Comments on: IM Tales http://noisymime.org/blog/2005/10/im-tales/ Still kickin Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: noisymime http://noisymime.org/blog/2005/10/im-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-33 noisymime Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:31:43 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=18#comment-33 Well really, AdiumX is nothing more than a front end for GAIM's IM protocol framework. So while the backend may exist in the linux version of GAIM, the interface for it sucks the big one, especially compared to AdiumX. Granted the application interface provided by OSX does make it much easier to create polished apps, full of nice eye candy, but even so, much of this could be moved to GTK or QT without too many problems, just minus a few effects. Well really, AdiumX is nothing more than a front end for GAIM’s IM protocol framework. So while the backend may exist in the linux version of GAIM, the interface for it sucks the big one, especially compared to AdiumX.

Granted the application interface provided by OSX does make it much easier to create polished apps, full of nice eye candy, but even so, much of this could be moved to GTK or QT without too many problems, just minus a few effects.

]]> By: the frog http://noisymime.org/blog/2005/10/im-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-32 the frog Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:42:14 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=18#comment-32 Of course the frog was right!! :) AdiumX is backed by libGaim, so in a functional sense Linux has it. However, there is something about Adium that just doesn't seem to exist in Gaim. I put it down to the differences in focus for developers on each platform. Mac OS applications have always had this feeling of quality and craftsmenship where it is rare to find in the Linux world (where the focus is on functionality generally to the exclusion of form). Of course the frog was right!! :)

AdiumX is backed by libGaim, so in a functional sense Linux has it. However, there is something about Adium that just doesn’t seem to exist in Gaim. I put it down to the differences in focus for developers on each platform. Mac OS applications have always had this feeling of quality and craftsmenship where it is rare to find in the Linux world (where the focus is on functionality generally to the exclusion of form).

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