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

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

Android phone or tablet. Works with Skype, GotoMeeting, Viber, Hangouts, ...

You can install/uninstall the app when needed/after use.

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:37 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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