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

[Narcis Garcia - GiLUG <informatica actiu net>]

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.