Hi, I had some bad experiences today with ICQ programs for KDE. Kopete (0.7.4): ++ nice interface and comes with KDE (at least when KDE3.2 is in Debian) -- very incomplete implementation: * I do not see some people and they don't see me * system message are completely ignored * online contact list is not really used ++ very nice smileys :) -- doesn't recognize when a window is open but not on top (one has to check manually) sim-icq (0.8.3): +- dialog layout is too "packed" (simply doesn't look good). +- crashed a lot in past, current version is sid seems to be stable ++ works with online contact list (verified with go.icq.com) -- clicking on the tray icon needs way too much time to show/hide the contact list windows (very annoying) ++ only on-top windows mark the message as read -- some online settings seems to be there but have wrong status (or simply don't work) My main question: why can't those two work together. Obviously sim-icq can do much more that Kopete's ICQ plugin? Both are GPL'ed but that doesn't seem to help :-( Right now (well, both are not the latest, greatest versions) in Debian unstable, the situation is rather unsatisfying... I like the features of sim-icq and the interface of Kopete. Any comments? Hendrik -- Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org
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