Re: GNOME Chat and the future of instant messaging in gnome

Hugo Alejandro <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:56:58 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.general
Message-ID <CA+9FrLXycGDKUQ0EVDq9EcVMcOF63wR5Bkz+4VQZMkOWqt30oQ@mail.gmail.com>
> > SIP:  ReSIProcate is a recent project that enhances SIP support and
> plans to be used with Telepathy:
> > https://www.resiprocate.org/Telepathy_Connection_Manager
>
> This actually offers an opportunity to leap-frog many of the other
> clients.  There are two parts to this:
>
> a) get reSIProcate working with Telepathy: this brings the benefit of
> having a well-maintained SIP stack, with comprehensive support for
> things like IPv6 and TLS (other SIP stacks don't cover those very well)
>
> b) adapting reSIProcate itself to use libjingle as the media stack.
> This will let it inter-operate with WebRTC, e.g. anybody in a browser
> will be able to call a GNOME desktop user.
>
> The combination of these things will make it work reliably in many more
> situations and make a very, very compelling solution.  E.g. the TLS
> support helps get SIP through NAT and the WebRTC media stack has many
> ways to get the audio and video through NAT.
>
> Hundreds of millions of people have already updated their browsers to
> versions that support WebRTC, being able to interact with them directly
> from GNOME would be amazing.
>
>
SIP seems to be a good alternative replacement for Skype.

ReSIProcate has a similar to OTR for secure conversations?

Is it possible video calls in HD quality?


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Hugo

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