[JDEV] Q: Buddy icons?

[Thomas Muldowney]

This seems as if it could be implemented with a iq:oob style namespace.  Client
authors do you have any thoughts?

--temas

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:45:00PM -0800, Jens Alfke wrote:
> I spent a lot of this weekend reading Jabber docs, but didn't see any 
> mention in the protocol description of a way of requesting an icon / 
> picture / cartoon / whatever for a jid. AIM supports this, although not 
> very well, and it's a useful way to enhance the UI by showing pictures 
> as well as names in the roster and in chat windows.
> 
> First off, did I just overlook something? If not, is anyone talking 
> about adding such a feature? I'm thinking about writing a client and 
> would really like to implement this, which means I'd like to discuss it 
> with other interested people so it can be done elegantly and added to 
> the official protocols for all clients to support as they see fit.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Jens
> 
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