[Asterisk-Users] IAX Softphone

[Dan]

Hi,

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Gareth Blades" <list-asterisk at linguaphone.co.uk>
> Both applications work well and the sound quality seems to be identical
> between them.
>
> Firefly has limited features but it is well polished and looks nice. It
> gives the impression that it is easy to use so would be a good choice
> for users who are not very computer literate.
>
> Diax has more features such as being able to alter the headset volume
> during the call without having to go to the volume control setting in
> the mixer. It has the option to play the ringing tone out of a different
> sound source than the normal volume which is great if you use a
> bluetooth headset as you can set the speakers to ring and not wear the
> headset all the time.
>
> It is only really the address book that I dont like in Diax. You have
> buttons you can program but to search for a contact you have to open the
> address book. Firefly has an expanding list which is a lot simpler. If
> you have loads of contacts the Firefly approach will probably become
> limiting.

The address book in 0.9.10a (available for download at the end of this week)
is completely redesigned, same for Registration to make it a lot intuitive 
and
easy to use it.

>
> Firefly does not allow you to enter the users name so all CLID is set to
> the number only. Diax allows you to specifically set the CLID name and
> number which is better.

.. and the registration server from which you  get that call, which can be 
very
usefull in some circumstances..

>
> Diax supports showing the number of new and old voicemail messages
> although I have not managed to get that working yet.

There is a parameter in iax.conf which must be enabled in order to get this
functionality.

; If mailboxdetail is set to "yes", the user receives
; the actual new/old message counts, not just a yes/no
; as to whether they have messages.  this can be set on
; a per-peer basis as well
;
mailboxdetail=yes

For the account you must have a line
mailbox=xxx

This is all you need to make it work.

> In conclusion therefore I think Diax is the much better application and
> it is only its addressbook and the not so intuitive GUI for non computer
> literate users that lets it down compared to Firefly.
Address book is changed now.
The GUI will be the next step in order to release 1.0 stable  in February.

If you want to play with the new pre 0.9.9i (not ready yet), you can
download it from:

http://www.cosmica.com/dante/diax/diax099i.zip

Pls keep in mind that this is an intermediate version under heavy 
development,
so do not use it for day to day calls.

What's new here:

' - independent codec configuration for each registration server;
' - use control chars in the dial string to send some DTMF codes after 
dialing
'        (good for special services, banking, etc):
'       - '#' dial separator
'       - 'p' pause 1s (long press on '*' key)
'       - 'h' hangup (long press on '#' key)
' - accept URLs during a call and open that page in the default browser
' - redesigned Registration and Phonebook forms and operation;
' - redesigned audio level display and volume adjustment
' - phonebook menu replaced with a button;
' - no other files in the basic package, just the exe, DLL and ring file. 
All
' other files are automatically generated if they do not exist;
' - the old phonebook file is automatically updated to the new format;
' - the old call list file is replaced with the new one (old list is lost);
' - right click on memory buttons to edit them directly, even empty;
' - right click on registration servers buttons to directly edit them
' - Lithuanian and Polish language added;
'
'solved bugs:
' - sometimes corrupted FORM parameter in config file make
'       the application to crash as startup;
' - when using the FQDN for the server registration, the button does not 
goes to green


Pls help me improove the Address Book and the rest of the phone interface,
if you think is stil not so easy to be used.

Thank you and best regards,
Dan
P.S.