I agree…anything to make it easier to find and build a contact list would be great!
However, I also agree with the reliability requirement….kinda like being "verified" on Twitter so that you don't find yourself communicating with an impostor. Randy On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Florian Zeitz <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am 07.02.2013 18:38, schrieb Peter Saint-Andre: >> On 2/6/13 5:13 PM, Tobias Markmann wrote: >>> Hi, >> >>> We have been working on a new XEP proposal which aims to solve >>> the following fundermental problem: How to find a JID given some >>> personal information about the person who owns that JID. Jabber >>> users who've just created their accounts, need to populate their >>> roster with the people they are usually in contact with, with as >>> little manual process as possible. >> >> Is this really a big problem? I haven't heard complaints about this >> in years. It definitely was a problem in the early days of Jabber >> technologies, which was why we used to have things like the Jabber >> User Directory (JUD) at the jabber.org service. >> > FWIW, while it's no longer as big a problem I think it's still a very > relevant one. One of the main reasons people have for choosing > WhatsApp over normal, secure, federated XMPP is that it automagically > gives them a way to IM their friends. > For that very reason I have actually thought about pitching adoption > of ENUM for XMPP a bit (from a technical/standards point of view we > have all we need), but for now that's just a thought in my head. > > Regards, > Florian > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRFExdAAoJELv//CFWsbyxST0P/3eJ6alaA32ykpzi7iJoh/wH > hNHPKynKcgid0Z1s76+pmOQ7h7lELsOmO7yhn0BakFw23nJXuGWPA8eGInteryxM > 0Rv+22Bb3R/MGoS7Mh07Exc4I9q7MvHA6oVO+qTdmZ0CiA0wrFxr4nWwOwPlv+NU > nF2e1MQYzMZQxqw728oiB5HR4akdQOcLiEyU4qakRalP2KKdOTiVoJ5pIxCv7C/L > miXTt/PZN2bn6g31Xytv0mxB3BNLXuA8NHfn5Ijs4JwiN3haC/ONzrewGHzTy216 > LB8mA7iDHQAlB7RCEmTDCb5x2qQjbNBxd/S/XmRIzWNpWsfvFkrMhVvtyFbHSZpD > 1NnoxxeJF53GgR1F+1XfYNPeFej31oIWG1h6phnuMoZ7TQXJsllT3YY48u4CigSy > Tr/AuGHQvUQg9qLCP7UBkUwjckXvyqb75K2RB6jD/sdUzRI8/0sER71cQ+LWuKoe > mHug3ABFt3if+scSZKt8CNtSN78ahB9r3n4Lag/Nmonnt1PjLajeuh8/eQDPcb30 > 1vSNl5eWwzY36hgstYtlZe+ww+tDD1PzOwj84W9aMsZMXpx4a9z3B5DqIdXf544C > FqRRf38ZKYNPLUb6ixmlhTFdbz74MtWThAelFYSJmfAHmklNhZDW4haN13NRDL8N > Dv6H8cOoGdKOhheDig0I > =F+HU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
