[Bug 433714] Re: initial empathy account wizard does not offer IRC as an account

[David Balažic]

Markus, that is a different option ("Create new account").
This bug is about "use existing account".

But it is a bit confusing as "create new" might be understood as "create
new account in Empathy (but use pre-existing MSN account)".

As the removal of IRC is an upstream design choice (???), I suggest
getting back Pidgin, which just works.

(although the train is already missed for karmic as far as IRC support is considered: 
 - after start empathy gives the impression that it does not support IRC
 - the preconfigured irc: URL hander mibbit.com is banned on freenode
 - if the user happens to investigate and noticed the hint to use webchat.freenode.net , he gets this:
-ChanServ- [#ubuntu-proxy-users] /!\ ATTENTION /!\ This is NOT #ubuntu. | You have been sent to this channel because you are using a proxy service such as Tor or Cgi:IRC. There are better ways to be anonymous. | CGI:IRC users, try connecting to freenode via port 8000, 8001 or 8002. This _may_ bypass your firewalls | Please type !proxy for more information.
)

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initial empathy account wizard does not offer IRC as an account
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