[ubuntu-in] pidgin got removed

[Bryan Quigley]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:26 PM, stranger in black..... <gnuise at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/10/8 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>:
>
> > Though Empathy has very less
> > features but works very well, yes better than pidgin in my case.
> >
> Does it support google video and voice chat...........???? New pidgin
> support all these......
>

I am 95% sure they support the same exact voice/video as they are both using
the same libraries for it (AFAIK).  In both cases in my testing so far video
crashes, btw.

#2 is the only actually interesting reason for me (and possibly desktop
sharing, which is related).  But I still wonder if they could have worked
with pidgin developers more.  They are very active upstream and provide a
much more user oriented website (as well as Windows and Mac support so
easier to switch).  Maybe make telepathy a plugin for pidgin instead of a
whole new app?

Pidgin however is not being demoted from Main and is still going to be a
fully supported app.  Think of it more as replacing Ekiga. The app itself is
more user friendly.

-Bryan
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