Instant Messaging Network/temp

ideal world vs. reality

In the ideal world for the network:

• Any member would use his preferred IM which will be bridged to any other IM.
• Shared group - when adding a new member to the group the group is updated for all members.
• Every IM would have a group of switchable database of nvcIM network members.
• Text chats/voice chats would have unlimited number of people which can use any IM.

In reality:

• Some IM are bridged
  • Yahoo-Live messenger (MSN)
  • ICQ-AOL
  • TODO: check if multiprotocol instant messaging applications can bridge network for group chats.
    • Trillian
      • there is group chat but you can't select a few people and add them to the chat
• Shared group
  • only with skype (starting from 2.5)
• Search able group members
  • only with skype by changing the username and then searching within it.
• Text/voice chats
  • Skype 100 people
  • to fill in others