[JDEV] nicknames

[Jeremie]

Give me 12 hours on this one...

I've been reworking how the nicknames/sessions model works for 0.7 and
will be posting a document on it tonight.  It will address the issues you
bring up below and explain the purpose behind these things :)

Thanks,

Jer

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Josh Mitts wrote:

> Well, it will still be optional to the user, but I think it's a little 
> simpler in that we can make the rosters and lists have usernames when you
> add people, but will display nicknames(not usernames) - because for all
> users who do not specify a nickname, their nick would be their username.
> 
> Plus, if you think about it, how many users actually want a seperate
> nickname than their username? I can see how the nick would be useful if, say
> for instance, they has Josh1299 and they just wanted to be called "Josh" for
> that session - but what happens when the real Josh signes on? And if there
> wasn't a real "Josh," than wouldn't they have just registered "Josh" as
> their username as opposed to Josh1299?
> 
> Most people would rather have one name to remember and work off of - as
> evidence by AIM and Yahoo! Messanger's popularity.
> 
> Josh
> ----------
> >From: Jerrad Pierce <belg4mit at MIT.EDU>
> >To: jdev at jabber.org
> >Subject: re: [JDEV] nicknames
> >Date: Sat, Sep 18, 1999, 1:36 PM
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> 
> > I think it's best laeft as is:
> > nickname is optional, and null if not provided
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