1) jabber.net - mainstream IM service (a.k.a. Jabber Open IM Service, a.k.a. 'Jabber').Sounds like a good plan..
Once the compliance program is ready it become a lot easier to steer the newbies towards the most popular clients. It's also fairly easy to just provide them with download counts for the last month or short reviews/comments of users of a particular client.
At the moment choosing a client is quite difficult when you have no clue what Psi is :D
IMO the site doesn't have to be a complete community site. I have used ICQ for quite a few years now but I've been on icq.com approx twice? :D We should concentrate on getting the users started, helping them with problems and maybe updating them on the latest jabber news. I think 'we' should stimulate other sites to integrate their community services with Jabber. Other people/sites are much better in providing community services, they have been doing that for years now.
So IMO it would be a very good start if the site contained:
- Quickstart guide with a kind of 4 step plan (download client, choose server, register, configure client)
- Message board which includes some forums for the most populair languages. This could be phpBB ofcourse :D I'd be more than happy to help with the Jabber integration.
- Knowledgebase/FAQ/whatever that helps people when they run into problems
- Useful and up to date list of clients
- Useful and up to date list of servers
That's it IMO...
-- Bart van Bragt "Take my advice. I don't use it anyway."
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