[TriLUG] Jabber usernames

[Jeff Groves]

I'm not sure I follow your line of thought concerning "IRC presuming you 
are already in the same channel".  I know that in any (compliant) IRC 
client, all I have to do is connect to the server, do a /list to see all 
of the channels or do a /whois <nick> to find someone.

I have yet to find either such feature for Jabber in Trillian or Gaim.  
Am I missing something?  It seems that with Jabber, you just "have to 
know" and it's not going to help you find it.

Jeff G.

Joel Ebel wrote:

> Well, on IRC it presumes you are already in the same channel as 
> someone.  If on jabber, you were both in a MUC room, you could send a 
> message to them privately without getting their JID.  You can also 
> privately send someone your jid through MUC if you want them to know 
> who you really are.
>
> Also, there is a jabber user directory.  This is voluntary to register 
> with, but if you want to facilitate people finding you, register with 
> the JUD.
>
> Joel
>
> Jeff Groves wrote:
>
>> This is the problem that I have with Jabber in comparison to IRC.
>>
>> Out of band query to find the username.  Unnecessary in IRC.
>>
>>
>> John Broome wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/8/05, Jason Faulkner <jasonlf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> What are you known as on jabber?
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> jbroome at jabber.trilug.org
>>>  
>>>
>>

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Jeff Groves
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