[Gaim-devel] Add Account Wizard (was: Making it easier to add GTalk acc...)

[Jason S. <jas...@gm...>]

Le 17-06-2006, Stephen Eilert <spe...@gm...> a écrit :
> Well, by the looks of it, it seems that what Gaim really needs is a kind of
> "New Account Wizard", where those explanations and default settings would
> exist, to make life simpler for new users. If such wizard existed, it would
> make perfect sense to include a GTalk option, with the required
> explanations, if need be. It would still be a Jabber server getting special
> treatment, however.

Hmm, Stephen, IMO an Add Account Wizard would be a *great* idea! And not
just for people who use Google Talk, but for Gaim newbies using other IM
services as well.

And more features could be added, like perhaps:

* A guided setup process for Google Talk users that helps them determine
  which server settings to use, based on whether their email address is
  @gmail.com, @googlemail.com, or using the Google for your Domain
  service.
  
    * Side note: I just renamed my .gaim directory and installed and tried
      2.0.0beta3 for a minute or two and still could not manage to get
      it to connect to Google Talk by filling in different settings I
      thought I remembered correctly in the Basic tab of the account
      settings dialog. I typed in jas...@gm... and tried the
      server gmail.com and talk.google.com and neither one worked. So it
      seems to not be that easy for me to connect even with the new DNS
      SRV query feature, and perhaps others will have the same problem.
      I think a New Account Wizard would be simpler.

* Registration features that let you sign up for a new jabber.org
  account right inside Gaim.

* Or other things?

Does anyone know offhand if there is a feature request already filed for
this idea, and if so, whether anyone was interested in implementing it
but did not do so yet?

Kind regards,
Jason
jas...@gm...
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