On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:57 AM, J.P. Trosclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Now I'll eagerly wait for b95 with Firefox 3... :) >>> >>> Oh... And Pidgin 2.4.3 (yeah, I find it very cool that we already have >>> 2.4.2... but whaddayaknow... the pidgin world hasn't stopped rotating). >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >> >> I don't know what the fascination is with pidgin but, if you want the >> latest version you *can* get pidgin-2.4.3 from Blastwave. >> >> I have run it today and, yes it works but doesn't do anything >> particularly fascinating. Isn't just IRC enough for people? What is >> this thing with pidgin? Am I missing the point or what? >> >> > > Pidgin supports a lot of instant messaging protocols. Some people may like > IRC, some people may keep up with friends and family through aol instant > messenger, google talk, or <insert one of the many protocols pidgin > supports>. Some businesses may use jabber or something of the like for > employee communication. Pidgin does a lot of things including, AFAIK, IRC. > IRC just isn't always a practical choice for some people. Picture Deborah > the secretary trying to figure out features IRC offers and picture her just > double clicking the boss's name and typing "So and so is on line 1" instead > of blurting it out in a public chat room on accident. >
Thank you for the perspective. I have setup the instant message features of Lotus Domino/Notes for people and also tried to setup IRC for a few people in a small office. It was a disaster in both cases. Ultimately I don't think that users are ready for computer technology and I will go even further and say that the computer industry focused on making money for too long and forgot the user. They just want to get the job done .. not use software. I think that pidgin is too complex and is heading the direction of emacs, or worse, Microsoft Word. Too much going on in there. While pidgin is a good swiss army knife for some types of users the average office joe was just looking to open a bottle of wine. just my thoughts Dennis _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
