Jabber is instant messaging similar to MSN and IRC but it is based on open standards. We have found it to be very reliable and the developer community is very active adding new features and capabilities. Using Jabber for AG chat would be more like the MOO paradigm where the chat was available regardless of whether the rest of the AG was.
Deb Todd Zimmerman wrote: > This discussion actually has just come up within our WestGrid AG tech > community. We are currently discussing which text chat protocol to go > with. > > Two of the more useful aspects of the moo was its lack of integration > and its stability. The entire video conference could be collapsing > around you, but the moo was always there and you could always count on > it being there. > > It seems with AG2 that the text chat is the first thing to go, which is > a major problem. Just when you need the text chat, it stops working! > > Hopefully the next AG version will solve a lot of these issues.... Until > then, since most of our group never had any experience with AG1 (and the > moo), our group is currently leaning towards IRC and/or passing around > MSN id's. > > Todd > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deb Agarwal e-mail:daagar...@lbl.gov MS50B-2239 phone :(510)486-7078 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab URL: http://www-itg.lbl.gov/~deba Berkeley, CA 94720 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
