Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-05 Thread Kevin Smith
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 10:12:56PM -0400, Julian Missig wrote: On 4 Oct 2004, at 18:46, Mikael Hallendal wrote: Sounds a bit over the top to try to guess what client would be best depending on what other IM clients the user has used. And also, imho the usability of ICQ sucks, and presenting

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-05 Thread Bart van Bragt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But where to find them? How to motivate them? That's where the 'community' part comes in. We have the same situation with phpBB (www.phpbb.com). There is a small group that knows how to write software, they concentrate on writing the new version of phpBB (area51.phpbb.com)

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-04 Thread Richard Dobson
Yes, a baseline criteria plus user ratings is a good way to create an unbiased listing. However, I still say this list should be chopped off at a small number like 4 (and actually, I'd be surprised if even 4 clients qualify on each platform anyway, depending on the criteria). Maybe there could

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-04 Thread Bart van Bragt
Justin Karneges wrote: On Sunday 03 October 2004 08:06 am, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Last month, the creation of a Jabber Community Site was discussed on this mailing list. The project has been started. Is BartVB aware of the project? He has been trying to organize this for a long time now, and I

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-04 Thread Mikael Hallendal
Julian Missig wrote: Hi, Any decent community site is going to have some kind of bias. I don't think eliminating bias should be your top priority. I think making it easier for people to get started should be your top priority. You don't need to fear hiding other or new clients. If it truly is a

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-04 Thread Julian Missig
On 4 Oct 2004, at 18:46, Mikael Hallendal wrote: Sounds a bit over the top to try to guess what client would be best depending on what other IM clients the user has used. And also, imho the usability of ICQ sucks, and presenting the user with something much easier to use might be a better drive

[jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-03 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hello, Last month, the creation of a Jabber Community Site was discussed on this mailing list. The project has been started. After looking for a CMS that suited our needs (excellent multi-language support + version tracking), we discovered that no such CMS existed. So we decided to write a small

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-03 Thread Justin Karneges
On Sunday 03 October 2004 08:06 am, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: Last month, the creation of a Jabber Community Site was discussed on this mailing list. The project has been started. Is BartVB aware of the project? He has been trying to organize this for a long time now, and I hope you two are

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-03 Thread Richard Dobson
- There should probably be no more than 4 clients in the client listing. This way it will be possible for the user to make a quick and easy decision. It would probably be a good idea to mark the topmost item as recommended with a gold border around the entry or something. This way the users

Re: [jdev] Jabber Community Site : Call for Help

2004-10-03 Thread Justin Karneges
On Sunday 03 October 2004 05:19 pm, Richard Dobson wrote: - There should probably be no more than 4 clients in the client listing. This way it will be possible for the user to make a quick and easy decision. It would probably be a good idea to mark the topmost item as recommended with