about empathy as the default IM application

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

Heya

I've started using Empathy as my default IM messenger with Hardy or
interpid (can't remember i was compiling it by hand, it wasn't in the
repo's back then).

MSN is evil =D those that try to send me files or start audio/video
chat I just tell them it's not supported on my platform and then make
them switch to gmail+gtalk or to skype. So I can live without msn. But
it would be amazing to see empathy to replace egika to provide stable
audio/video on linux which would also be interoperatable with windows.
(skype still has minor hickups on linux platform)

with best regards,

Dmitrijs.

2009/6/15 Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com>:
> Ah, yes-- this discussion will keep coming up until it finally happens =]
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7462614
> IMHO Empathy is great for most users, especially new ones, and it can
> replace poth pidgin AND ekiga. It lacks the basic features like the ones you
> mentioned, but i don't think they are showstoppers and including it in
> Karmic or the next release i'm sure would guarantee that all of those would
> be resolved within the release cycle. It is simple and integrates well, and
> we want to make Ubuntu friendly for NEW users. Old users who prefer the
> clutter and feature madness of pidgin will simply install it from Add/Remove
> (or not even have to if they run an upgrade). If Ubuntu switched to Empathy,
> it's development is going to get a big boost so the feature gap will close
> and eventaully reverse. Are people really defending Pidgin for the future of
> Ubuntu or as their pet IM client?
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 15:35, Nicolò Chieffo <nicolo.chieffo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone, I'm really interested in the new version of empathy
>> which will have video and audio support.
>> This will be a really great feature and a step towards a complete IM
>> experience.
>>
>> But on the other hand I'm quite worried of the empathy and telepathy
>> status about basic features, which seem to be put aside in favor of
>> new and strange ones.
>> Maybe developers should help to implement them before empathy will
>> replace pidgin, or lots of users will loose useful stuff like:
>>   * Rich text messages (underline, bold, font, ...)
>>   * Custom emoticons
>>   * Protocol emoticons
>>   * Msn chat with invisible users
>>   * Msn send and receive offline messages
>>   * Msn see windows live messenger buddy icons (only new versions of 2009)
>>   * Msn file transfers
>>
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With best regards


Dmitrijs Ledkovs (for short Dima),
Ледков Дмитрий Юрьевич