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iChat has some great features that Adium could definitely use, just thought I'd point these out:

• file transfer over Bonjour (Rendezvous)
• audio chat
• video chat
• very nice spell checking

Anything else?

Travis wrote:[*]very nice spell checking

iChat has the same spell checking Adium does -- it's a systemwide standard, in fact, for all Cocoa applications.

Ah, you're right.
Maybe I've got it turned off...

Also, would it be even remotely possible to get Skype on Adium, or are the Skype people not allowing that.

Travis wrote:Also, would it be even remotely possible to get Skype on Adium, or are the Skype people not allowing that.

What's the point of skype on adium if voice isn't working, yet?

I meant once voice is working.

Travis wrote:iChat has some great features that Adium could definitely use, just thought I'd point these out:

• file transfer over Bonjour (Rendezvous)
• audio chat
• video chat

Anything else?

Search the forums, all of these are covered in some form or another.

Rita wrote:

Travis wrote:Also, would it be even remotely possible to get Skype on Adium, or are the Skype people not allowing that.

What's the point of skype on adium if voice isn't working, yet?

Adium uses libgam for handling with most IM services; in those services voice is not working yet, but eventually (in the long term) it will. Libgaim doesnt support skype, and as far as i know its not in their plans (gaim team) to implement it. Probably google talk will be the first of those sysyems to recive that kind of support.... google is oficially supporting that development.

The only the skype support could happen is with some kind of plug-in made by the skype guys, something like gizmo guys did (check adium xtras).

The point is that all that is not in the hands of adium devs.





pd: Search the forum or the wiki before posting; this had been discussed a lot!!!

djmori wrote:

Rita wrote:

Travis wrote:Also, would it be even remotely possible to get Skype on Adium, or are the Skype people not allowing that.

What's the point of skype on adium if voice isn't working, yet?

Adium uses libgam for handling with most IM services; in those services voice is not working yet, but eventually (in the long term) it will. Libgaim doesnt support skype, and as far as i know its not in their plans (gaim team) to implement it. Probably google talk will be the first of those sysyems to recive that kind of support.... google is oficially supporting that development.

The only the skype support could happen is with some kind of plug-in made by the skype guys, something like gizmo guys did (check adium xtras).

The point is that all that is not in the hands of adium devs.





pd: Search the forum or the wiki before posting; this had been discussed a lot!!!

Still would be nice to at least have the skype contacts in Adium and be able to start a call from within Adium without having to go through the huge Skype buddy list or the hideous menu bar item.

Diatribe wrote:

djmori wrote:

Rita wrote: What's the point of skype on adium if voice isn't working, yet?

Adium uses libgam for handling with most IM services; in those services voice is not working yet, but eventually (in the long term) it will. Libgaim doesnt support skype, and as far as i know its not in their plans (gaim team) to implement it. Probably google talk will be the first of those sysyems to recive that kind of support.... google is oficially supporting that development.

The only the skype support could happen is with some kind of plug-in made by the skype guys, something like gizmo guys did (check adium xtras).

The point is that all that is not in the hands of adium devs.





pd: Search the forum or the wiki before posting; this had been discussed a lot!!!

Still would be nice to at least have the skype contacts in Adium and be able to start a call from within Adium without having to go through the huge Skype buddy list or the hideous menu bar item.

This would be a very appropriate thing for an Adium plugin to provide; I believe the SkypeNet API allows for this. Note that Skype's frameworks can not be used in Adium directly even if we want to due to licensing issues.

evands wrote:

Diatribe wrote:

djmori wrote: Adium uses libgam for handling with most IM services; in those services voice is not working yet, but eventually (in the long term) it will. Libgaim doesnt support skype, and as far as i know its not in their plans (gaim team) to implement it. Probably google talk will be the first of those sysyems to recive that kind of support.... google is oficially supporting that development.

The only the skype support could happen is with some kind of plug-in made by the skype guys, something like gizmo guys did (check adium xtras).

The point is that all that is not in the hands of adium devs.





pd: Search the forum or the wiki before posting; this had been discussed a lot!!!

Still would be nice to at least have the skype contacts in Adium and be able to start a call from within Adium without having to go through the huge Skype buddy list or the hideous menu bar item.

This would be a very appropriate thing for an Adium plugin to provide; I believe the SkypeNet API allows for this. Note that Skype's frameworks can not be used in Adium directly even if we want to due to licensing issues.

Ah, I didn't know that but it makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out. A plug-in would solve that nicely, now we'd only need someone to program it.
I guess there are more important things to program for Adium than this but I surely wouldn't be disappointed if someone wrote such a plugin.

Diatribe wrote: A plug-in would solve that nicely, now we'd only need someone to program it.

Well is really hard to find developers.. but maybe we should try to contact someone in skype (not kiding)

This would also work for me in iChat if it could just launch iChat and initiate a video or audio chat for now without having to have both running.

Now if I only had the developer chops to do it myself...

Just no.