[kwlug-disc] Cross platform, cross-protocol messaging client

[CrankyOldBugger]

I would be happy with Pidgin if I didn't need Skype running in the
background.  It doesn't reduce the number of clients I have running
concurrently.


On Thu Dec 04 2014 at 2:12:40 PM Jason Locklin <locklin.jason at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Skype is a complete black box. Libpurple, and the various clients that
> use it (like Pidgin, Adium, Bitlbee, etc) can pretend to have Skype text
> chat functionality by running Skype in the background and accessing the
> friend list and chats via an API.
>
> Google has also been transitioning away from XMPP/Jabber with their
> Hangouts. The Jabber interface for the 1-on-1 chat in Gmail is still
> available, but who knows for how long, and, from what I understand,
> adding new people now to your friend list may not be possible.
>
>
>
> On 14-12-04 12:18 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> > You can interface with Google Talk through many clients, but you will
> > not have Hangout video/audio capabilities.
> >
> > Skype is a proprietary protocol and to my knowledge was never fully
> > supported for voice on any of the open clients.
> >
> > Since the other parties you are connecting to are already on these
> > services, alternative protocols are seldom an option.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:06 PM, CrankyOldBugger
> > <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Does anyone out there know of a good cross-platform (Linux, Windows and
> >> Android) messaging client that can import and handle Skype, Google
> >> Talk/Hangouts, and IRC friends lists?  As it sits, I have at least three
> >> different messaging clients running at any one time, I'd like to roll
> them
> >> all into one app if possible...
> >>
> >> I've used Pidgin before but I found the Skype addons a bit flaky..
> >>
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