[Wocky] Initial Evaluation of Jabber IM

[Jacob Morzinski]

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> 1.  Which client did you use?

Mostly Gaim for Solaris/Athena, a very little Gaim for Windows


> 2.  How did you acquire the client software?

Gaim for Solaris/Athena is part of the Athena release.


> 3. Please rate the following for the client that you used:  (can use  
> a 1 - 5 scale)

> 	MIT download and installation	
Very good

> 	Creation of "buddy" list
Somewhat poor

> 	Initiation of IM conversation
Somewhat good

> 	IM conversation/chat history
Somewhat poor

> 	Creation of multi-user Chat
Somewhat poor.

> 	Speed
Neutral

> 	Reliability
Somewhat good

> 	Login
Somewhat poor

> 4. Please list other features or functionality that you would like to  
> have in an IM service

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> 5.  Please comment on any problems you may have had with the IM pilot  
> service

Learning to use @mit.edu "handles" was an adjustment, but
once it was learned it was easy enough to remember.

Creating a chat room in Gaim easy, but configuring a chat room is
hard.  This may be something we have to live with.


> 6.  Please add any suggestions/comments

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