Bug#696939: can't create jabber accounts

[Daniel Pocock]

On 30/12/12 14:19, Simon McVittie wrote:
> severity 696939 wishlist
> tags 696939 + upstream
> thanks
> 
> On 29/12/12 18:12, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> The only account types supported are Windows Live, Google and Facebook
> 
> Yes, GOA is limited to a small set of well-known services.
> 
> To configure a generic Jabber account in a GNOME GUI, use the Accounts
> editor in Empathy - run empathy(1) and press F4 or go to Edit->Accounts,
> or run empathy-accounts(1). This is also where you configure any other
> IM accounts supported by Telepathy but not by GOA.

I'm familiar with Empathy, and use it regularly

What stands out here is that there are now multiple places for
configuring accounts

GOA online accounts is configurable from the system preferences, while
the Empathy accounts are only configurable within Empathy (just like any
other normal app)

There is a lot of material online suggesting that Empathy is more
integrated with Gnome shell.  There is also a menu with `Available/Busy'
at the top right hand corner of the screen.  This gives the impression
that chat is integrated at a system level and would therefore be
configurable at a system level too.