[JDEV] Poll about who will use Jabber when Trillian comes out

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:50:06AM -0500, Thomas Muldowney wrote:
> 
> I think this is a sign of a larger end user problem.  We have no site
> that caters to end users, and we have no Jabber setup that caters to
> them either.  Where is the interest matching?  Where are the general
> chat rooms?  They don't exist.  We need an icq.com type deal for Jabber
> if we're truly going to start working on an end user face.  I've wanted
> to do a site like that for a while now, but no one else has really
> seemed to want it or think it meritted the amount of effort it will take
> to do it properly.  I guess the question keeps boiling down to, is this
> a major JSF/jabber.org problem?  Are we supposed to foster the end user
> community and develop the protocol/system?  I think that's just the tip
> of the iceberg for my thoughts, so if you want some more, just ask.

I agree, much more is needed than just an easy user guide. If we really
want to reach the average IM user, we need an icq.com-style portal that
makes users happy by providing general-interest chatrooms, easy ways to
find like-minded users, fun little quizzes and polls, games, and all
that jazz. I don't think this is something that the JSF would excel at,
so I doubt that it's a good focus for the JSF. But I do think that this
would take Jabber to the next level. People are offering Jabber-based
consumer services (nioki.com, etc.), but there is no "human face" to the
Jabber movemement. All I know is, it will be a lot of work to create and
maintain such a service. :)

--stpeter