I think one of the problems we may encounter in standardizing terminology is simply that an application generally has a specific use that implies one set of terminology vs. another.
The same goes for the type of application. Some people want instant messenger built into a "universal inbox", while others just want instant messaging to remain a separate function. Some think it should be part of the OS as a standard method for inter-application communication replacing say, MSMQ, which has nothing to do with actual instant messaging between people. The technology is so wonderful and versatile that it can be used for so many, many different things. MikeE -----Original Message----- From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JDEV] Jabber Client Design Tutorial Perhaps as a first step we can find some agreement about terminology ("roster" vs. "contact list" vs. "buddy list", "transport" vs. "gateway", etc.) Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.saint-andre.com/ On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is so much talk on what a Jabber Client should be, me thinks we should > build a summary of the arguments for future UI reference. And use that to > direct > new UI IM clients as they get started on their journey to swell design. > Any new > UI documents in the works as a response to the first one (which honestly i > enjoyed > reading as an albeit contested guide) ? I would be happy to aggregate the > existing public > discussions, but I think are lots of offline talks going on as well. > > -john > > > > > > Ahh - it all becomes clear. That makes the WinJab a bit less perplexing > > to > > > me. Doesn't suit me at all (but for those who like it that's great). > I'm > > > all for a separate email client - applications should be seperated where > > > possible - it's the OS's job to tie them together. A combined email/IM > > > client means that 50% of it is bloat for anyone who already has an email > > or > > > IM client that they are happy with. > > > > Winjab isn't a IM and an email client... it doesn't do POP, IMAP or SMTP > :) > > But what I meant was that at some point, I could see offline IM msgs being > > used just like email. Hence, the GUI design similar to an email client. > > > > Peter M. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jdev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
