While not wanting to turn this into discussion thread, as staunch Ubuntu supporter I agree that we have ignored proxy users for a while. For brighter side, we have definite plans for releasing proxy supporting Gwibber in PPA for Lucid within 2 months, so proxy users won't be left out in the cold. I will try to research posiblity to add some support for XMPP in Empathy.
While not wanting to turn this into discussion thread, as staunch Ubuntu supporter I agree that we have ignored proxy users for a while. For brighter side, we have definite plans for releasing proxy supporting Gwibber in PPA for Lucid within 2 months, so proxy users won't be left out in the cold. I will try to research posiblity to add some support for XMPP in Empathy.