Instant messaging (was: OpenMoko application as Final Year Project)

[Casey Harkins]

Jeff Andros wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/27/07, *Gabriel Ambuehl* <gabriel_ambuehl at buz.ch 
> <mailto:gabriel_ambuehl at buz.ch>> wrote:
> 
>     <snip>
> 
>     An instant messenging app. Preferably talking Jabber (XMPP).
> 
> 
> is libpurple too heavy to port over, then put a mobile-device frontend on?
> 
> I'd like to have multi-protocol messaging myself
> 


I don't think it would be too heavy. There's already an effort to get 
Pidgin running under Maemo. Pidgin itself would be difficult, but a new 
UI based on libpurple is entirely reasonable.

I'd be happy to help out as time permits (this was something I was 
considering working on anyways).

-casey