In light of this, does anyone know any group, organization, effort or anything toward unification of IM protocols? Having 5 (or even 10) different apps just to communicate with people is ridiculous. (multi-protocol clients like pidgin help, but the problem still remains)
A quick google found just this old article from 2008: "Standardizing instant messaging protocols" Instant messaging's growth hasn't been as robust as many expected http://www.networkworld.com/article/2273493/email-services/standardizing-instant-messaging-protocols.html Regards, David Balažic Software Engineer www.comtrade.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Support [mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im] On Behalf Of > pid...@alexoren.com > Sent: 13. July 2016 3:04 > To: e...@robbmob.com > Cc: Pidgin Support List > Subject: Re: New Yahoo messenger with Pidgin client [dkim] > > 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.an > droid.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 > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
