[JDEV] Jabber Transports - New Architecture

[Tijl Houtbeckers]

>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).

It works maybe, but that doesn't mean it's a solution that works for jabber. IMHO this 
simply isn't Jabber.
I do have to say though, that it's a better solution to use a hostname like you can get 
at dhs.org for this then localhost, so you don't need this "simultaneous sessions" 
stuff.. 

>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.

It does work on your desktop maybe.. but it's far from a this client.. it's bloated. It eats 
up CPU, memory.. it's a big download, you have to update everytime a transport 
changes a bit.. it's everything a good Jabber client is not..
If you want this you're better of with GAIM or Miranda (you can better make a jabber 
plugin for them then) or Trillian..

I won't try and stop you from using it though :)