The long and short of it is that non-technical users will not ever associate with an acronym. In fact, for wide user adoption a word that can be used as a verb is pretty much a requirement: langfeld.me/why-dont-like-skype-and-why-you-shouldnt-either.html
On 29 October 2013 14:17, Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/29/13 10:11 AM, Jonas Wielicki wrote: > > On 28.10.2013 22:24, Dave Cridland wrote: > >> So if we're purely aiming at end users wanting IM accounts, then > >> yes, Jabber seems to be the obvious choice. I think this document > >> essentially aims at server administrators (who apparently use > >> either equally), but I suspect that the whole TLS thing would be > >> most useful if it were something server admins could brag about > >> to their users; that suggests using the Jabber mark. > > > > This is indeed a strange phenomenon. Even amongst the people I > > introduced to XMPP, the name “Jabber” is more popular. I think it > > related to the fact that XMPP is a four letter acronym, which > > sounds technical (especially in DE, where X is a rare letter), > > while Jabber is a short word which is somewhat easier to memorize. > > I completely agree. "XMPP" is a geeky term. > > > I just wanted to throw that in, I take it's not really possible to > > get that trademark back, although it is probably the term by which > > the network is best known by the end users. > > You can call it the Jabber network all you want, that's fair use. > > This topic came up at the XMPP Summit last week because some people > there were talking about building an easier way for end user to > register accounts on servers. For example, if some people were to run > a centralized registration service, would it be more user-friendly to > run that at, say, register.jabber.org than at register.xmpp.net? And > most of the folks at the meetings agreed that register.jabber.org > might be more user-friendly. (And yes, it does seem that end users > often think the only place to register "Jabber" accounts is at > jabber.org.) > > Peter > > P.S. The license plate on my car still says "JABBER", not "XMPP". :P > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.19 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSb9+jAAoJEOoGpJErxa2p/u8P/02zMQpNc+nrui9G8nt9wVki > aMvuuROOo1VH1xsDage5fKL/d4EhOF8mTmlq26LJ0AqA2DPALOtvfyIAxieu7F1a > 2dv7PEE9twj+OOZRuI6GPLRWwlkbi3fTNA6x6pGQFaaVQuN5ar6hsh/YIm9sCCgh > LrNtxOrA3pZICLQnfh2Ox7JJ7Cr/nhdebJk+Hbu7uF8nC2yNWfnbJJ34PKvxHAqB > WlpBIEzIJyn9qIssqeebv35Kfkpihm2kaTQGGfN4kkdi157Myc3JdicErUNsNDq7 > MAnZ0QFdik27HWAYGsa5WezEkVLg49QXTASyZO6COEvT4aQoiCD7QKyfzu/3fUfu > JRviw8yPJdNq/IKuoiJmoDoaJK6+aCqHhkGW2/VW/mwZ5JLydmoZiD+giifBPmi/ > 7A6K68OGesJY0j4iv5+O6ljfniXlyPA/CiPuPBiIqbrLQIkLZNXNbUZF9W6yk/j1 > mlwBx6kFAKfknmc+RC8zFFtnriXsJw7xwTGIGAYUGFeclqRPkfMGYzfjVOlJY6wN > mDmYemkISrxfHgn5tQneqyziQ6RLeJAF7GbD3DlBCwzx93b8L1gVfLDpgdda62sT > xnfMenm3GleXAZl57q0/zyyxhgX9MWkLdQQbAbNln1OZ3lTiZHr+4rJx/4UFpnG1 > SjiM9Gwasj28XKN2YDfG > =TYba > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > JDev mailing list > Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ >
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