bingo.
any presence system has two faces: one faces the user, the other his/
her audience. User issues relate to "presence availability,"
particularly what to reveal. Because any presence system by its nature
solicits or invites communication -- and not all users who like to
share their presence status want to invite communication... Fbook has
handled this stuff pretty well, in terms of granular and flexible user
settings. But that's fbook...
On Nov 2, 2008, at 4:58 AM, Ali Naqvi wrote:
`Isn't presence just the ability to know availability information
like in an IM client? Will, it feels pretty standard to me. -- dave`
yes it is. BUT there are alot of options with such a presence system.
Fine, I can see Dave on my display but what options do I have? Shall I
call him right away? I can see that he is `available` but is it
because he forgot to change his `availability`? Or was his mobile
phone which runs on a context awareness system, unable to do it for
some reason? Also I see that Dave is available but how to contact
him? Send him an SMS? Call him right away? Poke him via an instant
message so that his mobile phone vibrates in order to let him know
that I am interested in communicating with him? The `presence`
displays I have seen while visiting different corporations do not
give a user alot of different options...
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