I would personally be worried switching from one program to the next all the time.
A little while back Gaim was renamed to Pidgin, which I'm sure confused a couple users. Although they were the exact same program, it would have taken a couple minutes (or even a half an hour on the Internet for some users) to figure this out. Now we'll be switching to Empathy, which although it has the purple backend, has a different front-end than Pidgin. I think it is great that an instant messaging program is included in Gnome, but I'd be worried about such a change when the program is still in beta (or gamma) stage. On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Danny Piccirillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Empathy is perfectly stable at this point, but doesn't have quite as > many features as pidgin (file transfers and meta-contacts although file > transfers should be ready really soon). It makes up for it with other things > though. Voice and video, it does support all the protocols pidgin does, > better integration, and the missing features are not far away. I've been > using it exclusively for the past couple months and i don't think i could > switch back. I think including this in Ubuntu now will lead to a better > Ubuntu sooner (for those that are worried it isn't quite ready yet). I mean, > Empathy works great as a multi-protocol char client (in my opinion) and i > don't think any more users will be put off by it than by pidgin. People who > like pidgin better can still easily install it. Sure, they can do that with > Empathy, but including it is moving towards a better desktop faster. It will > get integrated at some point, and i think it would be better in the long > term to do that now (i also think it would be better in the short term but > hopefully those that don't think so can at least agree on this). > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Luke L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Here's my other thought: I personally don't have Intrepid to test this >> software out. Hardy doesn't have a functioning version (without going into >> PPA and manual setup, which is not what most people will do). Jumping >> straight into having it replace Pidgin might be hasty. Consider getting a >> stable program in the OS for a release before making it default. >> >> I am admittedly ignorant as to how stable Empathy and its extensions are. >> Since several others and myself have never /heard/ of it before, I assume >> it's a relatively new project. >> >> -- >> Luke L. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > > -- Brett Alton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you really need to print this email? Help preserve our environment! -- 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
