Dave Cridland wrote: > On Wed Mar 11 18:16:32 2009, Remko Tronçon wrote: >> As a goal, this doesn't say much to the average user indeed. >> However, you could swing it in a way that says "Connects/Works >> with/... popular services such as Google Talk, Live Journal, ..." >> Security could indeed also appeal to some (I think people like to >> hear that what they're doing is 'secure', they don't even need to >> understand). Accountability and transparency, that I don't really >> know why that would be useful. >> >> > Oh. I didn't think this was about useful. I thought this was about > convincing Dirk's sister with impressive sounding buzzwords that we > can backup with some kind of fact.
Right. It is all about marketing. It would help (not for my sister) if we easy MSN/AIM/ICQ integration (gateway) in the servers and an EASY way to provide the credentials. That makes switching painless for everything except Skype ("You can still talk to your friends"). Take a look at the Skype website: it is presented in German for me (I giess based on the IP address), a big photo (makes no sense, but it looks like web 2.0), and a button "download". I guess that is what we need. The download would be a problem: 1. Do not let the user choose between x clients. Jabber.org should have one default client for Windows/MAC users (Linux users are grown up, they already know how to choose stuff). 2. The client must have Jingle support incl. Video 3. Userfriendly setup. E.g. a wizzard asking me if I already have an account or if one should be created. It has to include a list of XMPP servers for the user to choose. The list should be short. 4. The client must be able to auto-update itself. Users do not check for new versions, the software has to do that. World domination is a slow process. :) Dirk -- My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely. _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Forum: http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: jdev-unsubscr...@jabber.org _______________________________________________