Re: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome
Adam Tauno Williams <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 2015-10-18 at 05:14 +0000, Charles Johnson wrote: > Wow... this looks very interesting topic, see https://mail.gnome.org > /archives/release-team/2015-April/msg00050.html > I think there's an important point here. Consider that messaging is > still used and protocols should be prioritized over others. > Have many protocols in the same application is very useful, but now > is not a priority, many popular messaging system are integrated into > the website like facebook, Hangouts or Skype. > Telepathy framework does not have a very active development, but can > be enhanced aseptic protocols to provide free messaging (text, voice > call and video call). Well, I very happily use Empathy for XMPP & IRC. But 'the cloud' continues to strangle free-standing software, such as Open Source, and dissuade innovation. Yay. Looks like I will eventually be back to using xchat. > So I think 3 protocols must be strengthened and supported in gnome- > chat: > XMPP/Jingle: Free messaging by definition. It includes Gabble and > Salut. I am not sure what needs to be strengthened. XMPP works really well. -- Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:[email protected]> GPG D95ED383 Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA