Presence and IntComm WG

[Jesse Thompson <>]

On 2/17/2010 2:06 PM, Mark Sirota wrote:
> ----- "Tim 
> Callahan"<>
>   wrote:
> > We brought this up a couple times last year, and it looked like it was
> > going nowhere. Now Facebook Chat has opened up with XMPP. It looks
> > like the real thing, and it is not client-specific like previous
> > solutions. (I haven’t tried it yet.)
>
> I'm using it now.  It mostly works, but
> (1) their server isn't federated
> (2) Your Facebook password is sent in the clear
> (3) the LHS of the JID is nonsense

it uses your public username if you have set one up.  I'm 


> (4) in some cases you'll receive the chat in both the web interface and
>      the Jabber client, which is awkward.
>
> Otherwise it's seamless.

(5) it also ignores your client status (away, extended away, etc) so you 
will always appear as available to your friends even if your client is idle

> Mark

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  Jesse Thompson
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