1. Audio and Video calls do not work with "any compatible client". I have in fact never gotten them to work at all.
2. Most jabber clients are awful and buggy.
3. Jabber support in multi-protocol clients is even more awful and buggy.
4. Nobody uses it, at least over here in europe.
5. Everybody over here uses Skype. If there was a reliable way to bridge jabber<->skype then I would bite and switch again.
2 & 3. ICQ, AIM (I think), iChat, Trillian... Etc. I like all of them.
4. At least in the States everyone uses Gmail (most everyone in SV that is)
5. Skype is prevalent in the work environment, I just don't know why. It sucks pretty hard and everyone hates it.
Just my opinion, I have had great success with Gmail/Google Voice and iChat (for chat with my Gmail Jabber account)
1. Audio and Video calls do not work with "any compatible client". I have in fact never gotten them to work at all.
2. Most jabber clients are awful and buggy.
3. Jabber support in multi-protocol clients is even more awful and buggy.
4. Nobody uses it, at least over here in europe.
5. Everybody over here uses Skype. If there was a reliable way to bridge jabber<->skype then I would bite and switch again.