RE: [XCON] CPCP - making something simple that works

[Adam Roach <adam@dynamicsoft.com>]

Henning Schulzrinne [mailto:hgs@cs.columbia.edu] writes:

> > There is also the issue of expelling users. What is the opinion on
> > that? Is it important?
> 
> I have never seen that be used in real conferences, even where the 
> feature was available.

[as not chair]

I would argue that this is probably due more to the interfaces
of current "real" conferences rather than people not wanting to
make use of the feature. Navigating the list of participants
to select one to eject is clunky at best over a DTMF interface --
and that's assuming one can recall the magic series of keystrokes
to invoke the procedure in the first place.

  **SSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHSHSHSHHSH**

  "I think someone's cordless phone died. Does anyone remember
   how to kick someone off the bridge?"

  "I think it's star-eight-something."

  "No, that's on the Acme bridges. I think you hold down pound
   for a long time and then wait for the menu."

  **BEEEEEEEP**

  "Hmmm. That didn't work."

As has been pointed out, in text environments (think IRC), removing
people from a conference is used quite often. ("/kick offensive_user"
has a good mnemonic value to it). Ease of use leads to use.

[as chair]