Pointer to a Jabber starter guide?
danyork opened this issue · comments
A reviewer provided this comment:
I would also suggest declaring basic Jabber “how to” outside the scope of this guide, but providing a pointer to such a resource in case the reader is really a newbie.
It's an interesting idea. You could see someone being interested in finding out about being a jabber scribe (because they keep hearing that "we can't start without a jabber scribe" and wonder if this is how they can help) but perhaps not knowing how to get started. Is there a place we could point them to that was neutral?
We received another comment from a reviewer suggesting that we provide something that points people to how to get a Jabber account if they don't have one.
We don't really have such a page anywhere that I know of, in part because the particulars differ depending on which client you use. There is a bit of information that I wrote ages ago for http://www.ietf.org/jabber/ and we could expand that slightly if needed.
Added this section:
6.1. Getting Set Up with Jabber
An overview of the IETF Jabber service can be found at <http://
www.ietf.org/jabber/>. Many common instant messaging clients support
the Jabber/XMPP protocols, and at the time of writing a list of such
clients can be found at http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/.
Because the IETF Jabber service provides chatrooms only and does not
enable direct registration of user accounts, you will need to create
a user account at another service; one list of such services can be
found at https://xmpp.net/directory.php. Not all clients support
the ability to join a chatroom, so you might want to test your
preferred software in advance of the meeting (the
hallway@jabber.ietf.org room is a good place to test). Although the
exact user interface for joining a chatroom depends on the software
you are using, typically such software will have a "join room" option
that prompts you to provide the entire room address (e.g.,
"hallway@jabber.ietf.org") or separately provide the name of the room
(e.g., "hallway") and the domain of the chatroom service (e.g.,
"jabber.ietf.org"). Asking your fellow IETF participants about their
preferred software applications can be a good way to learn about
Jabber/XMPP clients that you might want to use.