Am 21.03.2012 22:13, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I have to open empathy and it is not enough to be logged in? >> That was one of my main questions. > > I'm not sure. I think even if you don't open Empathy, it will connect > you, and then you will receive messages through the notification > system.
ok, I see. Gotta test that. >> I already added the account successfully already, I just have to check >> out how to find rooms (if there are one there ?) > > Mmmh. Google Chat is not like IRChat. It's more like messenger; you > have your contacts, and you can chat with them and them with you. I see. More of a concept understanding problem here, I see ;-) >> Is it possible to get skype into this as well? > > No, and I don't think it will ever be possible. Skype uses a > proprietary protocol, and (AFAIK), there are not 3rd-party clients for > it. I somewhere read something about it fitting into pidgin or empathy, but I would have to dig that up again. It would be nice to have all that in one interface. > However, Google Chat allows voice-talk, and it works really well. The > video conference support is more immature, but I hope it will work > eventually. No hurry, still no cam in my office ;-) Thanks! Stefan
