+1 on dropping those "features". // Erik
On 5 October 2014 23:05, Anders Olofsson <fl...@licq.org> wrote: > I would like to drop a few features that I think is no longer worth > keeping. This is basically a question if anyone disagrees and would like > these features to stay. > > - Send to multiple contacts. > The only practical usage I can see for this is spamming which shouldn't be > the main usage for Licq. This also adds extra code to the chat dialog for > picking recipients and duplicates sending code in the GUI. I also guess it > could be mistaken for multi user chat which it isn't. > > - Utilities > Shortcuts to run legacy unix services that also requires knowledge of the > peer IP which often isn't known due to server only communication or NATed > peers. I think this is beyond the scope of what an instant messenger needs > to support natively. Could possibly be made as a plugin if someone really > wants it. > > - Sending SMS > Only supported by ICQ plugin and as far as I know this stopped working in > most (if not all) countries several years ago. > > - Sending files and contacts from within the chat mode dialog. > These events would be more logical to handle as stand alone events rather > than part of a chat and should be kept in separate dialogs. > Removing the support to transform the chat dialog between message types > would simplify it significantly. > > > As you might notice, several of these involve the chat dialog. I would > like to remake it completely (code wise mostly, the appearance will > probably not change much) to make it easier to add multi user chat in the > future and dropping a few features will make that much easier. > (I still have hopes for multi user chat on Jabber as I personally need it > at work.) > > /Anders > > -- > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Licq Development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to licq-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Erik Johansson Home Page: http://ejohansson.se/ PGP Key: http://ejohansson.se/erik.asc -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Licq Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to licq-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
