- Empathy (software)
Infobox Software
name = Empathy
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developer =
frequently_updated = yes
programming language =C (programming language)
operating system =Cross-platform
language =Multilingual
genre =Instant messaging client
license = GPL
website = [http://live.gnome.org/Empathy Empathy]Empathy is a re-usable collection of
Graphical User Interface widgets for developing instant messaging clients for the GNOME desktop. It is written as extension to the Telepathy framework, for connecting to differentinstant messaging networks with a unifieduser interface .Empathy has been included in the GNOME desktop since version 2.24. [http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/]
It includes a sample client with a similar overall look and feel to the earlier Gossip client for Jabber/XMPP servers.
References
External links
* [http://live.gnome.org/Empathy Project website]
* [http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/28/gnome-2-22-planning-empathy-messaging-client-and-toolkit-proposed-for-inclusion Ars technica article on Empathy]
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