[jdev] Jabberd2, Flash Client and terminator character...

[David Waite]

Do not forget another option would be to 'promote' the flash hacks to a 
true JEP, which could live in the same classification as JEP-0124.

-David Waite

On Apr 12, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Richard Dobson wrote:

> g so there is not much point continuing
> this here, lets just get onto the relevant subjects in hand.
>
> Overall as has been said because of the limitations in Flash there are
> several options in order of preference.
>
> 1) Lobby macromedia into if not providing proper jabber support into
> providing a more flexible xml parser system that can support xml 
> streams,
> and into providing a more flexible sockets infrastructure, this will 
> mean
> full compatibility with standard Jabber/XMPP servers.
>
> 2) Use JEP-124 HTTP polling, this will also mean using a standard 
> protocol
> and so will work with most Jabber/XMPP servers that have deployed 
> this, and
> does not require any flash custom hacks which as others have noted are 
> a
> very bad thing to propergate now we have proper standardised protocols.
>
> 3) Create a proxy between Flash and the Jabber/XMPP server, this means
> either you have to rely on server admins to install this gateway with 
> their
> jabber installtions (an unlikely possiblity IMO) or you (as the flash
> application developer) have to host it yourself.
>
> 4) Lobby the jabberd2 developers into implementing the flash specific 
> hacks
> that are against the established protocol specs, this is bad because it
> propogates bad hacks, it also means your flash apps will only work with
> jabberd2 servers and will not work with all the other jabber/xmpp
> implementations out there, also your flash apps might stop working 
> sometime
> in the future if these hacks get removed or changed. Overall this is 
> the
> worst possible solution to the compatibility problem.
>
>
>
>
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