Just a reminder to everyone: I'll be dropping my accounts on AIM, MSN, ICQ, and YIM on May 19th of this year, and switching entirely to Jabber. So grab yourself a gmail account if you don't already have a jabber account!
]]>The com.google.android.xmppService package has been replaced by the com.google.android.gtalkservice package. This is driven by the fact that the GTalk API is not XMPP compliant, and will be less so going forward. The reason is that XMPP is too verbose and inefficient for mobile network connection, and the GTalk API will be moving to a binary encoding for the protocol between the client and the server.
I'll enumerate the implications and conclusions:
I think that this direction is unfortunate, and the reasons misguided. Read on, and I'll elaborate...
]]>Ever since Google Talk flipped the switch to enable server-to-server communications, Google Talk has become my default recommendation for anyone looking to get a ‘jabber account’. Back then, jabber.org was still having stability problems (as it was still running jabberd 1.4), and my own server was also less than reliable. Google Talk also came with several useful features, such as the chat client built right into gmail.
However, I have recently realized that Google Talk is not the ideal, stable jabber server that I thought it would be. Read on to find out why.
UPDATE: (2006-11-01) Google Talk now supports offline message delivery!
]]>LJ Talk is what they call it, and they apparently have big plans---all of them revolving around interoperability and freedom of choice.
]]>For those of you who are still confused as to what exactly Jabber is, read on and I'll break it down for you one more time.
]]>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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Just a reminder to everyone: I'll be dropping my accounts on AIM, MSN, ICQ, and YIM on May 19th of this year, and switching entirely to Jabber. So grab yourself a gmail account if you don't already have a jabber account!
]]>I'm considering writing an eMail jabber component that would allow you to check, view, read, reply, and write email. The first step to doing that is to write an XMPP protocol for email. Think about all of the features of IMAP, with the ability to receive real-time updates and send mail. There are many benefits to doing this:
]]>No wonder I've been getting calls for XMPP/Jabber related jobs...
Update: Apparently now this post is the number one search result. Go figure. 
Just trying to make Jabber more featureful.
As I have mentioned before, I believe Jabber/XMPP will be one of the most influential technologies on human communication since the introduction of standard email. I've been thinking lately about ways to encourage my friends to make the switch to Jabber, and I've come up with my solution.
As of my birthday this year (May 19th), I'll no longer be using AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, or MSN. The only way you will be able to contact me via IM will be via my jabber id, darco@deepdarc.com*. So if you want to chat with me after this time, you'll need to at least give Jabber a try. Don't worry, it will be the last switch you make.
]]>google.com domain, but also enabled S2S communication for gmail.com! This should be the major turning point for Jabber adoption. It's time to take over the world. 
]]>NOTE: This is a rather old post, and for some reason planet jabber keeps throwing my old posts to the top of the list every time I clean things up. Sorry for the confusion!
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