Re: [Gaim-devel] Google Talk "Support"

[Evan S. <ev...@dr...>]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Nathan Walp wrote:

> Protocol splits bad, and I don't like the separate AIM/ICQ thing.
AIM and ICQ are different, though.  (AOL is, I'm told, in the process  
of rectifying parts of the difference, but for now they are).  Users  
don't care that they both use OSCAR -- but users do, perhaps, care  
that you can do offline messages when connected with an ICQ account  
but not with an AIM account, for example.

> Rename Jabber to XMPP or XMPP/Jabber, and detect GTalk features  
> based on
> stream features.
As you alluded to before, that would necessitate account options  
being placed outside the scope of the current account configuration  
dialogue, because things like Google OTR (which isn't the same as Off- 
the-Record messaging, a pity that confusion exists) and checking for  
GMail are account-specific options which fit logically there but  
would either have to be placed elsewhere (to be dynamically displayed  
if the stream indicates they're available) or shown irrelevantly for  
users of all other Jabber servers.

-Evan