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[How to] Install Empathy with MSN XMPP Support in Ubuntu 11.10
We’ve blogged about it endlessly of late – but now Ubuntu 11.10 users can finally try it out for themselves.
What am I jabbering about? Empathy with Microsoft’s newly-implemented MSN XMPP support…
Empathy with MSN XMPP Support Lands in Ubuntu 12.04
Barely day after GNOME devs added it to Empathy, working MSN XMPP support has landed in Ubuntu 12.04.
The feature allows stable connection to the MSN Network using the open standard XMPP service. The use of such a well supported standard should give Linux users a stable and consistent connection to what is one of the worlds largest IM networks.
If you’re already using Ubuntu 12.04 you’ll find this update sliding down the update pipes very shortly.
Empathy Readies MSN XMPP Support
Empathy users can look forward to native MSN XMPP in the version 3.3.2 of the popular chat app.
The feature comes days after Microsoft announced connection to their millions-strong MSN messaging service via the popular open XMPP standard.
Ubuntu Ambiance Style Empathy Messaging Theme
One of the great features of Ubuntu’s default instant messaging application ‘Empathy’ is the support for ‘Adium Message Styles’.
These let you theme your messaging window in a variety of ways. The only draw back is that most of the ready-made Message Styles available online are made for Adium (the Mac OS X version of ‘Pidgin’) and don’t always work well in Empathy on Linux.
But Linux-made variants are available – such as this ‘Ambiance Adium Message Style’ by franksouza18 3.
Video Effects Coming to Empathy Video Chat
GNOME developer Raluca has been working on bringing the cool video effects from webcam app ‘Cheese’ over to Empathy’s video chat window.
Run Skype as a daemon and manage it from Empathy or Pidgin in Ubuntu 11.04
Gzap stopped by the OMG! Ubuntu! inbox to drop off a tip that unifies Skype and Empathy; by installing the pidgin-skype plugin from the Ubuntu Software Centre you can manage your Skype contacts from the buddy-list of Ubuntu’s default IM client Emapthy.
Empathy’s new icon
Kiss goodbye to the telepathic blue twins: Instant messenger Empathy has had a logo-revamp.
Empathy 3.0 adds contact blocking (finally)
Empathy 3.0 will finally include ‘user blocking/unblocking ‘ – a feature long demanded by users of the multi-protocol chat application.
Natty pimps audio call requests
Audio call requests made via Empathy are to receive some long over due ‘pimping’ in Ubuntu 11.04.
Here’s a video of them in action.
How to Auto start Gwibber & Empathy
Get Gwibber and Empathy to auto start on login.
One Window Empathy: Boy would it simplify my life
When using my netbook I loathe having to use Empathy – or any instant messenger for that matter. But why?
Stay Hidden on GTalk in Empathy: Fix
GTalk Empathy users may have come across the following bug: – You change your status to ‘hidden’ but Empathy shows you as ‘Busy’ – this can lead to all manner of super embarrassing moments… "Hey – I thought you said you had to go offline so you could save a puppy from a skydiving manic?" [...]
Empathy’s meta-contacts feature get detailed
We revealed yesterday that meta-contacts is coming to the Empathy instant messenger and now one of its developer – treitter – has spoken more on how it all works…. How to link A new ‘link contacts’ window allows you to quickly select alike contacts from different services and bind them together thus creating a new [...]
Meta-Contacts coming to Empathy next week: 1 person = 1 entry
With so many competing IM and chat services you end up using by accident or intention – from GTalk when you log into GMail to Facebook when you login to Facebook – it’s by no means unusual to have 3 or 4 entries for the same person sat taking up space in your Empathy contact list. A preferable solution [...]
Elementary Empathy Theme
Talented designer MastroPino strikes again; yesterday we featured his wonderful Elementary Pidgin theme and today we’re excited to share with you his equally-sublime Empathy theme. Rock out with your, er, empathy out. I much prefer Empathy over pidgin but hate the default icons it comes with (y’know, those coloured shapes…) so whether or not you [...]