[JDEV] JabberCentral [Was: Trillian Poll]

[admin at jabber.fsinf.de]

On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Rachel Blackman wrote:

["Official Jabber client"]
> I understand the position, but I disagree.  Your average general IM user
> does not want to make an 'informed choice'.  They want to click on a link
> and download a client and have it be a fairly simple and mindless
> sign-up-and-get-online process.

On my server Psi is the "official client". There are downloads that bundle
Psi with fitting SSL certificates for this server, with localization
resources and some additional icons. There is a small introduction on how
to set up Psi. So, "Psi" is the "official client" for jabber.fsinf.de, if
you like to say so. Most users of this server use Psi and seem satisfied.

> On top of which, I don't believe the push is for a 'single official
> client'.  As I understand it, the push is for a Jabber entry portal --
> call it Jabber.net -- which provides for simple sign-up, and a single
> place for tech support for a given client that obscures most of the
> complexity of Jabber.

I don't see why this would be beneficial for Jabber as a whole. A single
server obviously is not the way to go so why should a single portal for
information be better? What if we present a list of servers on that portal
but many of those servers are unstable or poorly run? Why would jabber.net
be more appropriate than say a dozen servers that have full localization,
run stable and that actually provide information on their WWW pages? What
about us.jabber.org, fr.jabber.org and de.jabber.org (as an example)?

Regards