Comment 0 for bug 540525
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| Andrew Gorcester (andrewsg) wrote Empathy does not support AIM buddy chat and attempting to join a chat through Room > Join fails silently | #0 |
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I tried to join an AIM buddy chat in Empathy using the Room menu's "Join..." option. In the Join dialog box I was asked for the server and room. The "server" is not applicable for AIM buddy chat at any rate as chats are only identified by the room name. Leaving the server blank and filling in the room field un-greyed out the "Join" button. However, clicking the Join button closed the dialog box and did nothing.
This happened in both 9.10 and in 10.04 testing.
Apparently Empathy's AIM module has no support for buddy chat at all. Either AIM buddy chat support for Empathy should be implemented or the Join dialog should be disabled for AIM accounts. At the very least, attempting to join a chat room with an AIM account selected should produce an error message or some sort of feedback.