Re: Hangouts, XMPP and KDE on-line accounts

Vojtěch Zeisek <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:54:31 +0100
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Dne čtvrtek 22. listopadu 2018 15:48:54 CET, Knurpht-openSUSE napsal(a):
> 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.

Sure, but if it'd be optional or paid feature... Anyway, too OT already...

> But, I understand your doubts here completely.

So it means there is no really usable solution to the original question...

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