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thorfinnTitle:
Jabberd providing DW account authentication
Area:
jabber
Summary:
Dreamwidth could run a jabberd, allowing people with jabber IM clients to auth using DW credentials and then IM each other.
Description:
There is a previous suggestion for a DW jabber bot at http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/10310.html
This suggestion is actually the pre-requisite to that.
Dreamwidth could run a jabberd, allowing people to authenticate using their DW credentials, automatically providing your "Subscribed" circle as a jabber friends list, and using your "Access" circle to allow people to see your online presence.
There's no need for DW to particularly support or integrate anything client-wise, any "Jabber/XMPP" capable IM client can simply connect and auth and then do-the-right thing from there.
This should not be a particularly resource heavy service to set up and run, so it could easily be an all-users feature.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
16 (47.1%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (2.9%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)
(I have no opinion)
16 (47.1%)
(Other: please comment)
1 (2.9%)
