[Pidgin] #1850: Adding Google Talk accounts is confusing especialy for domains differing from 'gmail.com'.

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#1850: Adding Google Talk accounts is confusing especialy for domains differing
from 'gmail.com'.
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 Reporter:  godDLL                     |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new                        |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)               |    Version:  2.0.2      
 Keywords:  Google Talk, Jabber, XMPP  |    Pending:  0          
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 I was adding the two of my accounts, personal and work, to Pidgin and
 while the first one, ending with "''@gmail.com''", presented no problem
 whatsoever, the second one took me about 20 minutes of searching on Google
 to figure out. The account is of "''Google Apps for Your Domain''" fame
 ending with "''@somedomain.com''", which was very unintuitive to
 configure. Manual setting of server field to "''talk.google.com''" could
 be avoided, as well as the confusing behavior of the protocol dialog and
 icon.


 As long as you make a conscious decision to openly support Google Talk by
 adding a menu option and a recognizable icon into account configuration
 settings you should probably go all the way and make this configuration as
 seamless and non-techy as adding an ICQ/AOL account is.


 On top of that the Google client's default behavior should be an example
 in this case, as ICQ's default behavior for adding a new account is. No
 "''login.icq.com''" required there. It's cool to have as an option, in the
 "Overly Advanced" tab.


 This is only an account of personal experiences, nothing more, so please
 do not be offended. None of this was written to make you feel bad or
 anything. Most users read the documentation ''after'' they meet a dead-
 end.

 Thank you for the otherwise wonderful job on this awesome client.

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1850>
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