On 3/3/11 2:26 PM, Gunnar Hellström wrote:
> Peter,
> You have a good series of straightforward constructive proposals that I
> think should be considered.
> 
> I just want to comment your first statement:
> "1. It seems to me that the real-time-text feature is very important to a
> few small classes of users (mainly deaf people, but perhaps also to
> certain users of specialized applications such as emergency services and
> hotlines). To everyone else, it is merely a curiosity."
> 
> I cannot believe this. 

Expand your imagination.

> I think real-time text is next hot development in
> the IM world.

IM is hot? I thought it was all about social networking these days. ;-)

> I think the current way of doing IM sentence-wise is just a reminiscens
> of old times technical limitations in bandwidth and computing power.

And old-time users like me.

> Have you never been irritated over the wiggeling pencil some IM systems
> have, representing that the other party is typing. 

Nope.

> Have you never
> thought: "Please complete your sentence so I can see your thoughts on
> this!" 

Nope.

> Have you never started to type another question while the other
> person was responding, just finding that you caused a bit of a mess in
> what answers go with what questions.

Nope.

> With RTT all such reasons for stress and misunderstandings are gone.

I'm stress-free.

> People will discover that eventually and require RTT in all chats.

IM users of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your chains!

> I hope you start to believe me, but not change your mind on your
> conclusion no2 by this pamphlet.

No changes here.

But please, this is not a marketing list, it's a technical list. I'm
convinced that some people really need RTT, so I'm convinced that it's a
worthwhile technical problem to solve. You don't need to convert the
whole world to your way of thinking.

Peter

-- 
Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/

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