On 3/12/09 9:00 AM, Jonathan Schleifer wrote:
> Am 11.03.2009 um 19:43 schrieb Dirk Meyer:
>
>> Right. It is all about marketing. It would help (not for my sister) if
>> we easy MSN/AIM/ICQ integration (gateway) in the servers and an EASY way
>> to provide the credentials. That makes switching painless for everything
>> except Skype ("You can still talk to your friends").
>
> Heh, that's what I've been suggesting for years.It's easy for those who don't run the services to make suggestions. Gateways are a royal pain in the ass, which is why we haven't run them at jabber.org since 2000 or 2001. >> Take a look at the Skype website: it is presented in German for me (I >> giess based on the IP address), a big photo (makes no sense, but it >> looks like web 2.0), and a button "download". I guess that is what we >> need. The download would be a problem: > > Yup, that's the way to go - and how many clients websites are actually > designed. > >> 1. Do not let the user choose between x clients. Jabber.org should have >> one default client for Windows/MAC users (Linux users are grown up, >> they already know how to choose stuff). > > That's quite a problem. It would be unfair to make one client the > official client. It would get more attention than all other clients, > thus more deveopers etc. It would hurt the other clients. No matter what happens, someone's feelings will be hurt. We can't list every client under the sun -- it's too confusing. I have no time to reply to the rest. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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