(In reply to comment #76) > 1) handle html, I'm not sure to understand what you mean or why it is that > important... Maybe you can make the changes that you want?
Looking into it. The more important direction (don't send plain text where HTML is expected, so that parts of messages that happen to look <a bit like html tags> aren't silently ignored) is easy, it just needs g_markup_escape_text(). The other direction (don't send HTML where plain text is expected) is more difficult, but libxml should be able to do it; and if we don't, the failure mode is that a user sees HTML markup instead of plain text, which isn't *so* bad. > 2) Find a solution if we don't want the other end to be able to initiate an > OTR session without approving it first. I think a CM parameter is the only way to do this. It'll work for MC- stored accounts (which includes all Haze accounts and all "unbranded" accounts like generic Jabber/IRC, even if GOA is used), and for UOA- stored accounts. I agree that GOA's account parameter storage limitations mean it won't work for GOA-stored Google Talk or Facebook accounts, or GOA-stored Windows Live accounts in the unlikely event that Microsoft bring back their XMPP bridge. If you want communications privacy, Google and Facebook are probably not the ideal option anyway... and that GOA issue is not something that Telepathy can fix in any case. > 3) Fix string spelling. Maybe you can patch them yourself, as I'm not > native? :) Sure. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296867 Title: empathy needs to support OTR encryption Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Confirmed Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Invalid Status in Telepathy framework - library: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “libtelepathy” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Fedora: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy Hello, I just tried empathy (the Intrepid version) and it looked very solid and stable. There were a few minor things that could be improved (e.g. automatically resizing the contact list), but that is not the topic here. The reason why I won't switch to empathy from pidgin is the missing OTR support (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ ). This is a really important feature because no one should read your messages. There were others with the same idea (links at the bottom). Would be so great if it could support that important encryption standard. Thanks for helping out! Links: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/253452/comments/2 http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2008-September/001479.html http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16891 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/296867/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
