Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Jonathan Dickinson
Just to back-track a bit... I agree that making non-conformant standards (like Google did) isn't the best for client support: in some cases it pushes things that are otherwise required. Look at the X-GOOGLE-TOKEN it was a feature that wasn't covered by the standards. Even though it was unnoffic

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sander Devrieze
2008/5/16 Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 05/15/2008 4:33 PM, Sander Devrieze wrote: >> 2008/5/15 JabberForum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I aggree. I don't really see a point in having an open letter. They know >>> of our existence, and they'll contact us soon enough. >> >> An open letter

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 05/15/2008 4:33 PM, Sander Devrieze wrote: > 2008/5/15 JabberForum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I aggree. I don't really see a point in having an open letter. They know >> of our existence, and they'll contact us soon enough. > > An open letter I don't believe in open letters. How gauche! > maybe

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sander Devrieze
2008/5/15 JabberForum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I aggree. I don't really see a point in having an open letter. They know > of our existence, and they'll contact us soon enough. An open letter maybe can be useful if it is done as some kind of press release. First contact several potential walled gar

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Sean Gilbertson
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 mach

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sean Gilbertson
This is hot news!!! Thanks for the Fyi! Sean On 5/14/08, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As seen on the InterWebs: > > http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/05/breaking-facebook-to-launch-jabberxmpp-support/ > > /psa > > >

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread JabberForum
I aggree. I don't really see a point in having an open letter. They know of our existence, and they'll contact us soon enough. -- florian 'Flosoft.biz' (http://www.flosoft.biz) florian's Profile: http://www.jabberforum.or

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Scott Lewis
Hi Nick, Although I don't think an open letter would do much harm, I'm not sure it would do much good, frankly. Although I agree with you that lock-in strategies are diminishing in their importance in software given the net, in my experience it is *very* hard to convince commercial orgs...wh

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nick Vidal
How can Facebook (and others) win by adopting XMPP to its full potential? If we can answer this question and write an open letter to Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Twitter, etc, successfully making them realize that this is the way to go, inviting them to have access to these valuable resourc

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Remko Tronçon
> Illegal comparison. Yes, everybody who knows about the technicalities knows this. But the comparison served the basic point of illustrating why every user only has one bare JID, which is what the OP asked. Remko

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Yves Goergen
On 14.05.2008 17:14 CE(S)T, Remko Tronçon wrote: 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) I don't think I understand the question. Every person only has on

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Scott Lewis
Hi Folks, (Lurker materializes) One comment I would like to make about this discussion of whether or not to work on multiprotocol clients/i.e. whytransportsmatter. It's not realistic IMHO to expect that the whole world will transfer to open protocols/XMPP overnight...as much as some of us w

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 05/15/2008 9:58 AM, Nicolas Vérité wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> (I miss the Jabber Journals...). >> Yes those were nice. Too bad I don't have time to write them anymore. > > Do you need help? Always. :) Nowadays, rather than waitin

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nicolas Vérité
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> (I miss the Jabber Journals...). > > Yes those were nice. Too bad I don't have time to write them anymore. Do you need help? Nÿco -- Nicolas Vérité (Nÿco) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber ID : xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
> Dnia 2008-05-15, czw o godzinie 10:21 +0200, Sylvain Hellegouarch pisze: >> That's what I'm afraid of as well. Probably that they will also create >> their own extensions like Google does. That's always a risk with >> companies >> that claim using open standards... well to a certain extent. > >

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
On 05/15/2008 8:39 AM, Sander Devrieze wrote: > 2008/5/15 Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Nicolas Vérité <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> we have to help them implement a real XMPP service, >>> respecting the XEP, and playing fair with XSF, >>> pushing/helping

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Jonathan Dickinson
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Sander Devrieze > Sent: 15 May 2008 04:47 PM > To: Jabber/XMPP software development list > Subject: Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP > > 2008/5/15 Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Sanders: you do support user

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Norman Rasmussen
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Sander Devrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about a list of social networks which we predict (or know for > sure) will adopt XMPP in the future? That may prevent some useless > work in the future and it gives people a nice indication that XMPP is > the future

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sander Devrieze
2008/5/15 Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sanders: you do support users who use AIM and MSN, since you *waste your > time* making sure coccinella works with transports. And you do support users > of Microsoft Windows, since you *wast your time* making sure coccinella > works in Windows. And this

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nick Vidal
Sanders: you do support users who use AIM and MSN, since you *waste your time* making sure coccinella works with transports. And you do support users of Microsoft Windows, since you *wast your time* making sure coccinella works in Windows. And this is a good thing! Thank you! :)

