Re: [Gaim-devel] Bug#400017: gaim: split jabber and talk in accounts section.

[Sean E. <sea...@gm...>]

On 12/1/06, Luke Schierer <lsc...@us...> wrote:
> > It seems that the AIM/ICQ thing are now AIM and ICQ even if both
> > services use the same network. I would like to see jabber and
> > google talk in different places too.
> We are considering this.

I think "we considered it" is more accurate.

> > Please note that actually the end user needs to do some
> > 'advanced' configuration in jabber area to make it connect into
> > google talk. That 'advanced' stuff could be preseeded into the
> > new google talk service in the list (eg.: I don't need to inform
> > gaim what's the msn server).

> > While we're at it, when the user merge his Google Talk account
> > with the Orkut service, he starts receiving system messages (eg.:
> > when somebody leave a message in your scrapbook). These system
> > messages appear instantly in new windows regardless if you
> > configure gaim to wait until you click in the icon on
> > the notification area.
>
> What does Orkut have to do with Google Talk?

Orkut users can receive "scraps," which are little messages posted to
your orkut page. When an Orkut user is on Google Talk and receives a
scrap he'll receive an XMPP headline message.

-s.