[JDEV] Renaming

[temas]

j-no

that's funny.

--temas

On 07 May 2001 13:08:57 -0700, Max Metral wrote:
> I think your point about screenname, buddylist, etc. actually speaks to
> CHANGING the name...  None of those things had super-loaded meanings like
> resource does...  It's not just one other meaning we have to contend with,
> it's like 6 (strings/etc, servers, people, you name it).  Location is
> equally problematic...  Here's some bad attempts:
> 
> endpoint
> presence
> jabber node
> j-node (or j-no if you're a pop music fan)
> actor
> actress
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: temas [mailto:temas at box5.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:49 PM
> To: jdev at jabber.org
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Renaming
> 
> 
> Another note is that resources are more and will be in the future more
> descriptive than just location.  Some of our talk about next gen stuff
> has given resources a much stronger role of organizing the methods used
> to search and discover entities.
> 
> How many of us really knew screenname, buddylist, and those other
> AOLisms meant at first?  Yes they are self descriptive when you think
> about it, but so is resource, people just have to expand their mind and
> maybe read a dictionary.
> 
> --temas
> 
> On 04 May 2001 23:04:47 -0400, Julian Missig wrote:
> > The problem is that it will be referred to as resource everywhere
> > else... especially as we use more and more agents and
> > labels/instructions coming in from the server... then the users will
> > know "location" but have no idea what the "resource" is. The point of a
> > location/resource is somewhat lost if the user isn't aware of what it is
> > between clients.
> > 
> > Julian
> > 
> > On 04 May 2001 21:55:52 -0500, Justin Mecham wrote:
> > > I differ. Resources should remain as resource, since in reality, on a
> protocol level
> > > that's what they are. The protocal can be implemented however you wish.
> This is
> > > simply a client side issue. If you don't like the term resource, it's
> easy to change
> > > the label for it to say "Location" :)
> > > 
> > > Justin
> > > 
> > > ---- Original Message ----
> > > From:
> > >       Julian Missig
> > > Date:
> > >       Fri 5/4/01 21:48
> > > To:
> > >       jdev at jabber.org
> > > Cc:
> > >       James M. Cape
> > > Subject:
> > > [JDEV] Renaming "Resource"
> > > 
> > > I realize it's quite late in the game to propose such a thing... but
> > > "resource" is a really confusing name. Several people with user
> > > interface experience and I feel that "location" would be a better name. 
> > > 
> > > While it may become quite common to have several applications on the
> > > same computer which will be accessing Jabber and thus need multiple
> > > resources, I think the word "location" gets the point across more
> > > quickly and would be better understood, even though the user is not
> > > technically at a different physical location when they're running a
> > > second client.
> > > 
> > > Thoughts? Jer? Temas?
> > > 
> > > Julian
> > > -- 
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