Difference between revisions of "XMPP IM Client Design Guidelines"

XMPP Clients should only ask the user for his JID and password. A proper XMPP setup does not require more information in order for the client to establish a successful connection to the server. There should be a single JID text field in which the user is expected to enter his bare JID. Visual feedback once it was detected that a valid bare JID was entered, e.g. a green check mark or changing the field's background color (from red) to green, is also a good idea.

Splitting the JID into multiple input fields makes it impossible for the user to simply copy&paste his JID into the field. Asking the user for more then his bare JID and password increases the UI elements and reduces the usability.

Users want to know the type of a remote resource, e.g. "Is this the resource of my friends mobile device or of his desktop?". Clients should display the type using the 'identity' information provided by [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html#info-basic XEP-30 disco#info] query results. Also they should set a meaningful XEP-30 'identity'. So instead of having a resource like '/work-pc', the client should return