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sander Devrieze
2008/5/15 Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Nicolas Vérité <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> we have to help them implement a real XMPP service, >> respecting the XEP, and playing fair with XSF, >> pushing/helping them contributing to the XEP processes, >> and int

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Tomasz Sterna
Dnia 2008-05-15, czw o godzinie 10:21 +0200, Sylvain Hellegouarch pisze: > That's what I'm afraid of as well. Probably that they will also create > their own extensions like Google does. That's always a risk with > companies > that claim using open standards... well to a certain extent. And this i

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nick Vidal
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Nicolas Vérité <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we have to help them implement a real XMPP service, > respecting the XEP, and playing fair with XSF, > pushing/helping them contributing to the XEP processes, > and interop tests, and more... > I agree. We should draft

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sander Devrieze
2008/5/15 Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Sander Devrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> btw: very funny that very recently both Digsby and Adium people wasted >> their time with implementing Facebook support...their code can soon be >> directed to the waste

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread JabberForum
>> users already do have unique bare jids. Full >>jids allow a client instance to also be addressible, so both users, >>servers, and clients are all fully and individually addressible. Makes it clear. Thanks!! -Santhosh -- santhosh.kulandaiyan --

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Remko Tronçon
> Wether or not you're against or with the walled gardens, It doesn't even matter whether or not you're for or against walled gardens. Being against people who *interface* these walled gardens into open source / open protocols, *that's* a very strange attitude. That's what Nick tried to say, and h

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nicolas Vérité
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Nick Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Sander Devrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: ---8<--- cut Wether or not you're against or with the walled gardens, we have to help them implement a real XMPP service, respecting the XEP, and

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nick Vidal
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Sander Devrieze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > btw: very funny that very recently both Digsby and Adium people wasted > their time with implementing Facebook support...their code can soon be > directed to the waste bin...never take the risk to add support for > wall

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Dave Cridland
On Wed May 14 15:22:35 2008, JabberForum wrote: 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) There's only one user, so only one bare jid. Bare jids refer to

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Dave Cridland
On Thu May 15 09:32:12 2008, Richard Dobson wrote: That's what I'm afraid of as well. Probably that they will also create their own extensions like Google does. That's always a risk with companies that claim using open standards... well to a certain extent. Just have to see what happens, a

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Alexey Nezhdanov
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 s

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
>>> Lets just wait and see what happens. >> >> I think that's the best option indeed and I'll stop my paranoia for now >> ;) > > I personally thanked and congratulated them by e-mail, > underlining they did a good choice. > > I also asked for an opening of their S2S, > and proposed my help.. > > T

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Nicolas Vérité
>> Lets just wait and see what happens. > > I think that's the best option indeed and I'll stop my paranoia for now ;) I personally thanked and congratulated them by e-mail, underlining they did a good choice. I also asked for an opening of their S2S, and proposed my help.. Though they were floo

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
> Lets just wait and see what happens. > I think that's the best option indeed and I'll stop my paranoia for now ;) - Sylvain -- Sylvain Hellegouarch http://www.defuze.org

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Dobson
I wasn't so afraid about the scaling as much as the duplication of intent. Granted I've never used their chat feature (I haven't used Facebook in ages really) but if it does what it says on the box why would you have two distinct protocols to perform the same job? It seems costly in the sense th

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
> >>> I highly doubt they are dropping their technology, the web based chat >>> will im sure stay, just like google has the web based gtalk inside of >>> gmail, they are just adding an XMPP interface to their chat app. >>> >> >> If they do, I wonder how sustainable that would be. That would seem l

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Dobson
I highly doubt they are dropping their technology, the web based chat will im sure stay, just like google has the web based gtalk inside of gmail, they are just adding an XMPP interface to their chat app. If they do, I wonder how sustainable that would be. That would seem like a costly mo

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Sylvain Hellegouarch
> >> To come back at Sander's point, I don't think we can blame client's >> developers indeed but rather we should wonder why Facebook has dropped >> their own technology like that? > I highly doubt they are dropping their technology, the web based chat > will im sure stay, just like google has th

Re: [jdev] Facebook XMPP

2008-05-15 Thread Richard Dobson
To come back at Sander's point, I don't think we can blame client's developers indeed but rather we should wonder why Facebook has dropped their own technology like that? I highly doubt they are dropping their technology, the web based chat will im sure stay, just like google has the web based

Re: [jdev] Real world uses of a Resource Name in a JID

2008-05-15 Thread Andreas Monitzer
On May 14, 2008, at 16:22, JabberForum wrote: What would you quote as a real world use of the resource name that appears in the JID..? Lets say, as an example, From one machine, I login as : [EMAIL PROTECTED]/Resource1. Simultaneously I login in another machine as [EMAIL PROTECTED]/Resource2.