Just blogged this here: http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/06/replace-pidgin-with-empathy-in-karmic.html I referenced Rick and Nicolò-- hope that's okay with you two!
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 18:22, Rick Spencer <rick.spen...@canonical.com>wrote: > I think switching to empathy is a fairly substantial change, and people > in good faith will and should question that change. > > However, given Danny's points, the fact that pidgin will stay available > and supported, the responsiveness of the empathy developers, indeed all > the factors discussed at UDS, I see no reason to back off from the > decision made there. > > Cheers, Rick > > > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 18:00 -0400, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > > Ah, yes-- this discussion will keep coming up until it finally happens > > =] > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7462614 > > > > > > IMHO Empathy is great for most users, especially new ones, and it can > > replace poth pidgin AND ekiga. It lacks the basic features like the > > ones you mentioned, but i don't think they are showstoppers and > > including it in Karmic or the next release i'm sure would guarantee > > that all of those would be resolved within the release cycle. It is > > simple and integrates well, and we want to make Ubuntu friendly for > > NEW users. Old users who prefer the clutter and feature madness of > > pidgin will simply install it from Add/Remove (or not even have to if > > they run an upgrade). If Ubuntu switched to Empathy, it's development > > is going to get a big boost so the feature gap will close and > > eventaully reverse. Are people really defending Pidgin for the future > > of Ubuntu or as their pet IM client? > > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 15:35, Nicolò Chieffo > > <nicolo.chie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, I'm really interested in the new version of > > empathy > > which will have video and audio support. > > This will be a really great feature and a step towards a > > complete IM experience. > > > > But on the other hand I'm quite worried of the empathy and > > telepathy > > status about basic features, which seem to be put aside in > > favor of > > new and strange ones. > > Maybe developers should help to implement them before empathy > > will > > replace pidgin, or lots of users will loose useful stuff like: > > * Rich text messages (underline, bold, font, ...) > > * Custom emoticons > > * Protocol emoticons > > * Msn chat with invisible users > > * Msn send and receive offline messages > > * Msn see windows live messenger buddy icons (only new > > versions of 2009) > > * Msn file transfers > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo > > -- http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo
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