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I wanna make my own AOL software

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What program language would be the best for this? I would need to important a browser library to handle all the html..... Maybe somehow import something from the gecko engine that firefox uses? I also would like to use thunderbird as an email client.... somehow import that in there... Any suggestions on how to do this? I remember using vb6 it would be easy using internet explorer ocx. For that chat section I would prob host an IRC server and have my client connect to that...

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You may want to look at Incredimail for design inspiration, don't forget to add the Windows Dog or Magician for assistance

You may also want to try making your own Facebook you still have time to catch up with them

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You may want to look at Incredimail for design inspiration, don't forget to add the Windows Dog or Magician for assistance

You may also want to try making your own Facebook you still have time to catch up with them

He's gonna have to come up with his own instagram too...I'm sure he can just import a nikon/canon library for that tho..... maybe canon/nikon has some ocx's he can use... *smirk*

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SirEvan

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About ****ing time someone made this.

Where can I sign up to get my free CD in mail?

how many do you want? I'm sure once it's ready you'll get a 10 million free hour cd in every cereal box, cracker jack box, magazine, etc

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>I wanna make my own AOL software

That's like saying "I wanna make my own Titanic" or "I wanna make my own Space Shuttle Challenger"...

On a related note, I wanna make my own Titanic... maybe 10:1 scale :p

I would love to be able to create a realistic looking virtual Titanic 3D Model and then be able to walk around inside it and operate it. I have wanted for a very long time to see someone create a Titanic game with next gen graphics, but that isn't happening anytime soon. Therefore, I figured at least that model would be awesome to work with. :D

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<html>
<head>
<title>AOL!</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src ="aol.gif" width="200px" height="200px">  <!-- so it fits on 800x600 monitors -->
<blink>WELCOME TO AOL</blink>
<script src="you_have_mail.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
[/CODE]

Done. Yer' welcome.

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SirEvan

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I would love to be able to create a realistic looking virtual Titanic 3D Model and then be able to walk around inside it and operate it. I have wanted for a very long time to see someone create a Titanic game with next gen graphics, but that isn't happening anytime soon. Therefore, I figured at least that model would be awesome to work with. :D

That's no fun. We already know how the game would end.

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Way to be supportive guys. *golf clap* :/

@OP:

There are a few ways of going about a project like this. First off, to reiterate what James Rose said, you need to tighten up your requirements somewhat, who your target audience is (are Macs a target, is Linux and/or Windows)?

For a most basic browser, .NET ships with a WebBrowser control which uses the Internet Explorer renderer. If you insist on Gecko over Trident for your web browser, but want to stick with .NET/Visual Studio for coding, there also exists the GeckoFX control which you can use instead of the WebBrowser control, although personally I've never used it so I can vouch for how good it is.

If you're looking for something more professional, you might consider looking into some way of merging the Firefox and Thunderbird code into a single project (the source code is available for both). They share a lot of the same underlying code, so you'd save yourself a lot of time doing that. If you maintain the code checkouts, you'd also be able to directly update your own code whenever Firefox/Thunderbird updates too. Do bear in mind that this is no small undertaking though, and you'd need a LOT of time to do it (like a year + time to learn the code).

Alternatively, developing a email notifier and a decent IRC client extension that works in Firefox/Chrome/IE/Opera would be the easiest way of going about this, and it'd be the best way of getting people using your stuff.

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Way to be supportive guys. *golf clap* :/

@OP:

There are a few ways of going about a project like this. First off, to reiterate what James Rose said, you need to tighten up your requirements somewhat, who your target audience is (are Macs a target, is Linux and/or Windows)?

For a most basic browser, .NET ships with a WebBrowser control which uses the Internet Explorer renderer. If you insist on Gecko over Trident for your web browser, but want to stick with .NET/Visual Studio for coding, there also exists the GeckoFX control which you can use instead of the WebBrowser control, although personally I've never used it so I can vouch for how good it is.

If you're looking for something more professional, you might consider looking into some way of merging the Firefox and Thunderbird code into a single project (the source code is available for both). They share a lot of the same underlying code, so you'd save yourself a lot of time doing that. If you maintain the code checkouts, you'd also be able to directly update your own code whenever Firefox/Thunderbird updates too. Do bear in mind that this is no small undertaking though, and you'd need a LOT of time to do it (like a year + time to learn the code).

Alternatively, developing a email notifier and a decent IRC client extension that works in Firefox/Chrome/IE/Opera would be the easiest way of going about this, and it'd be the best way of getting people using your stuff.

you are the first guy to actually give a suggestion after about 40 posts... Good Job. :)

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If your still there OP, I might be able to provide some help.

There was a video tutorial tailored to people new to programming to create an RSS reader made several years ago. It?s quite old now, but I can?t imagine the fundamentals have changed all too much. Here?s a link to the videos. And here?s the link to the project files.

One of the keys to programming is never to reinvent the wheel. You've mentioned several preexisting application in your description, and it's good that you?re not planning to write an engine from scratch, but keep in mind the APIs and licenses you?ll be working with. I don?t know your skill level, but I?m assuming you don?t have very much experience. API?s can be challenging to work with, especially if they aren?t well documented. That?s not a knock against Mozilla, I just haven?t worked with their code, so I don?t know how easy their API is to work with.

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If the guy was serious, he would have posted again after 4 pages.

Congrads on falling into his trap :)

You don't think perhaps the poor dude is so embarrassed that he's hiding in a hole at the moment!

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You don't think perhaps the poor dude is so embarrassed that he's hiding in a hole at the moment!

If he's hiding in a hole, I doubt it's out of embarrassment. He's probably eating popcorn and drinking beer while reading this thread for all the great replies he knew he'd get.

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