[JDEV] Q: Buddy icons?

[Eliot Landrum]

vCard supports this type of stuff.. would that be an appropriate place
to put it?

On 26 Mar 2001 21:56:27 -0600, Thomas Muldowney wrote:
> 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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