Re-encoding sample content with latest theora encoders

2008-08-09 Thread Onkar Shinde
Hi all, I hope this is the right place to discuss the example content. This is related to the video where Mr. Nelson Mandela explains meaning of Ubuntu. As good as the video content is, the video quality is I believe average at best. Theora has improved really well in last year. I think we should

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Alexander Jones
Voice and video, period. -- 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

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Brian Curtis
The main goal of any instant messaging program is to allow the user to talk with friends and family around the world. Empathy, from the brief experience i've had, has that capability, as well as a multiple protocol capabilities which doesn't limit who they can talk to at all. I'm really intereste

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Jones wrote: > Voice and video, period. > amen. whats the point of another chat client with no added functionality. - -- Steve Reilly http://reillyblog.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Usin

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Marcin ‘Qrczak’ Kowalczyk
2008/8/8 Laurent Bigonville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The ubuntu desktop team considers using it instead of Pidgin for > intrepid as default IM client. Please not, until Empathy supports protocols that Pidgin supports (I have gadu-gadu in mind, which is widely used in Poland). -- Marcin Kowalczyk

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Dylan McCall
> Alexander Jones wrote: > > Voice and video, period. > > > > amen. > > whats the point of another chat client with no added functionality. Empathy is without a doubt a richer platform than Pidgin in our case. Because it is not intent on working across platforms, it can assume the presence of c

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Aurélien Naldi
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/8 Laurent Bigonville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> The ubuntu desktop team considers using it instead of Pidgin for >> intrepid as default IM client. > > Please not, until Empathy supports protocols that Pidgi

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Marcin ‘Qrczak’ Kowalczyk
2008/8/9 Aurélien Naldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Please not, until Empathy supports protocols that Pidgin supports >> (I have gadu-gadu in mind, which is widely used in Poland). > > Empathy can use libpurple as backend for the protocols which don't > have yet a telepathy backend. Maybe it could, b

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Alexander Jones
No offence Marcin, but Gadu-Gadu is really only an issue if you are Polish. I don't think it's unreasonable to concede that such a small percentage of our user base will, in the absolute worst scenario, just have to install Pidgin themselves. Otherwise, help them build a Gadu-Gadu connection manag

Re: Call for testing empathy

2008-08-09 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2008/8/9 Alexander Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Voice and video, period. By the time Empathy starts to reach Pidgin stability and feature parity otherwise, Pidgin probably has those too. Though it has been long in the making, the current V&V branch seems to be functional. Anyway, the more integrat

Wingdings (or, Can YOU crack the code?)

2008-08-09 Thread Conrad Knauer
A bit of a follow-up to the Tahoma thread; as I've chronicled on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/msttcorefonts/+bug/50529 I've discovered that MS Word allows you to embed certain fonts (based on a 4-tier licensing scheme) inside files it creates; what's even more interesting is that for t