Pushing Jabber Forward
Friday, April 28, 2006 by darcoPosted in Jabber
When I announced a while back that as of my Birthday (May 19th) of this year I would no longer be using AIM, ICQ, YIM, or MSN in favor Jabber, I did not quite anticipate the response I received. Apparently I struck a chord with some people.
Some were confused, some even seemed upset, but most of the responses I have received have been extraordinarily positive---even to the point of adopting my birthday as the day that they swear off those legacy services.
The idea was pretty simple: The most common excuse I hear for not using jabber is "I don't know anyone who uses Jabber who doesn't use anything else". Well, now they will. But getting a Jabber account just to chat with me seems kind of silly. It can be kind of hard to know who has a Jabber account and who doesn't, even with the Jabber Users Directory. I think what we may need is to create a database which also includes people's legacy addresses as well. That way, if/when you migrate to jabber, you can more easily see who is using Jabber. Just a thought.
It doesn't feel right to make a post about Jabber without also mentioning the recent loss that the Jabber community has suffered. Peter Millard, a long time member and contributor to the Jabber community, passed away on April 26th. My condolences go to wife and daughter. He will be missed.
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Some of the french users of Jabber of the jabberfr.org community are planning a french-speaking or worldwide Open Discussion Day
We are synchronising our tasks on: this
xmpp:nyco@jabber.fr
Friday, April 28, 2006
As you are looking for a directory with both Jabber IDs and legacy services addresses, you may be interested in buddyregistry.com
Friday, April 28, 2006
There are also directories such jabberland or amessage
Jabberland is also developing a MUC search engine.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Your choice has inspired me, although I'm not sure if I can do it by May 19th, it will happen this summer for sure.