Comments on: Empathy in Gutsy (The next GNOME IM client) http://dagus.org/2007/12/13/empathy-in-gutsy-the-next-gnome-im-client/ Everybody is looking for something Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Daeng Bo http://dagus.org/2007/12/13/empathy-in-gutsy-the-next-gnome-im-client/#comment-5123 Daeng Bo Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:15:41 +0000 http://dagus.org/2007/12/13/empathy-in-gutsy-the-next-gnome-im-client/#comment-5123 I've used Empathy for a while now because it's a lot lighter than Pidgin. It also has fewer networks. There's no Yahoo! Messenger protocol, for example. Still, I think that Empathy has the telepathy backend, which is what Gnome is moving toward as an intergrated text/audio/video communication method, so I think it hold a lot of promise for being included and easily accesable from almost every Gnome app. It can also leverage the Evolution address book. Holding my breath waiting for it to be formally christened ... I’ve used Empathy for a while now because it’s a lot lighter than Pidgin. It also has fewer networks. There’s no Yahoo! Messenger protocol, for example.

Still, I think that Empathy has the telepathy backend, which is what Gnome is moving toward as an intergrated text/audio/video communication method, so I think it hold a lot of promise for being included and easily accesable from almost every Gnome app. It can also leverage the Evolution address book.

Holding my breath waiting for it to be formally christened …

]]>