[Adium-devl] Adding intelligence to 'Gmail account'

[Andre-John Mas]

The other solution I had considered for Google was making the Gmail  
account
an idiot proof configuration with the minimum necessary and Adium  
handling all
the intelligence. Anyone wanting something more advanced would use the
generic jabber account.

Andre

On 31-Oct-06, at 15:10 , Colin Barrett wrote:

> I think, in this case, we want to keep the UI as simple as  
> possible. Perhaps a generalized "locations" feature, similar to  
> (and/or tied in with) the one in the OS? I don't know what the API  
> for that is like, if any.
>
> -Colin
>
> On Oct 31, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Andre-John Mas wrote:
>
>> Two approaches I can think of:
>>
>>    - primary configuration with fallback
>>    - rule based system
>>
>> The first of the two would be easier to implement, while the second
>> could potentially add more flexibility. Question is how much  
>> flexibility
>> do we really need?
>>
>> Andre
>>
>> On 31-Oct-06, at 14:39 , Colin Barrett wrote:
>>
>>> Could this work with other Jabber accounts as well? From my
>>> understanding of the way Jabber servers work, this would work with
>>> some but not all. Perhaps then a checkbox to "Try old style SSL as
>>> well"?
>>>
>>> -Colin
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Christopher Forsythe wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anything that makes life easier while being transparent to the user
>>>> would definitely be cool Andre. Let us know when you have a  
>>>> patch for
>>>> this and we'll have someone take a look :)
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 31, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Andre-John Mas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Since we have a special 'Google Talk' account, I am wondering
>>>>> whether
>>>>> it would be an idea
>>>>> to add some extra features to make it easier for users behind
>>>>> firewalls:
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently the official client will attempt to connect on the
>>>>> standard
>>>>> Jabber port 5223, but if
>>>>> it fails then is assumes the possibility that it could be behind a
>>>>> firewall. In this case it will then
>>>>> try to connect to port 443, with 'old style SSL'. I have set  
>>>>> this up
>>>>> manually for my work
>>>>> environment, but is would be great to see that done invisibly for
>>>>> the
>>>>> user.
>>>>>
>>>>> Andre
>>>>
>>>>
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