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Using Murmurs

Viewing murmurs in Mingle

All project murmurs (either entered on the Murmurs tab, on a card via comments or entered via the external chat room client) can be viewed via the Murmurs tab. Murmurs are shown with the latest murmur first and 25 murmurs are shown on each page. Older murmurs can be seen by using the page navigation on the Murmurs tab.

Searching murmurs in Mingle

Mingle provides search functionality on the Murmurs tab so that you can easily find any murmurs you are interested in. Enter a search keyword in the search box provided in the sidebar on the Murmurs tab. Any murmurs containing your search keyword in their contents will be returned.

For instance, if you enter the search keyword 'Jeff', as in the screenshot below, all murmurs made by user(s) with the name 'Jeff' and any murmurs that contain the word 'Jeff' in their content will be returned.

Murmurs Search

Murmurs will also be shown in the global search results.

If you upgrade from Mingle 3.0, you will need to rebuild your search index in order to search for murmurs created prior to the Mingle 3.1 release. To do this, you will need to click on the 'Rebuild search index' button on the 'Advanced project admin' page, which can be found under the 'Project admin' tab.

Posting murmurs in Mingle

How and where to post a murmur in Mingle

There are various ways you can post murmurs in Mingle. Any users can view all the murmurs but only full team members or Mingle/project administrators can post murmurs.

  1. On the Murmurs tab, you can simply enter the murmur content in the text box and click the 'Murmur this' button or hit the 'enter' key.

    Murmurs tab

  2. On the 'Comments/Murmurs' section on cards, when you enter your comment content, if you select the 'Murmur this comment' checkbox Mingle will create a murmur which is exactly the same as your comment. This murmur will behave like murmurs that are made from the Murmurs tab. This murmur will appear on the Murmurs tab, will be posted to any linked chat room and will be shown on any cards this murmur is associated with. The comment will also be shown on the card where the comment/murmur was made. When the murmur is displayed on the murmurs tab or posted to the chat room Mingle will indicate where the murmur was made from by displaying the card number of the originating card.

    create a murmur from the card

  3. On the transition light box, when you enter your comment content, if you select the 'Murmur this comment' checkbox Mingle will create a murmur which is exactly the same as your comment. This murmur will behave like murmurs that are made from the Murmurs tab. This murmur will appear on the Murmurs tab, will be posted to any linked chat room and will be shown on any cards this murmur is associated with. The comment will also be shown on the card where the comment/murmur was made. When the murmur is displayed on the murmurs tab or posted to the chat room Mingle will indicate where the murmur was made from by displaying the card number of the originating card.

    create a murmur during a transition

Using murmurs from an external chatroom

As well as posting murmurs via Mingle you can post murmurs via an external chat room.

How to join the chat room using Adium?

First you will need to ensure that you have a user account setup for your Jabber user.
To find the details of your projects external chat room
  1. Go to the Murmurs settings page on your Mingle project
  2. You will see: 
    Chat room id: chatroom_id
Conference service: conference.jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
Jabber server host: jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
Jabber server port: 5222
Current chat room status: OK
  3. These details can be used in Adium to enter and chat in the Murmurs chat room
Adding your Jabber account on Adium
  1. Start Adium
  2. Open: File -> Add account -> Jabber
  3. On the Account Tab, fill in your JabberID, e.g. anon@chat.company.com
  4. Fill your password
  5. On the Options Tab, fill in Connect Server e.g. chat.company.com
  6. Click OK. Adium now knows about your Jabber user account
Joining a chat room on Adium
  1. Open: File -> Join chat room
  2. Select the Jabber user from the dropdown
  3. Fill in the chat room name from Chat room id on the Murmurs settings page of your project
  4. Fill in the server field from Conference service on the Murmurs settings page
  5. Optionally fill in a handle (which will be used as your name in the chat room client)
  6. Click Join
  7. You should now be able to chat via the chat room

For more details about using Adium as a chat client see here: http://adium.im/

How to join the chat room using iChat?

First you will need to ensure that you have a user account setup for your Jabber user.
To find the details of your projects external chat room
  1. Go to the Murmurs settings page on your Mingle project
  2. You will see: 
      Chat room id: chatroom_id
  Conference service: conference.jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
  Jabber server host: jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
  Jabber server port: 5222
  Current chat room status: OK
  3. These details can be used in iChat to enter and chat in the Murmurs chat room
Adding your Jabber account on iChat
  1. Start iChat
  2. Open: Preferences -> Add account -> Jabber
  3. In the Account name, fill in your JabberID, e.g. anon@chat.company.com
  4. Fill your password
  5. On the Server Options, fill in Connect Server e.g. chat.company.com
  6. Click OK. iChat now knows about your Jabber user account.
Joining a chat room on iChat
  1. Open: File -> Go to chat room
  2. Select the Jabber user from the Account dropdown
  3. Fill in the chat room name from Chat room id on the Murmurs settings page of your project
  4. Add the server field from Conference service on the Murmurs settings page e.g. chatroom_name@chat.company.com
  5. Click Go
  6. You should now be able to chat via the chat room

For more details about using iChat as a chat client see here: http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/

How to join the chat room using Pidgin?

First you will need to ensure that you have a user account setup for your Jabber user.
To find the details of your projects external chat room
  1. Go to the Murmurs settings page on your Mingle project
  2. You will see: 
      Chat room id: chatroom_id
  Conference service: conference.jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
  Jabber server host: jabber_server.thoughtworks.com
  Jabber server port: 5222
  Current chat room status: OK
  3. These details can be used in Pidgin to enter and chat in the Murmurs chat room.
Adding your Jabber account on Pidgin
  1. Start Pidgin
  2. Open: Accounts -> Manage accounts -> Add account
  3. Select protocol: XMPP
  4. In the username, fill in your JabberID, e.g. anon@chat.company.com
  5. In domain, fill in the Jabber server host from the Murmurs settings page
  6. Fill your password
  7. Click OK. Pidgin now knows about your Jabber user account.
Joining a chat room on iChat
  1. Open: Buddies -> Join a chat
  2. Select the XMPP/Jabber user from the Account dropdown
  3. Fill in the chat room name from Chat room id on the Murmurs settings page of your project
  4. Add the server field from Conference service on the Murmurs settings page e.g. chatroom_name@chat.company.com
  5. Click Join
  6. You should now be able to chat via the chat room

For more details about using Pidgin as a chat client see here: http://www.pidgin.im/

Linking my external murmurs to my Mingle user profile

As murmurs from an external chat client will be made by your chat room login and not your Mingle login you can associate your Mingle profile to your Jabber profile.
  1. Go to your profile
  2. Input your Jabber username
  3. Save profile
  4. All your murmurs will now show your Mingle display name and icon. On the Murmur tabs your Jabber user id will be associated with your Murmurs and your Mingle user icon will be shown. Murmurs made from inside and outside Mingle will look the same.

Suggested ways to start using Murmurs

  • If your team already uses a chat client to discuss requirements, tests or development you either connect your projects Murmurs to your existing chat room and capture your chat in Mingle or create a new chat room via Mingle and capture your chat there.
  • If you team posts announcements to each other via email, try using Murmurs to make these announcements.
  • If you need to tell your team when you will be back in the office, why not murmur it to so everyone on the team sees it.
  • If you created a great new wiki page, murmur the name and the tab will automatically link to the page so that everyone can go directly to the information they want.
  • If you have finished a story and want to tell the team, murmur a card number with your update and the team will easily be able to see your update and the information about the story.

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