What is this article about?
In this article, we would like to talk about what Microsoft offers in its Lync SDK for producing ‘pretty’ interfaces and new Lync-client possibilities.
We will talk in detail about UI Suppression Mode interaction with Lync client, which we had to deal with while developing our own corporate messenger based on Skype for Business. Most im-portantly, I will do my best to describe the constraints we had to face at length.
Last time we described the first wave of messengers, which boomed in the late 90s – early 00s. The first generation of messengers is out of date, whilst the second still can be seen in almost every smartphone. The second wave of messengers began with the vast increase in smartphone users when the iPhone and Android appeared on the market in 2007 and 2008 respectively. The ‘Application’ became the new fundamental concept, which led to a complete overhaul and rethinking of the messenger concept.
Perhaps WhatsApp (at first based on XMPP protocol, and then evolved) is the most famous and most common messenger for smartphones. Other players of the second generation are: WeChat, LINE, Google Hangouts, Viber, KakaoTalk, Telegram, ChatON, Hike, Kik, and Facebook Messenger (which is still competing with WhatsApp even after Facebook purchased it).
In Skype for Business
It is not always enough to simply add necessary contacts to ‘Favorites’. It is more convenient to create groups of contacts with a certain name for a specific project (‘X’), department (‘marketing’) or event (‘lunch break’).
While developing EasyLy we discovered a lot of new interesting things about messengers, their development and their functionality. We decided to write a series of articles dedicated to the history of messengers from their roots to the present day.
In addition to emails, instant messages have a huge impact on connecting people; nowadays you can easily contact a person on the other side of the world. How did it all begin?
In Skype for Business you can add all your important contacts to Favorites. To add a person to Favorites right click a contact’s name and choose ‘Add to favorites’. Skype for Business automatically adds people you contact most often to this group in order to provide you with a quick access, which basically makes your life easier :)