Kopete - Revision history

DrModiford: Small changes

2009-05-12T01:28:55Z

Small changes

Jimbo at 12:01, 3 January 2009

2009-01-03T12:01:00Z

DrModiford at 19:55, 22 September 2007

2007-09-22T19:55:32Z

DrModiford at 19:52, 22 September 2007

2007-09-22T19:52:29Z

DrModiford at 18:27, 22 September 2007

2007-09-22T18:27:23Z

DrModiford at 18:26, 22 September 2007

2007-09-22T18:26:02Z

DrModiford at 18:19, 22 September 2007

2007-09-22T18:19:03Z

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Kopete is an application designed for KDE that emulates many of the common (and some not so common) internet messenger programs, in particular the following:

* AOL Instant Manager (AIM);
* Gadu-Gadu
* ICQ (part of AOL, also known as QIP in eastern countries);
* Internet Relay Chat (IRC);
* Jabber;
* Lotus Sametime;
* Microsoft Messenger (MSN);
* Novell GroupWise
* Short Message Service (SMS);
* Skype (being removed eventually);
* Winpopup (as issued by a NET SEND command on Microsoft Windows platform);
* Yahoo! Messenger;

The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols. This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.

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-Kopete is an application designed for KDE that emulates many of the common (and some not so common) internet messenger programs, in particular the following:
+Kopete is an application designed for KDE (and features as part of KDE's network package) that emulates many of the common (and some not so common) internet messenger programs, in particular the following:
 * AOL Instant Manager (AIM);
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 * Jabber;
 * Lotus Sametime;
-* Microsoft Messenger (MSN);
+* Microsoft Messenger (MSN, rebranded as Live Messenger);
 * Novell GroupWise
 * Short Message Service (SMS);
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 * Yahoo! Messenger;
-The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols.  This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.  Being KDE specific means it integrates very well into the desktop, including the system tray as an icon and the use of KDE's KWallet feature for password management.
+The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of Live / MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using the multiple protocols.  This means you can have an account for each ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.  Indeed you could have two or more accounts of the same protocol at once, such as two ICQ accounts.  Kopete allows the user to assign different colours to identical protocols to differentiate them.
-Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocols are supported by the 'emulation' within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).  Other features include pop-up 'speech bubble' notifications of contacts online status, multi-person chat and, possibly considered eye-candy, MSN's animated pictorial words and nudges (much to the annoyance of many!).
+Being KDE specific means it integrates very well into the desktop, including the system tray as an icon and the use of KDE's KWallet feature for password management.
 Those messenger protocols available under open source licenses are fully supported where-as the commercial protocols are available by methods of reverse engineering and therefore are on a best-efforts basis, hence the term ''emulation''.

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	See [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] official website.		See [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] official website.
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 The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols.  This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.  Being KDE specific means it integrates very well into the desktop, including the system tray as an icon and the use of KDE's KWallet feature for password management.
-Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocols are supported by the 'emulation' within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).  Those messenger protocols available under open source licenses are fully supported where-as the commercial protocols are available by methods of reverse engineering and therefore are on a best-efforts basis, hence the term ''emulation''.  Other features include pop-up 'speech bubble' notifications of contacts online status, multi-person chat and, possibly considered eye-candy, MSN's animated pictorial words and nudges (much to the annoyance of many!).
+Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocols are supported by the 'emulation' within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).  Other features include pop-up 'speech bubble' notifications of contacts online status, multi-person chat and, possibly considered eye-candy, MSN's animated pictorial words and nudges (much to the annoyance of many!).
 See [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] official website.

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 * Yahoo! Messenger;
-The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols.  This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.
+The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols.  This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.  Being KDE specific means it integrates very well into the desktop, including the system tray as an icon and the use of KDE's KWallet feature for password management.
-Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocol are supported by the emulation within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).
+Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocols are supported by the 'emulation' within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).  Those messenger protocols available under open source licenses are fully supported where-as the commercial protocols are available by methods of reverse engineering and therefore are on a best-efforts basis, hence the term ''emulation''.  Other features include pop-up 'speech bubble' notifications of contacts online status, multi-person chat and, possibly considered eye-candy, MSN's animated pictorial words and nudges (much to the annoyance of many!).
 See [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] official website.

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	Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocol are supported by the emulation within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).		Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocol are supported by the emulation within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).
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		+	See [http://kopete.kde.org/ Kopete] official website.

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	The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols. This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.		The interface is similar to other messenger applications, like that of MSN Messenger or ICQ for example, but has the advantage of hosting multiple accounts using multiple protocols. This means you can have an account with ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! and use a single instance of Kopete to sign into all of them.
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		+	Many of the features provided by the genuine messenger protocol are supported by the emulation within Kopete, including the ability to use and receive voice and webcam sessions (though this is largely dependent on the hardware support of the underlying system).