[JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

[Richard Dobson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <dave at dave.tj>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

> > also those sort of devices can currently display .png or
> > .gif, only .wbmp, should these be not allowed to use emoticons? No
everyone
> > should be able to.
> I'm sorry, but I don't speak English too well.  Maybe you can clarify
that?
> Just bear in mind that if you're trying to tell me that the Portable
> Network Graphic format isn't standard enough (but the proprietary GIF
> format (or worse, the Windows BitMaP format) is, presumably), I won't
> hear of it: Jabber is an open standard, and including proprietary image
> formats in it is bordering on heresy.

Since when has .wbmp meant an image is a windows bitmap, it stands for
Wireless Bitmap the only image format supported on WAP phones, which is
currently is the only real thing that has GPRS capability, so I dont know
where you got Windows Bitmap from, also .wbmp is not a proprietary format by
any means it is part of the wap standards, I said all of this because your
method assumes that the receiving client (in this case a WAP phone)
definately supports the image format you are sending it, and if you are
sending .png, .gif, or .jpg a WAP phone would be unable to support it, this
is YAP (yet another problem) with your system.