Am Mo, 2003-12-08 um 18.39 schrieb Peter Saint-Andre: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:17:28PM +0100, Ulrich B. Staudinger wrote: > > > can we agree on the fact that we need video and audio in conferencing? > > (we then can finally start to think more detailed about protocol specs). > > There is an interesting article in the current ACM Queue magazine, which > reports on a study by AT&T researchers. It reads in part: > > Moreover, we found that people rarely switched from IM to a different > conversation medium once discussions grew complex, as is frequently > suggested in reports of IM usage. > > and... > > Many articles in the popular media and in journals mention that > people frequently switch from IM to another form of communication, > such as phone or face-to-face, particularly when conversations become > complex. We found that media switching was not common, occurring only > 16 percent of the time, and they almost never (3 percent) happened > because the conversation became too difficult to conduct via text. > > http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=91 > > Personally I don't see a strong need for audio and video conferencing in > Jabber, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned. :-)
great article. maybe you are right ... bstrgds, ulrich _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
