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=== General attitude === | === General attitude === | ||
After not updating this section in the past [[User:Jwi/Application_2020|two]] [[User:Jwi/Application_2019|years]], I | After not updating this section in the past [[User:Jwi/Application_2020|two]] [[User:Jwi/Application_2019|years]], I rewrote it for this year. | ||
I | * I think that the distinction of XMPP (the protocol) and the applications making use of it for various use cases (such as chat clients, IoT things etc.) is a double-edged sword, but an important one. | ||
: Many of the vocal people in our community associate XMPP with chat, exclusively. This is problematic for two reasons: Firstly, this excludes non-Chat use-cases such as IoT and secondly (and more importantly), it makes it tempting to use XMPP as a brand for chat applications, which I consider a suboptimal approach. | |||
: Mind that my knowledge is only about the instant messaging applications of XMPP, hence that is where my focus will be on. | |||
* A major problem of XMPP (as Chat) is still onboarding. Important work has happened regarding this in the past year and a half, which is great. We now need to push for better standards around that, including the ability to provide terms of service and privacy policy information during signup at a specific service. | |||
* Instant message routing issues have come up less in the past year, however, we are still missing a proper solution due to lack of deployment and implementation of the IM-NG XEP. I welcome further developments in that regard. | |||
=== Why should I vote for you? === | === Why should I vote for you? === |
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