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

[Ulrich B. Staudinger]

Am Mo, 2003-12-08 um 18.39 schrieb 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. :-)

great article. maybe you are right ... 

bstrgds,
ulrich