook's messaging system. I checked the db structure of both modules and they seem similar. I really don't understand why the two can't be merged. Don't want IM? Disable it. Don't want inbox? Disable it.

The dev version of Drupal Chat has inbox functionality built in already. I think it would be great to include this module's strengths like field API into that module. This fragmentation is Drupal's main weakness. Messaging is such an important feature of an engine like Drupal and the current implementation is not complete.