[Adium-devl] [Adium-feedback] I would like to port Adium to Windows XP

[Kiel Gillard]

Alright, I'm a little confused.

>> 1. It wouldn't' be straight port. Menu items/features would be  
>> changed
>> to make it more Windows-natural. Although the spirit of the
>> application would be preserved, I wouldn't want to make the same
>> mistake MSFT did when they released that terrible Office for the Mac
>> release that looked just like Windows.

How do you define the spirit of Adium? To me, it's the Mac OS X look  
and ease of use. Windows-izing would make it another class of product  
(that is, not Adium). With the possibility of making it harder to  
use. Neither the Windows Shell or WMP are as easy to use products  
like Aqua and iTunes on Mac OS X (in my opinion, I guess). If you're  
using a seperate code base, why not just make your own multi-protocol  
IM program?

Also, how would you make "Windium" different to Miranda, Trillian et  
al? What exactly are you asking permission for? Are you asking if you  
can name your IM program Adium? What features do you intend on  
preserving in the Windows version (given the majority of the code  
base depends on the Mac OS X APIs).

It is good, however, to see your interest in the project! I'd love to  
see a decent and easy to use multiprotocol IM program on Windows.

It might also be worth noting the ChatKit project - Adium is going to  
switch to this at one point - it would be a waste of effort to port  
Adium when it's about to undergo a major architectural change. Is  
there an equivalent of ChatKit for Windows?

Kiel :-)
"Love does not consist in gazing at each other but looking together  
in the same direction."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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