Going slightly off-topic, I would also like to see support for Trillian's IMPP
(https://www.trillian.im/impp)
On 12-07-2016 21:03, pid...@alexoren.com wrote:
Hi Eion,
Allow me to present an opposing view.
The new Yahoo protocol is atrocious, there is no disputing that.
However, many people will continue to use it due to its integration with Yahoo
mail.
Everybody who uses Yahoo's web-mail gets the "new" messenger integrated with
it, just like Facebook embeds its chat in its website. I personally know several people
that do not want to run a separate IM client when they have instant messaging
capabilities, however crappy, inside their email.
I believe that Pidgin should support the protocols that people use to communicate,
regardless of how "good" they are, and the fact is that Yahoo Messenger will
continue to hold a large user base even after the change. Do not assume that the most
vocal users represent the majority.
Check out the reviews on
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.im&hl=en
(sort by newest)
There are quite a few of 4 and 5-star reviews for the new version amid the
outrage.
I chose Pidgin in order to be able to tell the people I wish to communicate
with that I can do so no matter what client or platform they use, without
requiring them to make any changes.
Consider the following scenario:
Alice chats with Bob on YIM.
After the switch, Alice tries to convince Bob to move to another protocol.
However, Bob also chats with Catherine, Dave and Eve; Catherine also chats with
Frank, Gwen and Hannah, Dave also chats with...
Convincing all of them to move, or to use several clients, may not be feasible
I vote for adding support, preferably before the August 5th deadline, if
possible.
Best regards,
Alex.
On 12-07-2016 16:02, Eion Robb wrote:
Hi Arulraj,
I've been looking over the new Yahoo but everyone seems to think it's
terrible, posting in their forums and user feedback pages about how
awful the new messenger is.
The new messenger is a completely new client and protocol with the
word "yahoo" slapped on it and it seems to have no connection to the
old messenger (new buddy list, no message interop, no message
formatting, other loss of functionality)
So my question is: is it worth it?
Should we be writing support for a protocol that noone wants when
users are leaving en masse?
Interested in your thoughts on the matter as most people I've heard
from about it are looking at alternative networks, rather than
sticking with Yahoo.
Cheers, Eion
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