Monday, February 28, 2005
Microsoft IM release almost here - silicon.com
Microsoft are starting to talk about their new version of IM (so the rumours have it) which uses information from personal info managers such as Outlook to decide whether to route things to your mobile or to your desktop. It also incorporates notions of 'presence', I presume better than the explicit instructions you have to give IM (which are, nevertheless, useful) - a little like Nokia on some of their phones. Context is making its way into the user sphere at last - though I have my doubts about some of this, since fail-soft systems are needed where mistakes are not important. I can see horrible synchronisation problems and missed messages and so on in the current scenarios.
Microsoft are starting to talk about their new version of IM (so the rumours have it) which uses information from personal info managers such as Outlook to decide whether to route things to your mobile or to your desktop. It also incorporates notions of 'presence', I presume better than the explicit instructions you have to give IM (which are, nevertheless, useful) - a little like Nokia on some of their phones. Context is making its way into the user sphere at last - though I have my doubts about some of this, since fail-soft systems are needed where mistakes are not important. I can see horrible synchronisation problems and missed messages and so on in the current scenarios.
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