Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Feature request for Ekiga: aMSN style login

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Could you please elaborate a little how that login/pwd window works?
Could *I* use your e-mail for example?

Narcis Garcia - GiLUG wrote:
> Thanks, you may have provided me a solution about pre-configuration
> without accounts, but in a cibercafe is not viable to need teaching each
> public user how to login with Ekiga.
> 
> The best combination of registering&login window can be seen in Skype.
> 
> 
> En/na Eugen Dedu ha escrit:
>> Narcis Garcia - GiLUG wrote:
>>> I'm installing Instant Messengers in cibercafes, and there is a lot of
>>> problems around this kind of software with the common users: the
>>> different usability as propietary software for MSWindows.
>>>
>>> Could have Ekiga an option/plugin/skin to show as first and single
>>> window, a simple login form for the [Email] and [Password], and allow to
>>>  have all other preferences (as audio/video) saved before without
>>> accounts?
>>>
>>> This could help to GNU/Linux installations in public computers. Most
>>> common people doesn't know what to select in the setup wizard.
>>
>> I do not understand the usefullness Email and Password window related to
>> ekiga.
>>
>> In my opinion, given that all the configuration for ekiga is stored in a
>> directory, the simplest solution for you is the following.  Start ekiga
>> on such a machine by aswering completely the wizard and without creating
>> any account.  Quit ekiga.  Now, the ~/.gconf/apps/ekiga directory
>> contains all the settings.  What remains to do is:
>> - each time a gnu/linux user is created, automatically copy that
>> directory in its home directory
>> - when a user starts for the first time ekiga, tell him to press
>> Edit->Accounts menu and create an account.  Note that the account needs
>> to exist anyway, for ekiga.net for ex. he needs to go to
>> http://ekiga.net and create one.
>>
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