Re: [Gaim-devel] MSN nudge support ?

[Stephen E. <spe...@gm...>]

On 1/15/07, Chris Stafford <gai...@no...> wrote:
> Patch 1547654 Handles handwritten messages, voice clips (windows only -
> it's a weird codec, and only the clips functionality), and those
> horrific wink animations. It has been written against MSN P13, and a few
> months ago so it won't work out of the box, but I think all of it could
> be adapted to work with MSN P9 (or whichever is current). I might get
> round to doing this myself at some point if MSN P13 doesn't show any
> signs of life, but if you want to jump in in the meantime and do it
> yourself be my guest.

I am studying the MSN plugin code, but it will be a long while until I
can come up with something interesting. The code could use more
comments.

However, I think MSN P13 should be implemented before all those
pseudo-features. After all, we don't know how long Microsoft will
support the earlier versions since old versions of the official client
won't even let you connect until you update(and newer ones will nag
you to no end). In fact, I don't know why the old versions are still
supported. Perhaps there are other uses for the MSN network that I'm
not aware of?

Custom messages and "now listening"(which is itself a variation of the
former) seems to be more interesting, as they at least carry some
information. I do believe the server will only send them under MSN
P13. And, since it appears that the only change for MSN P14 is Yahoo!
integration, it shouldn't be a big deal to skip 13 altogether. Correct
me if I'm wrong :)

>
> Doesn't actually provide nudge support beyond what's currently offered.
> I did consider  adding an alert sound for that, but then I realised I
> only ever get nudged by people I'm deliberately ignoring, so the whole
> idea seemed a little defeating.

You have a good point :)


Stephen