Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.22

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 22:17 +0100, Ross Burton wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 16:00 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> > Needless duplication of work covered by Pidgin and Ekiga (and, so far,
> > done better). This is a reimplementation of the wheel.
> 
> Empathy is a UI around an IM platform which totally replaces the
> single-application model of pidgin, ekiga, gossip and every other IM
> client.  With Empathy I can go online when I login and using the same
> Jabber connection chat in Empathy, see presence in Evolution, and
> transfer files in nautilus.  I'll be logged into the Jabber server once,
> and the connection is shared between them.
> 
what about IRC? Would we need to have xchat around if using empathy? As
you say, having all those apps not share anything but the network cable
is a pain for users, so I'm all for having a single backend to manage
messaging, included IRC.

Also, if it provides a library/backend to be shared amongst apps,
can/will Ekiga use that?
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>