[jdev] Suggestions on a new IM

[Ralph Giles]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:59:58AM +0530, Eric Mathew John wrote:

> *Low bit rate algorithm's like iLBC etc

If you're not already considering it, you should take a look at the 
free speex voice codec. Fewer strings attached.

  http://speex.org

> Now I know there are lot of messengers out there which works on the above, 
> hence it would be great if you guys could suggest some new additions 
> (something outta de box!).

Dealing with NAT and firewall traversal without requiring user 
configuration or a central server seems to be where most of the
action is, although you already have a central server (or at
least an addressable network of them) for XMPP.

For audio and video chat, people prefer that because it reduces
latency and the load on the central server.

 -r