why there in no voice & vedio support in Gaim, any legal issue for just can't get it right

its comming sooooooon.

If you want it that bad, write it yourself.

if you need video/vioce support right away and you are using the msn protocal, then get aMSN and the aMSN webcam plugin.

No one really wants it probably. It is pretty silly. Most people online look fugly anyways. Its better when their just text.

but then ... serious people love this sorts of things anyway so much so that they cant possibly imagine a world without them ...


in a sense "text" is the play thing ...

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i want to use vedio or atleast voice on either google or yahoo protocol.

can this we possible by anymeans in linux

So many bad replies: "Write it yourself", "noone wants it", etc. Have you ever thought how important these features are? In my company, we do some web conference with leader of other enterprises sometimes to get serious work done.

In my spare time, I learn Korean with some Korean friends. Since I live in Sweden and they live in South Korea, Webcam/Mic is a most for me to improve my pronunciation with native Korean speakers.

I also have familiars living in another country and it can take many months, if not years, till we meet again. Webcam and Mic really brings us closer.

My guess why Gaim does not have those features is because:

1 - It can't focus on one single protocol. Every program out there which tries to be a one-stop crap fails miserably. Think Nero: It was a great app at the beginning. Today it has features like cover design and other useless stuff. I won't be surprised if they actually add a make-coffee feature;

2 - Gaim has to release a new update every 2 weeks to keep their tradition as the "most active project at sourceforge", even though the new releases don't add anything interesting.

I just wanted to make clear that just because you don't need those features does not make them useless. And this kind of mentality is what brings Linux usability in many fields (games == not real work, image edition == not real working) down a lot.

No.

I do applaud for you're creative way for learning korean, on the other hand.

You do have some points with conferencing and whatnots. But Strictly speaking you don't need to see a person to get things done.

Personally I would'nt use it if I could avoid it. It does remove a certain anonymity element from the internet.

Now that I read back what I wrote, I did sound a little bitchy. Sorry if I gave that impression, it was not my point. I also don't mean that you were either write or wrong about the webcam or mic features. I just want to make clear that it is very important for a number of peoples and I am one of them. Usually, I blame all Linux problems to hardware vendors. However, in this case, it is more a software issue above all else. For example, my webcam works fine in Linux, but a messenger supporting it with efficiency is yet to be seen.

Microphone is ratter buggy too. At least with a few applications. Another application I use a lot is Skype. I have to make International calls sometimes to friends in other countries without Internet connection (or not fast enough). Skype is available for Linux, but every time I try to call for a normal phone, be it in Sweden or not, the calling is interrupted after 5 seconds. Not sure where the problem is, but I guess it lies somewhere in the sound card drivers...

Anyway, I just wanted to point that out. I'm not saying that I'm more write or wrong than anyone here. I'm just a person who does, use those features a lot ^_^;;

Regards!

P.S: thanks for your reply slantoflight!

Or if you don't want to write them you can bribe a developer ....

thats the only reason for which windows is still there on my box, if there is some hack then i will switch completly

skype is made for windows, it sucks for us who uses linux. And they are working on viop and camera for gaim. This woll be a killer application. The thing is that it should be ported to windows to get more users. I do not know if this is the case.

Hei!!
Ive been trying to tell the rest of my family to use Linux....
The runs XP and msn is always on with colours, images, cams and so on...
When they look att my computer and gaim the tells me Im an idiot! Who in the whole world want to use Gaim instead of msn... they will never change to linux because of that!!!!

When can I have a cam and the ohohoh wibration at my Linux-box?????

certainly do you expect ur family members to chat with you in text when you are living else where like in college hostel. thats the case with me.

that why i want it so much