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Re: Jabber network vs. multi-protocol IM clients



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
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