I think the ramifications of being able to ignore the namesapce would make it
very hard for a company to want to join an ad campaign like this. If I don't
have guaranteed audience or guaranteed views what's the point? Food for
thought.
--temas
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 03:29:39PM -0500, Duncan, Paul wrote:
> Ok. First of all let me start off by saying I find banner ads on my IM
> clients annoying and invasive.
>
> I know this.
>
> However, for some shareware/freeware developers, the only way they can
> see any cost justification is by the selling of
> ad space on thier web sites and through some of their client software.
> One of the coolest news readers I've ever seen has
> a banner ad at the bottom. I respect the developer for going this route
> and not charging me for using his tool, as I now have
> this fantastic reader for free.
>
> Other developers may want this ability. Others will not. By providing
> a namespace for this, clients can exclude this, regardless if its sent or
> not, or
> if they wish, utilize the namespace to help offset the development
> costs.
>
> I'd guess it would be something like:
>
> jabber:x:advertisement
>
> <x xmlns="jabber:x:advertisement">
> <url>http://www.mysoftware.com/bannerads/buy.jpg</url>
> <tracking_no>AE9323DEFGH123</tracking_no>
> </x>
>
> This is not an email to instigate a full-fledge flame war against me or
> my value system.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> - Duncan
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