Re: [Gaim-devel] Making it easier to add GTalk accounts by prepopulating the server settings fields

[Kevin M S. <ke...@si...>]

Jason Spiro wrote:
> It is too hard to add GTalk accounts to gaim. I always end up having to=

> google for the help page with the server settings listed on it. Could
> Gaim prepopulate the Jabber advanced server settings fields as soon as
> someone enters a som...@gm... Jabber ID?

I think it's unwise to add lots of special cases where we don't have to.
 Google has instructions on how to set up Google Talk with third party
clients on their web site.  We have a FAQ entry as well.  I don't think
adding this magic is really justified.

> Also, to make things easier for newbies who don't know what Jabber even=

> is, could the display name of the Jabber plugin be renamed to "Jabber /=

> Google Talk"? The majority of Jabber users use Google Talk as their
> Jabber server anyway. And the easier to use Gaim is, the more people
> will use it (and perhaps even the more people will switch to Linux).

This is more special casing and I don't think this is true.  Google Talk
is relatively new, and it seems unlikely they have more active users
than the balance of jabber servers that have been around for many years.

Your argument that changing the name of the Jabber plugin will increase
Linux adoption is amusing, though.

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> Regards,
> Jason Spiro
> jas...@gm...
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Kevin