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

[Jason Locklin]

Fortunately the few times I've had to use it, I could just schedule the
meeting and start it then.

One advantage libpurple could provide would be to have Skype running on
another machine somewhere else, and have access to your chats locally.
There are a few ways you could do that, including through Bitlbee if you
already have an IRC client running. I have Bitlbee and Weechat+Tmux
running on a server full time, so I have FB, Gmail chat, Jabber, and IRC
with full history on any device using one client.

On 14-12-04 02:23 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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