Things done for GNOME 2.28
- Improved Contact List window
- New presence chooser widget: enter text directly or select from previously set statuses.
- You can now start audio only or audio/video calls directly
- Drag and drop of contacts in the Contact List is now a move action (as opposed to copy)
- Now has a View menu with quick access to sorting, offline contacts and contact list's size preferences
- New Debug option under Help where you can access Empathy and Telepathy's debugging messages.
- Improved Conversation dialog
More message styles with the support for Adium message styles. See http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Themes for tested themes.
- You can now hide the user list in chat rooms. It can be set as a default in the preferences too.
- The users in the user list now have a tooltip.
- If your name is mentioned in a chat room, the tab's text will become red.
- Contact menu is no more under the Conversation menu
- Improved Join chat room dialog
- Now displays if rooms are password protected or invite only
- Allows sorting
- Now has error reporting
- Improved Audio/Video Chat dialog
- Can now be made fullscreen
- When no video available, the contact's avatar is displayed
- There is now a redial option
- Share your desktop with your contacts using Vinagre in 2 clicks from the Contact List
Geolocation (see updated FAQ )
- Publish your location to your XMPP contacts using Geoclue. Supports a reduced accuracy mode for privacy.
- View your contact's location in their tool-tip, the Information dialog or on the Map View. When libchamplain 0.4 is available, the location is displayed on an interactive map.
- Notification when contacts become online and offline
Things currently being worked (GNOME 2.28):
Mid-term (GNOME >= 2.28):
- Improving the MUC UI
- Add support for password protected rooms (needs telepathy-spec updates?)
Improved logs UI. Work started in 'search' branch but is abandoned atm.
