Development: New Generation Messenger (Part 3). Desktop applications

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    (Continued - part 1 , part 2. )

    Overview of M1 Messenger versions for the desktop.

    Developed 3 versions for PC - for Windows , for Linux and for Mac .

    All versions have the same functionality and design.

    The installation of the messenger is standard, except for the version for Linux.

    For Linux, the version is made in the form of an archive M1messager.tar.gz, which you need to unpack and then run the file m1.

    Before launching the file, you need to make the following settings:



    So, we start M1 Messenger:



    Registration is simple - you only need to come up with a login and password. If you do not want to specify an email, then you can specify a nonexistent - a link to the confirmation on this email will be valid for 24 hours, so just in case, select an email that cannot be registered, but remember that in this case you will not be able to recover the password if you have forgotten it.



    After logging in, the main screen opens:



    All the standard functionality of popular instant messengers is available:

    - audio and video calls
    - text messages
    - file transfer
    - sending voice messages
    - creating groups, etc.

    Multi-input supported - i.e. at the same time, you can log in to one account from several devices and all messages will be synchronized.

    Now about the differences from other messengers:

    Required request and confirmation

    Since we do not use the phone number and do not request access to the address book, in order to start communicating with the user, you need to find it by login or by displayname in the search and make a request:



    This also applies to regular users and bots - without your permission, neither the user nor the bot can communicate with you.

    Push-to-talk mode (walkie-talkie mode)



    Earlier, I wrote about this mode for mobile devices - now everything can be done the same on the desktop - the computer turns into a walkie-talkie while working on reception in several channels, the number of users is not limited.

    SIP trunk



    mode In this mode, parallel to your account, you can connect any IP phone (or IP PBX, VOIP gateway, etc.)

    As a result, you can receive audio and video calls from M1 Messenger users not only on applications on smartphones and desktops, but and to the connected IP phone, gateway, Asterisk, virtual PBX, etc.

    To connect this mode, you need to make the appropriate settings in the IP phone - make registration on the SIP server M1.

    Go to the general menu and find the Equipment SIP item:



    Open it:



    Enter the settings into the IP phone - if everything is done correctly, a message should appear that the device is registered.

    Now any incoming audio or video call coming to your login in M1 will also come to this IP phone (gateway, IP PBX, etc.)

    In turn, you can make a call to user M1 from an IP phone by dialing the user's userid.

    You can also receive calls from any SIP network by calling your SIP URI (userid@sip1.m1online.net).

    SIP client mode

    You can also receive and make SIP calls directly from the messenger, if you have an account on any SIP telephony service (Zadarma, SIPNet, etc.) or from your office Asterisk.
    Just enter your account details into the SIP Account section:



    Up to 8 SIP accounts can work simultaneously.

    International and long-distance calls

    There is an opportunity to make international calls.
    To do this, you need to dial a phone number in the international format E164 (without +, 810, 00, etc.) and make a call.
    While this mode is test.





    View Live TV video broadcasts.

    I talked more about this mode in the article:

    Video Surveillance Using a Smartphone - Pros and Cons

    Well, now from the desktop you can also watch included mode broadcasts from your smartphone, if you previously enabled this feature on your smartphone.
    Convenient for the rapid deployment of video surveillance in the office, at home, at the cottage, etc .:



    Bots

    M1 Messenger ecosystem also has bots.

    After authorization, chat with them does not appear in the general section, but in the special tab Business:



    Unlike Telegrams, we ourselves make bots so that there are no cybersquatting of names for other reasons.

    Articles about bots:

    Alice's bot

    From a light bulb to a vacuum cleaner and a drone - as we taught Alice to manage hundreds of

    Visual Recognition Bot devices

    Practical use of neural networks
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