[Dev] Re: [Design] using Jabber for online "chat" sessions - next one scheduled for 03-0515-1300

[Ben Laurie]

Jonathan Prusky wrote:

> (was: "Re: [Design] Re: [Dev] OSAF chat today")
> 
> 
> At 12:24 PM 5/12/2003, Mitchell Baker wrote:
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>> Blake Ramsdell wrote:
> 
> 
>>> One thing you might consider is using Jabber for the chats going
>>> forward.
>>
>> Blake
> 
> 
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  We thought about this before adopting IRC,
>> and decided that IRC is more standardized.  Jurgen could add more details.
> 
> 
> Maybe you could tell us more about this.  Jabber is a key architectural
> component of Chandler and using it would speak to the "eat your own
> dog-food" axiom.  More important, it would provide rich text and a bit
> more of a modern interface than basic IRC.

When Chandler is a better chat room client than the average IRC client,
this might make some sense. Right now, I find Jabber chats substantially
less fun than IRC ones.

Cheers,

Ben.

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