[JDEV] Jabber Transports - New Architecture

[James Widman]

Chris Chen wrote:

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It's a nice idea, but it sounds like an awful lot of work.  
the localhost jabberd solution will work *now* (except clients need to 
handle more than one jabber session if you want to make use of *both* 
the transports on localhost *and* your "real" jabber account 
*simultaneously* -- but support for simultaneous sessions is a feature 
people wanted anyway).

The only thing left to do is to make a friendly installer.

A localhost jabberd takes care of two other things:
messages between the user and the foreign IM system will be delivered 
*faster* than they are now.
passwords for foreign IM systems will be stored on the end user's 
machine where they belong, so it's more *secure*.

No, it won't work on cell phones (not for a few years anway).   Tough 
break.  It doesn't stop you from using transports on other servers.

--James