[JDEV] Jabber Client Design Tutorial

Peter Millard me at pgmillard.com
Thu Sep 27 10:03:02 CDT 2001


> Ahh - it all becomes clear.  That makes the WinJab a bit less perplexing
to
> me.  Doesn't suit me at all (but for those who like it that's great).  I'm
> all for a separate email client - applications should be seperated where
> possible - it's the OS's job to tie them together.  A combined email/IM
> client means that 50% of it is bloat for anyone who already has an email
or
> IM client that they are happy with.

Winjab isn't a IM and an email client... it doesn't do POP, IMAP or SMTP :)
But what I meant was that at some point, I could see offline IM msgs being
used just like email. Hence, the GUI design similar to an email client.

Peter M.





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