The dangers of free cloud-based storage
A few days ago, Google Docs locked out many users from their documents, claiming they violated their Terms of Service, despite being innocuous. Here is why this will continue to ...
Modern ejabberd configuration
ejabberd is one of the most widely used XMPP servers. It is easy to get it running for text-based messaging with a few configuration changes. However, to obtain a smoothly ...
XMPP server hands-on comparison: ejabberd vs. Prosody
Having been involved in testing an open-source XMPP web client (JSXC) against ejabberd and Prosody, I have noticed the following differences that I would like to share, to make it ...
JSXC 3.1 released: Interoperable open standards chat for any web application
With only a few lines of code, JSXC can turn any web application into a cooperation hub: Standards-compliant instant messaging, group chat, and audio/video calls suddenly are just a click ...
Federated XMPP chat (and more) with Movim: A success story
There are many reasons to be unhappy with current social media sites and chat applications. For a long time, there was no viable alternative, especially not, if you wanted usability ...
XMPP: Chat with a Future
XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol standardized by the IETF. This standard provides the framework for doing anything you want to do with chat, and more. Why is ...
Interoperable Chat in Your Web Browser: JSXC 3.0 released
Open, standards-compliant and interoperable chat sounds like a boon. However, proprietary and closed systems (WhatsApp, Facebook chat, Google Hangouts, …) are often easier to deploy, as they are nicely integrated ...
JSXC: Adding Encrypted Chat with 3 Lines of Code
NetSys 2015, 2015-03-10:
If it is not in the web, it does not exist. However, most of our …
Chat in Forschung und Lehre? Sicher!
article, 2014-05-23:
Instant Messaging, Audio- und Videoanrufe, kurz Chat, ist aus unserem täglichen Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken. …
Interactive web sites for efficient cooperation based on open standards
We published a position paper in German.