I hear JINGLE bells while I SIP tea and dabble in MEEBO (anyone get that?)
Tags :Geek Toys
If you didn't get my subject line, here is
what it breaks down to:
Jingle is the new
extensions for XMPP from the
Jabber Software Foundation (press
release from them). Basically
it is an alternative to SIP, without the additional hardware. If
you have built some infrastructure on XMPP, then it will use that exact
infrastructure for negotiations and setup. What a cost savings for
enterprises instead of having to create and manage SIP servers. This
might be something for IBM to investigate and get them back into linking
to public IM networks. I would not be surprised to hear they already
have this being tested somewhere.
Now here is the real kicker. Google
Talk is already using something quite similar Jingle so they are pooling
their resources. Trillian has, of course, stated it will support
Jingle in upcoming releases. Who are they to be left out?
Ok, so Meebo.
Picture three friends that come up with a great idea and actually
do it. It is an ajax-based web interface that lets you log in to
the major chat providers from any machine with a web browser. They
grab and encrypt your passwords after you type. I wish SSL would
pop up but the idea of this is quite fascinating. No client locally
to install, it supports most everything but audio/video at this time. So
if you are the grandparents or kiosk, one interface lets you log into the
chat providers. Mini windows are maintained in the big one, so that
can get cluttered if you have a lot going on. From reading, they
haven't added Skype yet but have interest in it. The big 4 are there
and ready to go. My first experience was excellent and I could see
the promise. Their end goal is to sell the rights to use code I imagine
as the service is free and donations are accepted for all their hard work.
Emoticons and stuff need work but who cares at this point. I
was more interested in the technology and basic functions. But then
again everyone whined and Sametime is tossing them in now aren't they?
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On Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 by Chris Miller
