[ticker-dev] Re: channel subscription rules

[Ian Lister]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Phillips, Matthew wrote:
>I hope the impression isn't that I'm doing the equivalent of what
>Netscape did to HTML

Definitely not. I didn't mean to imply that it was bad in any way - it's a
great thing that you're "innovating" (to use a far-too-overused word) and
driving your useful features back out to the rest of us through the
standardisation process.

I wish the clients I use supported all the features Sticker has. I agree
with your statements about the value of those features, and also that
Ticker users who predate Sticker tend not to appreciate them for various
reasons.

>> I believe Ted doesn't think XTickertape should implement the
>> presence protocol, or even move away from text file
>> configuration.
>
>Just out of interest: is this a philosophical issue or just a lack of
>time needed to build GUI's?

I should let Ted speak for himself, but my understanding is that it's
philosophical.

Ian