no more irc chat client
Carl Karsten
carl at personnelware.com
Tue Mar 7 23:47:48 GMT 2006
Carl Karsten wrote:
> Matthew East wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:09 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 06:17:58PM +0100, Armand CORBEAUX wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think you probably ask you "why does he say a sich thing?". But
>>>> the answer
>>>> is simple: most of the people doesn't know IRC (even as protocol).
>>>> And it's
>>>> not by including it by default that it will increase its popularity.
>>>>
>>>> As example, usenet is mostly unknown by users, even it exists since
>>>> a lot of
>>>> years.
>>>
>>>
>>> Both Usenet and IRC have traditionally been arcane systems used almost
>>> exclusively by computer hobbyists. The only rationale for including
>>> an IRC
>>> client in the default Ubuntu desktop is to provide access to support
>>> resources, though arguably the forums are a more convenient interface
>>> for
>>> users who do not already know IRC. We also already include IRC
>>> functionality in gaim, and though not as rich in functionality as
>>> xchat, it
>>> does work, and some users even prefer it over xchat for IRC.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a good decision, in my opinion. However it would be very nice if
>> irc:// links would open automatically in gaim from
>> firefox/epiphany/yelp. That way, people can be pointed straight to the
>> chatroom from the documentation/start page/website. Yes,
>> forums/launchpad tickets are a better interface for support, but they
>> are not "live", so some people might prefer that.
>
>
> from #gaim
> (1:21:57 PM) CarlFK: Ubuntu dropped x-chat .... "it would be very nice
> if irc:// links would open automatically in gaim"
> (1:22:19 PM) CarlFK: what will it take to make that happen?
> (1:22:46 PM) deryni: Using the gaim remote dbus stuff.
> (1:30:08 PM) CarlFK: will remote debus stuff work in 1.5?
> (1:30:35 PM) deryni: No.
>
>
> (1:33:33 PM) deryni: There is a non-dbus gaim-remote in 1.5.0 but I
> don't think it understands anything but aim:
> (1:33:41 PM) LSchiere2: it doesn't
> (1:33:52 PM) LSchiere2: and it can only use the first account signed in
> (1:33:59 PM) LSchiere2: so its doubly crippled
>
> So maybe in dapper++
or maybe now:
(5:14:30 PM) Paco-Paco: you could make irc:// work with Tcl in 1.5
(5:14:34 PM) Paco-Paco: to answer a question from hours ago
(yes, I am trying to recrute someone who knows what they are doing to actualy do
it.)
^C
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