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

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

On 2006-06-16, Kevin M Stange <ke...@si...> 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.

Nobody wants to read the docs, and even if this is a special case, it is
an extremely common one. Would it make the code that much harder to
maintain? If I were to submit a good patch, would it really be rejected?

> 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.
>
You'd be surprised how many Gmail users there are. And at least a few
percent of those users use GTalk.

> Your argument that changing the name of the Jabber plugin will increase
> Linux adoption is amusing, though.
>
You never know. :) Gaim is the default instant messenger preinstalled
with Ubuntu.

Kind regards, Jason