[Gossip-dev] Small status report on multiprotocol support

[Mikael Hallendal]

tis 2004-03-02 klockan 10.06 skrev Daniel Taylor:

> Please of please don't add the other "features" of those other
> messengers, like video/audio conferencing, background images/animations,
> cell phone paging, and all that other bloat!
> I use Gossip because it's a messenger, not a damned pocket knife app
> that takes 64 megs of RAM to run and can make me toast.
> A messenger should send messages! The avatar images I am ok with, though
> it would be nice to be able to turn them off. The other thing that isn't
> messaging that I think is ok is file transfer, because most people don't
> have their own http/ftp/ssh servers to let others grab the files
> quickly. Other than that, I think a messenger should only send messages!
> I'd love to hear other's opinions on this though...

Hi Daniel,

Not sure where you got the idea that we are going to bloat Gossip :) But
no, we have no plans for video/audio conferencing, background
images/animation or cell phone paging. We have the idea of having the
possibility to start Gnomemeeting from the menu for a certain contact
though.

Regards,
  Mikael Hallendal
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