[JDEV] Videoconferencing with jabber /Re:[speex-dev]Videoconferencing with speex and jabber

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:17:28PM +0100, Ulrich B. Staudinger wrote:

> can we agree on the fact that we need video and audio in conferencing?
> (we then can finally start to think more detailed about protocol specs).

There is an interesting article in the current ACM Queue magazine, which
reports on a study by AT&T researchers. It reads in part:

   Moreover, we found that people rarely switched from IM to a different
   conversation medium once discussions grew complex, as is frequently
   suggested in reports of IM usage.

   and...

   Many articles in the popular media and in journals mention that
   people frequently switch from IM to another form of communication,
   such as phone or face-to-face, particularly when conversations become
   complex. We found that media switching was not common, occurring only
   16 percent of the time, and they almost never (3 percent) happened
   because the conversation became too difficult to conduct via text.

http://www.acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=91

Personally I don't see a strong need for audio and video conferencing in
Jabber, but maybe I'm just old-fashioned. :-)

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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