From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2005-01-24 16:52:59
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to do this, we'd have to have the MSN prpl checking if the user has a jabber account. we'd also be potentially opening up a can of worms. I have 2 jabber accounts, which one(s) do I want to advertise this way? luke On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 11:09:21AM -0500, Nathan Walp wrote: > Since this really doesn't impact the Jabber protocol at all, you MSN > guys should make the decision on this (apologies for the very belated > forward) > > ----- Forwarded message from James Bunton <ja...@de...> ----- > > To: fac...@fa... > From: James Bunton <ja...@de...> > Subject: Gaim Jabber support > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:47:27 +1100 > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on think.faceprint.com > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham > version=3.0.0 > X-Keywords: > X-UID: 17536 > > Hi. > > Just a quick suggestion you might want to implement in Gaim in order to > try and push Jabber adoption a little... > > I'm the developer of PyMSNt, the MSN transport for Jabber, and I have > written the transport so that every time a switchboard session is > started, a x-clientcaps message is sent with the field > JabberID: someuser@host > > If PyMSNt ever picks up one of these messages it notifies the user that > the person they're talking to has a Jabber account, and perhaps they > should chat there. > > Hopefully that would be an easy addition to Gaim that would at least > stop Jabber users from being unaware that they both have Jabber :) > It's only an annoyance once per session, and only if both people have > Jabber accounts. > > Gaim could listen for this message with the MSN protocol, and if the > user has a Jabber account prompt them to add their contact's Jabber > account and continue talking there. > For every MSN switchboard session that's started when the user has an > active Jabber account the message could be sent. > > Here's what PyMSNt sends (and listens for) > > Content-Type: text/x-clientcaps > Client-Name: PyMSNt > JabberID: som...@ja... > > The Client-Name field is ignored upon receipt, but it might be useful > some time. > Other fields could be their, but PyMSNt will ignore them. If it sees > JabberID it will prompt the user. > > What do you think? If you need any further info please let me know. > > --- > > James > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Gaim-devel mailing list > Gai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-devel |