[Pidgin] #11433: Support Google Talk Shared Statuses

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#11433: Support Google Talk Shared Statuses
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 Reporter:  Ecnassianer                      |        Owner:  darkrain42 
     Type:  enhancement                      |       Status:  new        
Milestone:  Patches Needing Review           |    Component:  Google Talk
  Version:  2.6.6                            |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:  google buzz gtalk shared status  |  
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Comment(by dlenski):

 deryni, I'm sorry that you found my blog post unhelpful.  I was trying to
 present the issues as I've seen them discussed here, and will try to
 update it as I learn more.  I'm not sure why you didn't like the list of
 reasons I gave for not including support in Pidgin.  I thought all were
 significant and worth considering, and I've heard all of them mentioned
 here.

 I understand that Google's combining of shared status and invisibility is
 annoying, especially.

 Here is how I would describe the relevant Preference in the UI: "Share
 status updates from other clients, if you are logged in from multiple
 locations."  As I mentioned before, this could be enabled by default for
 accounts created via the Google Talk option, and not enabled for accounts
 created via the Jabber option... I am guessing that users of the latter
 choice are more likely to be familiar with standard XMPP behavior.

 As for invisibility support, perhaps it could be fairly seemless... Pidgin
 could support standards-track XEP-0186 invisibility where supported by the
 server, and Google-style as a second choice where available.  This
 wouldn't require any user intervention.

 (Lastly, I am the same as moxfyre.  Not sure how I ended up with two
 accounts.  Sorry!)

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