On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 16:46 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 22:17 +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 16:00 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote: > > > Needless duplication of work covered by Pidgin and Ekiga (and, so far, > > > done better). This is a reimplementation of the wheel. > > > > Empathy is a UI around an IM platform which totally replaces the > > single-application model of pidgin, ekiga, gossip and every other IM > > client. With Empathy I can go online when I login and using the same > > Jabber connection chat in Empathy, see presence in Evolution, and > > transfer files in nautilus. I'll be logged into the Jabber server once, > > and the connection is shared between them. > > > what about IRC? Would we need to have xchat around if using empathy? As > you say, having all those apps not share anything but the network cable > is a pain for users, so I'm all for having a single backend to manage > messaging, included IRC.
That really shouldn't be a blocker. IM applications are notoriously crap at handling anything but the basics of IRC. Something like xchat-gnome is a much better idea for IRC and integration in GNOME. -- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list