Matt Rogers schrieb: > you're probably right but there are a lot of issues here, although it is a > nice idea. i suppose they're all really political issues (like what language > to write it in, etc.)
Hm... I don't have any experience in this. >>>It would be good but some of the Corps like to "inovate" third party >>>clients out of their network. (kopete and gaim both have this issue) > I have no clue what is meant by "some of the Corps like 'inovate' third party > clients out of their network". please clarify. I think he means that "official clients" like ICQ/MSN etc. change their protocol from time to time to block unofficial clients. Or they implement new features which aren't available in alternative clients. >>>On 7/8/05, Fabian Zeindl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > poppler for PDF came out of xpdf and the fact that the author wasn't willing > to merge certain patches that people sent him, so it was basically forked. > (from my understanding). So you're saying that we should fork all the IM > clients into one? ;) in 15 different clients.No, but basically the part of the IM-Clients which does the Jabber/Oscar/whatever-protocol should be the same in every client. So when e.g. the ICQ/Oscar Protocol changes just the "unified" Oscar-Implementation has to be adapted, not 15 different implementations. The second advantage is that people who want to start new IM-Clients could start coding using a working "IM-Implementation" with a documented API and don't have to read and pull out code of (complex) existing programs. Just a thought... greetings fabian -- ...The problem is all inside your head She said to me The answer is easy if you Take it logically I’d like to help you in your struggle To be free There must be fifty ways To leave your lover... I prefer signed/encrypted Mail: Fingerprint: CFE8 38A7 0BC4 3CB0 E454 FA8D 04F9 B3B6 E02D 25BA
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