[JDEV] AIM

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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:17:19 EDT
From: Jerrad Pierce <belg4mit>

>How about this idea.  If a user is utilizing the AIM transport, he/she's
>going to have to tell the Jabber GUI somewhere what his/her AIM
screen-name/password is.  On whatever dialog the Jabber GUI uses to prompt
>for that username/password, prominently display the AIM logo and provide a
>link to AOL.  Then, if the AIM transport is in use, also insert an entry
>into the help pulldown of the GUI saying something like About AOL Transport,
>which also displays the logo and a link.. That way the GUI doesn't have to
>ugly itself up with pointless logos and links but it's still in there in an
>appropriate location.
you're missing the point. firstly let's try putting it to you people like
this:
a) not all clients have GUI's
b) not all clients are interactive
c) if you do this on a client, someone will surely make a clone of your client
   without the insiduous links and logos. so why do it in the first place?

further, if a user has an AIM username, they obviously have some idea where
the AOL page is. If not and they can't figure out www.aol.com. Then they don't
really need to go.

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