Re: Hangouts, XMPP and KDE on-line accounts

Op donderdag 22 november 2018 15:40:27 CET schreef Vojtěch Zeisek:
> Dne čtvrtek 22. listopadu 2018 15:16:55 CET, Knurpht-openSUSE napsal(a):
> > Op donderdag 22 november 2018 15:02:13 CET schreef Vojtěch Zeisek:
> > > Dne čtvrtek 22. listopadu 2018 14:25:37 CET, Knurpht-openSUSE napsal(a):
> > > > Op donderdag 22 november 2018 14:14:51 CET schreef Vojtěch Zeisek:
> > > > > So do we have among our packages anything reliably working with
> > > > > Google Hangouts? I don't prefer to use it through web browser as
> > > > > I use KMail (so no webmail) and generally rather desktop clients.
> > > > > Full integration into KDE would also be nice, but I need at least
> > > > > anything working...
> > > > 
> > > > Franz is capable of doing quite a lot of what you describe, the
> > > > number of services it can handle has significantly grown over the
> > > > year that I've been using it.
> > > 
> > > I installed it from Your repository, but on the very first screen after
> > > startup it requires some extra account. Is it some sort of Franz
> > > account?
> > > There is not much information on the screen. Does it require such app
> > > account to access anything else? This is weird.
> > 
> > To be honest, I had to look this up, and yes it does. For more info:
> > https://meetfranz.com/
> 
> Hm, I don't see reason to sign to some account to use other accounts. It
> doesn't make sense for desktop application. On their web I see only "Franz 5
> *offers* built in service synchronization. Just sign in to your Franz
> account and you are ready to go." I don't really see the requirement...?
> Well, there is corresponding discussion on Github:
> https://github.com/meetfranz/franz/issues/1077
> https://github.com/meetfranz/franz/issues/71
> https://github.com/meetfranz/franz/issues/894
> I wouldn't mind to pay for it, but I don't see why should I need 3rd party
> account, especially if there is Google Analytics on the way. No, thanks.
The sense in it is that people using multiple machines, use their Franz 
account to login and will be able to use the same 42 services on all those 
machines, without having to set them up per machine. 
But, I understand your doubts here completely. 

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Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht
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