Text Messaging Application Design
Joshua Layne
joshua at willowisp.net
Thu Oct 25 05:28:20 CEST 2007
Jon wrote:
> Ok...
>
> I was going to write this a bit sooner, but since things got side
> tracked, it seems not to matter. First I'd like to say that
> SMS/Pidgin (or similar) integration would be uber cool in my opinion.
>
> Secondly I have to say this following bit for the record: Text
> Messaging != Instant Messaging. SMS = Text Messaging.
>
> While long ago this thread was jacked (Demonstrating one of the
> failures of using a thread based messaging system). We probably
> should go back and look at the original purpose of the thread: to
> "focus on the tasks involved in a Text Message application. "
>
Sorry if I participated in the thread-jacking mentioned above, but I
fundamentally disagree with your premise above. I should not have to
know what protocol I am using to contact my friends - I should be able
to configure it and it should just work, negotitating protocols as
necessary.
text-based messaging = texting + IMing + emailing
emailing is asynchronous
IMing is synchronous (usually)
texting is somewhere in between.
it's fine to target an SMS-only app, but I personally think it would be
better if it evolved to unified messaging.
Regards,
Josh
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