Re: [PEPr] Proposal finished Networking::Net_IMInfo
| From: | Stefan Neufeind | Date: | Sun, 02 May 2004 04:46:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PEPr] Proposal finished Networking::Net_IMInfo | ||
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On 27 Apr 2004 at 9:31, David Grant wrote:
> Aidan Lister wrote:
> > This allows us to create a set of Instant Messaging classes, i.e..
> > Net_IM_MSN - a PHP implementation of the MSN protocol (this has been done, a
> > pear port would be awesome).
> >
> > If Instant Messaging is going to have a lot of packages, perhaps we could
> > make it a
> > category itself? I can see Net_SMS being IM_SMS.
> > And IM_MSN, IM_ICQ, IM_YAHOO, etc.
>
> I think IM is best served as a subcategory under networks, as I think
> the root categories should be as limited as possible. As for SMS, it
> isn't really an IM protocol, more a telecoms protocol.
Agreed. SMS doesn't have much to do with "instant messaging" in my
eyes. And IM_* should imho be under the Net-category (Net_IM_...) as
you explained.
Stefan