[Adium-devl] Jabber account type discussion WAS Some disclosure and some ideas.

[Christopher Forsythe]

On Dec 7, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Augie Fackler wrote:

>> Some thoughts on remaining relevant as a product:
>>
>> - Jabber. Turning Adium into a top notch Jabber client is how we're
>> gonna remain relevant in the future, IMO, and we're doing a lot
>> already, and I think we should continue on this.
>
> *nod* but I'd like to discontinue the trend of making
> $J_RANDOM_JABBER account types (see LiveJournal account types.
> Honestly, I'm starting to wonder about the legitimacy of having a
> separate GTalk account type. Maybe creating a Jabber account could
> support having a pop up menu of already-known services?)


We tried this with OSCAR about a year and a half ago, or maybe more.  
People emailed in asking where to add in ICQ or .Mac, even though the  
account type had AIM/ICQ/.Mac

These people won't know what Jabber is, but they will know what  
LiveJournal is. I don't see what the problem is to be honest.

Chris
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