[Standards] Image preview in file transfer (XEP-0096)

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Maciek Niedzielski wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> Maciek Niedzielski wrote:
>>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 01:15:55PM +0100, Olivier Goffart wrote:
>>>> Le vendredi 21 décembre 2007, Detlev Casanova a écrit :
>>>>> I would like to know if there is a way to send a preview of a file 
>>>>> (in most
>>>>> cases, images) through the first stanza for the stream initiation.
>>>  let's add a big "MUST NOT send preview to
>>> entities that don't advertise support for this feature".
>> Agreed. Do we want a special feature for this? I think that's better 
>> than relying on support for the <data/> element (because maybe even if 
>> you support the <data/> element you don't want file previews).
> Let's make it a separate feature. And after thinking a bit more: this 
> really *is* a feature, not just a "negotiation flag". The fact that a 
> client understands what <data/> element is doesn't necessarily mean it 
> can display file preview - this is just a use case of <data/>. This 
> makes me think that maybe current protoxep should be split into separate 
> documents per use case.

Perhaps. But after all it is only a *proto-* XEP. ;-)

Peter

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