[Pidgin] #5828: Invisible mode in Google Talk
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Fri Feb 27 14:51:06 EST 2009
#5828: Invisible mode in Google Talk
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Reporter: Mugunth | Owner: seanegan
Type: defect | Status: closed
Milestone: | Component: Google Talk
Version: 2.4.2 | Resolution: duplicate
Keywords: | Launchpad_bug:
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Comment(by deryni):
Google Talk is XMPP, Google Talk simply has extensions that pidgin does
not (and in the case of the invisibility support, can not and will not)
support. The "Google Talk" account "type" in pidgin exists because many
users were unaware of the fact that Google Talk was XMPP and were thus
unable to figure out how to set up their accounts in pidgin.
Nothing prevents pidgin from supporting Google Talk extensions other than
design, desire, and time. More specifically Voice and Video chat are not
Google Talk extensions anymore, they are XMPP specifications and are in
the process of being worked on. I know nothing about the Google Talk
method of file transfer, but if it is what I think it is it will also
become an official specification and thus be something that may get worked
on.
I would gladly remove the "Google Talk" account type from pidgin were it
not for the support headache that would result from such a change.
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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/5828#comment:8>
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