[Adium-devl] mbpurple plugin for Adium

[Jeff Sippel]

OK - please check out the latest version of the twitter plugin.  I changed
the name to microblog-twitter so as to not conflict with the inhouse
version.  In addition, I also added in some optional configurations that
were present in the pidgin version (like refresh rate and the ability to
choose SSL or plain text transmission).  Hopefully this gets the plugin in a
state to be approved!

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Jeff Sippel <jsippel at gmail.com> wrote:

> All -
>
> Just a few comments on the mbpurple plugin.  This plugin has been available
> for libpurple (primarily Pidgin) clients for about 9 months now.  As you
> guys suspect, we were not aware that Twitter support would be native in
> Adium 1.4, and since I was sick of running Pidgin on my Mac, I decided to
> just build a wrapper around the purple plugin.
>
> What that means is that I have limited ability to modify specific
> functionality in the plugin without getting the ok from the other guys.  So
> things like changing the behavior of creating a group called Twitter with a
> buddy named twitter is unlikely to happen (its common code/config & the
> Pidgin folks like the way it works).  Plus, notice when you post to Twitter
> the client is named mbpurple, rather than AdiumTwitter or some other catchy
> name.
>
> I can rename the plugin itself to make it clear this is an alternative
> implementation to the 1.4 version...which we were thinking about doing since
> Identica and Laconica are also supported by this plugin (and are on the list
> of things to enable in the Adium port).
>
> If you would like me to make that change let me know.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Peter Hosey <boredzo at adiumx.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 19, 2009, at 06:30:21, Zachary West wrote:
> >>
> >> So we have a few choices: either approve it as it is, approve it with
> >> requested modifications (i.e., have them rename it to "Mbpurple" all
> over
> >> the place and inside Adium), or do not approve it.
> >
> > I like the middle idea. As long as nobody could confuse that plug-in with
> > our official implementation without a high blood alcohol content, I'm
> fine
> > with having it there. Conversely, if it's too confusing to users, I have
> no
> > problem pulling it.
> >
> > Also, it's possible that they don't follow the blog, so maybe they didn't
> > know that we have Twitter support in 1.4. ?
>
> I think I'm leaning towards approving it as well.  I do however think
> that there need to be disclaimers on the page that it isn't the
> official version and that it could conflict with 1.4 once it's
> released, etc.  My main reasoning for approval is that it gives people
> something to use right now while they wait for our implementation.
>
> -Eric
>
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