[asterisk-biz] Announcement: Flash Operator Panel 2 released

Hello list,

After several months of work and testing I finished with the next
generation FOP. Flash Operator Panel is a web based switchboard
application for Asterisk. You can download the software and read more
about it at http://www.fop2.com

It is an almost a complete rewrite of the original, using the same
underlying technologies ( AMI proxy, Flash xmlsockets ), but with a
dhtml/javascript frontend.

Although the underlying technologies are the same, the focus has
changed. FOP2 is now user oriented. In order to use it you have to
login with your extension number and a password. For this reason, you
can perform transfers or originate calls only from your phone (and not
others). For the very same reason you can perform those actions using
clicks of the mouse instead of using drag and drop, as the origin of
the actions will be always the extension you are logged in as. That
will make it easier to use with touch screens.

I am in the process of making packages for different distributions and
platforms. There might be minor changes on the packages in the very
first weeks, mostly on the installation procedures and documentation
files, and probably minor bug fixes.

The main reason and motivation behind FOP 2 was that the original FOP
started small and grew in features not in an ordered way, driven by
community requests and demands. So it ended up being a mammoth that
was in need of a heavy rewrite.

I have taken what I consider the most important factors and features
for a switchboard based on feedback and the experience I gained over
the years, and started to code with a clear idea of the features for
the final product. The result is a proxy daemon that is much more
optimized and solid that uses a lot less cpu than FOP 1. The drawback
is that FOP 2 has currently less features than FOP 1 (mainly less
button types, for example there is no support for regexp buttons
anymore and parking is not supported). But is also has several cool
new features that are described in the web site.

After much though, I also decided to not release this version as open
source. You can use it for free up to 15 buttons per context, or you
can buy a license to unlock the number of buttons.

FOP 1 is not dead and it is still open source. I will make
compatibility and bug fixes releases for it.

Hope you enjoy the software as much as I did developing it.

--
Nicolás Gudiño
Buenos Aires - Argentina

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