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 emesene under the GNOME desktop environment |
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| Developer(s) | emesene team |
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| Initial release | 2006 |
| Stable release | 2.12.1 / January 2, 2012 |
| Preview release | Git: 2.12.2-devel |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Instant Messaging |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | emesene's website |
emesene is an open source instant messaging client designed for use with Microsoft's .NET Messenger Service. It is a clone of Windows Live Messenger. emesene is the Spanish (also Portuguese and French) pronunciation of MSN, former name of Windows Live Messenger. It is also supports external messaging services like Jabber, Facebook and Google Talk.
Its goal is to replicate the functions of the official Windows Live client in a simpler, cleaner and easier to use interface.
emesene is licensed under the GNU General Public License, and is developed by Luis Mariano Guerra along with other contributors.
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[edit] Development
emesene is cross-platform, with binaries available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The program is written using Python, GTK+, PyGTK and Pycairo.
[edit] Compatibility
The current version of emesene is compatible with the Windows Live Messenger protocol MSNP18, Jabber, Facebook and Google Talk
[edit] Official Windows Live Messenger features supported by the client are
- Offline messaging
- Personal messages
- Nudges
- Contact list retrieval from server
- Nickname and Avatar retrieval from server
- Tabbed chat windows
- Blocking/Unblocking Contacts
- File transfer
- "Now Playing" personal messages (via plugin)
[edit] Other features specific to emesene are
- Plugin Support
- Minimize to notification area (System Tray)
- Window and icon themes
- Emoticon themes
- Multilingual support
- Ubuntu Messaging Menu and Me Menu Support
- Support for external messaging systems Jabber, Facebook and Google Talk
- Growl support (OS X only)
[edit] Emesene2
Emesene2 has been released, but is still under active development, polishing and enhancement. Some modifications targeted at development:
- New Plugin system
- Session management (.NET, XMPP/Jabber, eserver)
- GUI separated from the protocol library
- All the protocol stuff runs on different threads
- The code is structured, documented and validated using pylint and following the PEP-8 guidelines
- Panel & Window Theming
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- https://www.ohloh.net/p/emesene
- http://www.osalt.com/emesene
- http://blog.emesene.org/2011/05/some-news.html
- http://blog.emesene.org/2011/04/emesene-2114-released.html
- http://blog.emesene.org/2011/07/emesene-2117.html
[edit] External links
- Official website
- emesene in Launchpad
- Emesene2
- emesene on SourceForge
- emesene on FreshPorts
- OS X version
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