[Standards-JIG] Invitation to use XMPP based game from Instant Messaging Application.

[Hal Rottenberg]

On 8/23/06, Olivier Goffart <ogoffart at kde.org> wrote:
> and vorner itself) I tried to find a way to let IM application start others
> XMPP compatible applications on request.

There are several very popular applications in this space right
now--and so far as I know, none of them use XMPP.  :)  I mean you have
Gamespy, Xfire, every portal (Yahoo, MSN, etc.) has their java or
flash gaming section where you can match player together.

It would be awesome if my IM client or OS applet were to discover some
network-aware applications that I have installed, and then advertise
that using [insert favorite subscription or advertising protocol of
the day].  Especially neat if you were in a MUC with relative
strangers, but you find that a couple of people with you in the room
have in common that you play Quake.  Then the next step would be the
signalling and the tie into the actual game (which is the easy part
because it's all been done before with these other apps).

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