Re: [Ekiga-list] Address book: 2.0.12 vs. 3.2.7

[palama inwind it]

Hi Eugen!
Thank you for working on this problem.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:58:00 +0100
Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr> wrote:

> Let's dig this problem further.  I see several solutions:
> - show the name and the SIP address, either in the same column, or in 
> two columns; I can do that fairly easily.
In my opinion two columns is better.

> - show other information, but what?  Here are the other existent fields:
>    - e-mail addresses: should not be shown, in my opinion
It depends on what is the privacy policy of ekiga.net is. If the email address is to be kept confidential
then it should not be made available by ekiga.net no matter which program is used to query the whitepages.

>    - online status: should probably be shown
Yes, it would also be nice if the registration status were shown also for the contacts listed in the local roster.

>    - ekiga version: useful to have, at least for developers :o)
Yes, actually 2.0.12 shows also client name and version for other programs e.g. Telephone, Twinkle, Linphone etc.

>    - is other information useful?  Where do comment, url and location 
> come from?  They are not given when subscribing for an account, and they 
> do not exist on Ekiga software either.
>
I have no opinion on this point.

> Note that there exist two names: the one given in Ekiga, and the one 
> given when subscribing to an acount.  The first one is shown when 
> calling.  I think the second one is shown when searching white pages on 
> ekiga.netserver.
In my opinion Ekiga should warn the user if the names are different.
Other voip clients, e.g Twinkle, allow the name used when calling to be account specific. Ekiga, if I am not wrong,
allows only one personal name for all the accounts.

Best regards,

Antonio 
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