Google Talk and custom status

741 · Post by **741** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:28 am

Hi all,

I've been using Adium for some time now, always using msn accounts, and I'm very happy with it.
Yesterday I wanted to try the new Google Talk so I set up a Jabber account in Adium, which seems to work nicely.

However, I wanted to see the custom status messages set by my contacts in my contact list, so I went to preferences > appearance (set to bright blue, tiny, and regular window), clicked on 'customize' the list layout and selected 'show status below name'. This increased the size of the 'box' around each contact name (i.e. to make room for the additional status line), but did not show anything except the contact name (so only one line with the contact name is shown halfway the bigger 'box'). I could see the custom away messages by choosing 'get info' on the contact.

So, is there a way to see the custom status of jabber contacts? I can see them clearly in iChat. (I did try searching the tickets and forum for this, and maybe this is related to ticket #1513, but I don't know if this is caused by a problem in adium or just my ignorance).

Also, I've heard that Jabber is supposed to be very secure compared to other IM services. Does this mean that the entire conversation (from my side to the google server) is encrypted? Or is it just the password that gets encrypted?

Thanks for any help!

Using OS X.4 on an iBook G3/700

Ethion · Post by **Ethion** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:08 am

Have you tried holding your mouse over the contact? Does that work?
Then you can see the custom states.

Zeremus X · Post by **Zeremus X** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:44 pm

I was going to suggest that....

741 · Post by **741** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:11 pm

I just tried again, and it seems to work this time. Strange...
Before I couldn't see the custom status message by hovering the pointer over the contact name ('available' was shown) , only the 'get info' worked.

In the get info window, I get something like this (with the custom status display working):

Jabber ID: ****@gmail.com
Status (Talk.v66EC8671B7): Available: hallo

Full Name: ****

whereas before (when it wasn't working) it was something like this:

Jabber ID: ****@gmail.com
Status (Talk.v66EC8671B7): Available

Status (Talk.v66EC8671B7): Available: hallo

Full Name: ****

With two status strings at the same time, so I guess one of them was ignored. (I just copy-pasted the Talk.vxxxxx lines for the non-working case, but I recall that they were two different strings). The other side is using the Google Talk client.

I really don't know what caused it, or how to reproduce this, but right now it seems to work okay again.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:38 am

I don't think Adium fully supports Google Talk yet...

Tipo 61 · Post by **Tipo 61** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:24 am

kirk wrote:I don't think Adium fully supports Google Talk yet...

Rather... Google Talk is rather featureless at the moment...

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:40 am

So, GT isn't supported at all?

Post by **jstamos** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:43 am

GT = Jabber for the moment.

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:04 am

jstamos wrote:GT = Jabber for the moment.

0.9 makes it separate, like .Mac, ICQ, and AIM, which are all the same thing really.

wunderwood · Post by **wunderwood** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:16 am

That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.

biglittledragoon · Post by **biglittledragoon** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:08 am

wunderwood wrote:That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.

Poor Wes... You are in slavery...

Githon · Post by **Githon** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:29 pm

biglittledragoon wrote:
wunderwood wrote:That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.
Poor Wes... You are in slavery...

*cracks whip* To work, Wes!

We need more ducks! MORE DUCKS! To the duck-mines with you!

Post by **evands** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:01 pm

wunderwood wrote:That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.

Ooo, good call. Yes, that'd be great

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:16 pm

evands wrote:
wunderwood wrote:That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.
Ooo, good call. Yes, that'd be great

And farm animals!

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:48 am

The_Tick wrote:
evands wrote:
wunderwood wrote:That mean their need to be a google icon made? I was planning on finishing up the service icons this week anyways.
Ooo, good call. Yes, that'd be great
And farm animals!

Don’t forget all the different bands you’ll need to do! Plus all the sports teams… and whatever people want