[JDEV] File transfer and file sharing: view of end-user

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On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Mattias Campe wrote:

>> All of these are nice ideas, but I think jabber should stay focused on
>> messaging. While simple 1:1 file transfer can be seen as some special
>> form of sending a message (it's just a huge binary message), full-scale
>> filesharing should (IMHO) be handled by a different protocol.
>> Let's try to make the best IM (or XML routing) protocol, and not replace
>> each and every single protocol out there on the internet.
> like I already said, lots of my friends don't know how to set up an ftp
> server, but they do know how to activate file sharing with ICQ.

They probably won't need any of the advanced features proposed in this
thread for they don't know how to set up them or don't care.

Simple file transfer is possible with certain clients already (via HTTP or
whatever). If you want advanced transfer why not use some modified Direct
Connect version. Perhaps it is possible to write a Jabber component that
somehow interfaces to for example DCTC (http://ac2i.tzo.com/dctc/) or some
other ready-made library. You can of course also implement this directly
into a client of your choice.

A component would be really cool:
- uploading/downloading files with standard HTTP file transfer
- deleting/administering files via Jabber messages
- searching via Jabber messages or search namespace

Well, this would be a bit tricky but this way any Jabber client could use
file sharing without any changes (or at least I hope so ;-).

Regards