"Adium is open for business in 2019" is a humble, but necessary first step.
Definitely! > On Jan 18, 2019, at 10:56 PM, Colin Barrett <co...@springsandstruts.com> > wrote: > > Lots of good ideas. It will be easier to start to get a critical mass around > them once we've recovered our brain (trac). > > Here's my take: Multi-protocol chat is always going to be a compromise in > terms of experience, but I think there's definitely room for our type of > client. New protocols and networks keep proliferating, after all. So we take > it slow. Just getting an update out in step with Libpurple, removing (adding) > accounts on any abandoned networks, and porting some new prpls to Adium, > would be an upgrade for the people out there still using Adium, which is > non-zero. "Adium is open for business in 2019" is a humble, but necessary > first step. > > Thoughts? > -Colin > >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 3:30 PM Carlos Morales <mora...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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 >> > >> >>
