[Adium-devl] Global proxy settings?

[Viksit Gaur]

Hi all,

Using Adium, I realized that there doesn't seem to be a place to set up a
global proxy which would be used by all accounts. Instead, each account when
edited has the option of having a proxy set.
IMHO, this is a very tiring task if you're the kind of person who switches
between networks and VPNs with different proxy servers. This is highlighted
even further when you have 6 different accounts like I do. I haven't even
tried to set these proxy settings manually, but I would appreciate input
from the list whether this assumption is correct.

There does seem to be an option for "Systemwide settings" - I'm not quite
sure how you set that, but my guess is through the Systems Prefs ->
Networking menu. This is however impractical in certain cases, since there
might be 2 proxies available - one for a VPN based connection, the other
somewhere else.

If yes, I'd like to propose a feature request:
- A global proxy settings dialog box in the main Adium Preferences (perhaps,
in the Advanced tab)
- Automatic fill of each account proxy from this "Global Proxy" setting
- A list of "Saved Proxies" which could be selected using a minimal number
of clicks once input

Of course, needless to say, I would be interested in contributing this to
Adium :)

RFC.

-- 
Cheers,
vIkSiT
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