Hi again, I've been working on a new ICQ protocol replacement at https://github.com/EionRobb/icyque Currently it can just login and send/receive IM's, but work is ongoing to try to support other features.
Cheers, Eion On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 11:52, Eion Robb <e...@robbmob.com> wrote: > Hi Eugene, > > We were in touch with the ICQ developers in November about their new > protocol and they were organising some documentation for us about it. The > last email we've had is from near the start of Nov though, so I've reached > back out to them to see if they've got anything available for us yet. > > They had assured us that the OSCAR protocol wasn't going away any time > soon though, but they might have changed their minds about that. > > Their new protocol, called WIM, is a JSON-over-HTTP/Websockets protocol > that I have some packet captures of (and that I intended to write a new > protocol plugin for) however I was waiting to see if there was any official > documentation before starting on a reverse-engineered plugin - it's always > nicer if there's some official docs to try and help make the protocol more > 'stable' and less likely to break if we implement something that's likely > to change on the server side. > > Cheers, > Eion > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 10:06, Eugene Grosbein <eu...@grosbein.net> wrote: > >> 21.12.2018 3:36, Илья Пирогов wrote: >> >> > I think that everything will be the same as it was in the situation >> with Facebook and Yahoo. Someone will make a new plugin that will need to >> be downloaded and installed additionally. >> >> I asked more specific questions. Basically, I'd like to know if Pidgin is >> ready or not. >> >> Can I recommend Pidging to my ICQ contacts not wishing to use official >> ICQ client as viable replacement >> in case their client of choice breaks next week? >> >> Or do I need to look for replacement at least for some period of time? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Support@pidgin.im mailing list >> Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: >> https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > >
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