I'd say that the default chat client should have OTR support, but no problem with having other choices that don't, Empathy has voice and video, which does make it a nice option.
Ron On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Omnifarious <[email protected]> wrote: > This shouldn't be considered a 'Wishlist' item. A browser without https > support is considered broken, not under-featured. The same should be > true for an IM program. > > -- > empathy needs to support OTR encryption > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in High-level library and user-interface for Telepathy: New > Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed > Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: empathy > > Hello, > I just tried empathy (the Intrepid version) and it looked very solid and > stable. There were a few minor things that could be improved (e.g. > automatically resizing the contact list), but that is not the topic here. > The reason why I won't switch to empathy from pidgin is the missing OTR > support (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ ). This is a really important feature > because no one should read your messages. > There were others with the same idea (links at the bottom). > Would be so great if it could support that important encryption standard. > Thanks for helping out! > > Links: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253452/comments/2 > http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2008-September/001479.html > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891 > -- Plato seems wrong to me today. -- empathy needs to support OTR encryption https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
