[Members] Motion for Last Call on JEP 88
Ryan Eatmon
reatmon at jabber.org
Thu Mar 18 06:46:58 CST 2004
Richard Dobson wrote:
>>For this reason I suggest the JEP is changed to Informational. (Is that
>>possible at this stage in the JEP process? stpeter?)
>
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> Problem is I dont think its really appropriate for Informational as it is
> defined in JEP-0001 because for this to work it needs to be defined as the
> standard for server defined webtabs, also the wording for Standards Track
> doesnt seem entirely clear as to what it means, wether it means that clients
> have to implement the protocol whatever (not quite what I am aiming for,
> dont want to force people to implement webtabs)
You can't force them. Not all programming languages or client designs
can support webtabs. I know that Tk sucks just enough that it doesn't
have an html renderer. Nor can it encapsulate another window and make
it appear as part of the application.
It's nice that MS came up with this and the gtk people copied it. But
for the rest of the world it's not that easy.
Plus, how do you handle command line clients? There is no GUI with
which to display HTML.
My fear about making this a standard is that it's a standard that not
everyone can meet.
Maybe we need a third track. Optional standards. A standardized way of
doing something without making it part of the official Jabber standard.
But really... That's what informational is meant to be. I had to
figure something out, here it is, you can freely use it as a standard.
I don't know...
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Ryan Eatmon
reatmon at jabber.org
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