Jabber is now implemented

[ubuntu-geek]

Enjoy.

[meltingrobot]

What? A Jabber server for this site? If so, what address/port do I point GAIM to?

[ubuntu-geek]

No in your profile you can now specify your jabber information.

[RAV TUX]

Jabber (http://www.jabber.org/) :: About (http://www.jabber.org/about/) :: Overview
Jabber 1. Rapid and indistinct speech
2. To talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
3. A streaming XML technology mainly used for instant messaging
Jabber is best known as "the Linux of instant messaging" -- an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo (see the IM quickstart (http://www.jabber.org/user/quickstart.shtml)). Under the hood, Jabber is a set of streaming XML protocols (http://www.jabber.org/protocol/) and technologies that enable any two entities on the Internet to exchange messages, presence, and other structured information in close to real time. Jabber technologies offer several key advantages:

Open -- the Jabber protocols are free, open, public, and easily understandable; in addition, multiple implementations exist for clients (http://www.jabber.org/software/clients.shtml), servers (http://www.jabber.org/software/servers.shtml), components (http://www.jabber.org/software/components.shtml), and code libraries (http://www.jabber.org/software/libraries.shtml).
Standard -- the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF (http://www.ietf.org/)) has formalized the core XML streaming protocols as an approved instant messaging and presence technology under the name of XMPP (http://www.xmpp.org/), and the XMPP specifications have been published as RFC 3920 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3920.txt) and RFC 3921 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3921.txt).
Proven -- the first Jabber technologies were developed by Jeremie Miller (http://www.jabber.org/people/jer.shtml) in 1998 and are now quite stable; hundreds of developers are working on Jabber technologies, there are tens of thousands of Jabber servers running on the Internet today, and millions of people use Jabber for IM.
Decentralized -- the architecture of the Jabber network is similar to email; as a result, anyone can run their own Jabber server, enabling individuals and organizations to take control of their IM experience.
Secure -- any Jabber server may be isolated from the public Jabber network (e.g., on a company intranet), and robust security using SASL and TLS has been built into the core XMPP specifications.
Extensible -- using the power of XML namespaces, anyone can build custom functionality on top of the core protocols; to maintain interoperability, common extensions are managed by the Jabber Software Foundation (http://www.jabber.org/jsf/).
Flexible -- Jabber applications beyond IM include network management, content syndication, collaboration tools, file sharing, gaming, and remote systems monitoring.
Diverse -- a wide range of companies and open-source projects (http://www.jabberstudio.org/) use the Jabber protocols to build and deploy real-time applications and services; you will never get "locked in" when you use Jabber technologies.
To learn more or get started, you can:

Use Jabber for IM (http://www.jabber.org/user/)
Run a Jabber Server (http://www.jabber.org/admin/)
Write Jabber Software (http://www.jabber.org/developer/)
Read the Technical Overview (http://www.jabber.org/about/techover.shtml) Last Updated: 2005-01-26
http://www.jabber.org/

[jpeddicord]

Awesome! I have been waiting for Jabber in the profile fields. :KS

[cstudent]

So what's the correct way to set it up? I use Google Talk through Gaim. I went into my profile and set my Jabber ID to my Gmail address. Trying to test it, I click the icon and I get a popup window saying Talk to so-and-so, blah, blah, blah. You must have a Jabber client in order to use. I've clicked on a couple of you in this thread who have a Jabber icon and I get the same popup message. Shouldn't I get a IM window?

[BWF89]

Thanks Ubuntu Geek

[samir85]

So what's the correct way to set it up? I use Google Talk through Gaim. I went into my profile and set my Jabber ID to my Gmail address. Trying to test it, I click the icon and I get a popup window saying Talk to so-and-so, blah, blah, blah. You must have a Jabber client in order to use. I've clicked on a couple of you in this thread who have a Jabber icon and I get the same popup message. Shouldn't I get a IM window?

I've the same problem ...