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Author: Mikey
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Old-Topics: Re: Competing chatting
Subject: MUC- multi user chat <?>
I like the sounds of this? How do I sign up ?

On Saturday 29 January 2005 11:31, Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> There are several advantages to the MUC protocol (Jabber is an IM
> protocol, MUC is the conference protocol):
> 1) MUC supports additional features, including file transfer and
> embedded presence notification (i.e. In Psi the online/away/idle/etc...
> status of each participant is listed on the righthand pane)
> 2) MUC can ride on HTTP, so it's easier to use when behind a firewall
> that blocks IRC.
> 3) The MUC conference can be "bridged" to the IRC, so users can
> participate in both while choosing which protocol they prefer.
> 4) Most clients will provide "popup" notification when activity occurs
> on a MUC, allowing the conferees to focus on other tasks when the
> conference is idle.
> 5) While GAIM connects well to IRC, not everyone wants to use the GAIM
> interface, this allows users more choices for how they want to connect.


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