[jdev] XMPP Certification Opinion Poll

[Trejkaz]

On Sat, 14 May 2005 14:06, Hal Rottenberg wrote:
> On 5/13/05, Heiner Wolf <wolf at bluehands.de> wrote:
> > It is true that users who hit jabber.org for the first time need
> > guidance. Most want a single simple download link. On the other hand
> > offering only one or two clients is unfair for the other developers.
> > Therefore we have a long list with the box at the top of the page as a
> > compromise. A certification makes it more fair, although probably not
> > better. A certification must not be easy to achieve. Otherwise we get a
> > large list of certified clients, servers, etc.
>
> True.  This is why we would have multiple levels of certs.  Base is
> XMPP.  If someone is looking for file transfer support, that would
> mean a client certified at the "foo" level, and there would be fewer
> to choose from.

I guess the trouble comes when a client has file transfer, is excellent, but 
doesn't support other features which the JSF deemed to be part of the "foo" 
level.  The user would then never hear about this client.

Unless, of course, the search engine for finding clients had a bunch of 
checkboxes for features the user needed, and then returned a list of clients 
which matched those features... rather than blocking everything into the 
basic and intermediate pigeon holes.

TX


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