On 1-Nov-07, at 17:00 , Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
Ernest Nova wrote:
FWIW:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/10/google-to-connect-to-other-im-networks.html
Yes I saw that in my RSS feeds this morning. I don't have any inside
information to share about it, but it's intriguing. However, it
seems to
me that they would prefer to do native XMPP with other services since
that would give them real federation (not the client-proxy hack
involved
in traditional transports).
Yup, from my experience few clients make the use of transports clear and
easy to understand. By ensuring everything is happening on the server
side
it makes things easier for the average user.
The only thing, is I am not sure I can imagine how they would deal
with MSN,
which allows for accounts with domain names which aren't in the
msn.com or
hotmail.com realm. Maybe this could be a fallback method if everything
else
fails, something like:
- if matches @yahoo.* try connecting using Yahoo
- if matches @icq.com try connecting using icq
- if matches @gmail.com try connecting using Jabber
- try other smart matches
- else attempt Jabber and on failure try MSN
Andre
