[Psi-devel] Re: Default profile

[Trejkaz Xaoza]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:26, Iain MacDonnell wrote:
> Remko Troncon wrote:
> >>Why not 2 Text fields with Nick Name and Server?
> >
> > It might be 'easier' for newbies, but it is a lot more confusing for
> > 'regulars'. I hate it when clients have different text fields for nick
> > name and server: it's just not the way it's supposed to be; a JID is
> > your identity on Jabber, and nothing else. You don't split up your e-mail
> > address into account and server in e-mail clients either.
>
> It could also be pointed out that the RHS of a JID is not necessarily a
> server name. Today, you could use the "manually specify host/port"
> option. Tomorrow(?), the domain part might get mapped to a server name
> via DNS SRV records:
>
> _xmpp-client._tcp.dseven.org. 86400 IN  SRV     5 0 5222
> polymorph.dseven.org.

I don't think that's necessarily an issue.  But on the other hand, if a user 
can understand what an email address is, they can understand what a JID is 
since it's exactly the same difficulty. :-)

TX

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