[ubuntu-in] pidgin got removed

[Onkar Shinde]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Bryan Quigley <BryanQuigley at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 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.

I don't think pidgin supports audio/video for SIP/MSN.
Also Empathy supports geolocation standard (disabled in karmic), file
transfer, group chat for XMPP, look and feel customization with
themes.

> #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?