RE: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome
Charles Johnson <[email protected]>
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---------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:27:35 -0400 > > 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. > I agree in part. Popular protocols go out of style and become so losing backward compatibility. On the contrary, with the OpenSource protocols does not happen. I use XMPP almost from its inception, and still valid for my contacts find me from my business card. On the other hand, MTProto (Telegram) is a new protocol, open source, designed for security and cloud-based technology. Is that innovation? >> 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. > If you use Empathy client is not a offering all the options from XMPP protocol. -OTR encryption -Advanced gateway settings -Advanced vCard editing -change Password -Other advanced options related autio/video (etc) Finally, there's no denying that an improvement in the design of the application would help a lot. Consider Polari, which also uses telepathy as backend and is one of the best app to IRC chat. CJT