Maybe the best way forward is to focus on a protocol that: 1) still has an active and relatively large user base - even if is just a niche 2) still is fully supported by the underling Libpurple platform,
Thoughts? > On Jan 18, 2019, at 9:03 PM, Matthew <mathuaerkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My Adium use is limited to IRC and Skype for Business. Adium still > appears to be the best option for either of these. > > Outside of Adium, my chats happen in SMS/MMS/RCS, Hangouts, Slack, > Discord, Signal, and Keybase. > >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:27 AM Moses Lei <b...@moseslei.net> wrote: >> >> I'm curious as to what services people are using Adium with these days? I'm >> not sure if this is a popular opinion, but perhaps we should just gracefully >> end Adium development, if our user/developer base has declined to that >> point. Like it or not, the days of interoperable protocols seem to be over, >> and there are almost no services out there that have an API for third party >> clients anymore. >> >> My initial reason to contribute to Adium was because of IRC. I'm a cloud >> architect / IT consultant and over the last few years, almost all my use >> cases for Adium disappeared. >> >> Personal use cases: >> - Facebook XMPP - deprecated by provider >> - AIM - no friends use anymore >> - Google Talk XMPP - replaced with Hangouts mobile app >> - Yahoo - no friends use anymore >> - Twitter - replaced with mobile app >> >> Business/work use cases: >> - IRC - Replaced with Slack >> - SIPE/Lync - Replaced with Slack in one case, HipChat in another, >> firewalled off in a third (so now we have to use the Windows desktop app via >> RDS) >> >> So, I have not needed Adium for anything for 4-5 years now (it's not even >> installed on my last two machines) and thus have no impetus to work on it >> anymore. I'm curious to know if other people have had the same experience. >> >> Current IM services that I use: >> - SMS >> - iMessage >> - Slack >> - WhatsApp >> - Skype >> - LINE >> - WeChat >> >> As far as I know, there is no support in almost any of these for third-party >> clients, so the raison d'etre for an app like Adium is not fulfillable-- >> even if we manage to get it onto mobile where it might be more useful. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Moses >> >>> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 9:06 AM Colin Barrett <co...@springsandstruts.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gary, >>> >>> I've been trying to get our trac instance back online, or at least recover >>> the dat from it for export. I dropped the ball a bit here, however. In my >>> defense, life has been getting in the way, not a lack of desire. >>> >>> If anyone thinks they can be particularly helpful with that, please get in >>> touch with me here or on IRC. >>> >>> -Colin >>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 5:22 PM Gary Kramlich <g...@reaperworld.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey everyone! >>>> >>>> This is Gary Kramlich current lead developer of Pidgin. I'm reaching out >>>> to try and figure out what we can do to get Adium back on it's feet. I >>>> have many ideas and would love to share them with you all. So who wants >>>> to help? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Gary Kramlich <g...@reaperworld.com> > > > > -- > > Matthew >
