On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jiri Eischmann <eischmann(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
Hi,
Empathy, which is our default IM client, has been dead upstream for
some
time, so I'd like to start a discussion about what instant messaging
experience should look like in Fedora Workstation.
Thanks for opening the discussion. This is actually a pain for many of
our users (and ourselves). I know many people (myself included) who
don't use Empathy at all because of lack of OTR support. They switch to
pidgin despite the lack of Gnome integration.
It pretty much comes down to a question if we want to build a well
integrated multi-protocol client (continuing with Empathy/Pidgin, or
starting GNOME Chat) or if we should give it up and embrace all those
popular, unfortunately mostly closed services (Skype, Messenger,
Hangouts, Telegram...) and make them as integrated in the desktop as
possible.
Although It would be nice to have as many as possible services
integrated with Online Accounts, moving away from Jabber will be a
disappointment for the majority of our community/users. I tend to
disagree with what you write at your blog post. Jabber usage is
increasing since Snowden. Many journalists rely on Jabber/OTR to work.
A lot of well-known Jabber servers were forced to rate limit
registrations due to increased demand over the last year.
Although I don't have a solution to offer I'd really hoped that Gnome
Chat would have a more rapid development.