This is a great explanation. Thanks Alexey! Sean
On 5/14/08, Alexey Nezhdanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 14 May 2008 19:14:44 Maciek Niedzielski wrote: >> JabberForum wrote: >> > From one machine, I login as : [EMAIL PROTECTED]/Resource1. >> > Simultaneously I login in another machine as >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/Resource2. >> > >> > The 2 JIDs differ only by the Resource names.. >> > >> > What is special about the resource names that we cannot accomplish just >> > by having a unique bare jid for both users (instead of the users/clients >> > differing only by resource name) >> >> Note that subscription, etc, is done per bare JID. So if you used >> different (bare) JIDs in different locations, you'd have to exchange >> subscriptions, etc, every time. > The main problem here is not about you but about people who you chat with. > In > this case they would: > 1) have several your contacts in their contact lists (annoyance) > 2) Having several your contacts online at the same time be uncertain where > to > send message to. Most people doesn't notice that you use several resources > so > that problem will be auto-resolved if you use multi-resource connection > 3) Having all your contacts offline at the same time there is no good way to > send you offline message. Sending message to all contacts is not what people > usually do and inconvenient. Sending it to just one or several may result in > receiving the message much later than you may otherwise. > > -- > Respectfully > Alexey Nezhdanov >
