On Tuesday 25 July 2006 18:23, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:19:43PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > How long have multiple-IM clients been around now? 6 or 8 years? Even > > DOS had more progress made over the same timespan in terms of usability. > > I think that says more about the utter lack of effort or the > > impossibility of a reasonably functional multi-protocol client than it > > does about DOS. > > Ad I see it, the problem with a multiprotocol client isn't with the > inherent difficulty of settin gon up, but with the way the proprietary > protocols keep changing so that it's a continuous reverse-engineering > issue. That contributes to the problem for sure, but I'm not limiting it just to a protocol support issue. Memory leaks and terrible UI choices also tend to plague the multiprotocol clients (GAIM and Trillian in particular). > Multiprotocol between open protocols shouldn't be that hard. You wouldn't think so, the mod_irc issue does seem odd to me. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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