On tor, 2004-06-17 at 16:48 -0400, Rachel Blackman wrote: Hi,
While I agree that Jabber is a bit too technical for the avarage end user (like current MSN/ICQ/IChat users) I don't agree that the problem is on the client side (which I kinda got the feeling that you where targeting with this proposal). Being the author of a jabber client (Gossip) targeting this audience my biggest concerns are the lack of "standard" on how a server is configured. You can never count on for example group chat to be available on the server the user happens to use. You can't count on transports being available, search functionality being configured etc. While I like the generic nature of Jabber since it makes it really great for a large number of uses it also makes it harder to use. So my point is that I think it would make more sense to have a certification program for public servers rather then clients. Most users stick with the client they are first shown (be it from a distribution, or something a friend installed). What makes MSN, ICQ etc so easy to use is that you don't have to chose a server, you just register an account and connect. For jabber to have a chance against these services for those users we need some way of doing that aswell. Best Regards, Mikael Hallendal -- Imendio HB, http://www.imendio.com/ _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://jabberstudio.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
