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

[CrankyOldBugger]

Which I had to do just last week...

On Fri Dec 05 2014 at 11:38:23 AM William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
wrote:

> 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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