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

[William Park]

Well, if company wants to do Skype interview, you don't have much
choice.
-- 
William

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 11:11:57AM -0500, Andrew Mercer wrote:
> Why use Skype except to video chat with relatives that live far away at
> Christmas time? It then only becomes a once a year requirement to run that
> piece of junk!
> 
> ---
> Andrew Mercer
> www.andrewmercer.net
> 
> On 2014-12-05 04:28, B.S. wrote:
> >If Skype is in the mix, no way around needing multiple applications.
> >
> >Confusion isn't just different iterations of gtalk -> hangouts, it's
> >different availability by platform. e.g. voice / chat inconsistently
> >implemented across platforms (e.g. gmail), gtalk only no hangouts on
> >bb (iirc), I forget which or both for iPhone, ...
> >
> >Cranky, you may be as well off looking at voip with jabber/chat
> >facilities as pidgin or anything else - if you have to change, may as
> >well change to the most functionality possible for fewer apps to
> >master. Skype is unavoidable. With time you can move people over (if
> >you have VoIP {something} VoIP clients can call you free - they don't
> >need their own VoIP service or anything), but you'll never get 100%
> >success. Linphone and Ekiga come to mind.
> >
> >Reading between the lines, you have a high Skype WAF, and I doubt
> >you'll ever move her off. As a result, she'll probably add more people
> >to it for chat before you'll get her to migrate to something else.
> >(For her it ain't broken, doesn't need fixing .. ?)
> >
> >Good luck! We feel your pain.
> >
> >
> >On 12/04/2014 08:37 PM, Nick Guenther wrote:
> >>I've had mixed results with this. It seems that at least if the other
> >>end is using the old style gtalk web client, I can still add people.
> >>The confusion probably comes because gmail end-user types probably
> >>don't notice if they're on Hangouts, old web gtalk, or Windows
> >>GTalk.
> >>
> >>On December 4, 2014 2:12:02 PM EST, 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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