Let's Discuss Google Hangouts for Android
sdb-:
Quote from: SteveInWA on December 20, 2013, 10:19:37 pm
It's time to abandon any third-party Chat XMPP clients, such as OBi, Talkatone, GrooVe IP, Mo+, Voice+, Simonics Gateway, etc.
Only if you are using them for VoIP.
If you are using the third party Chat XMPP client for Chat, and especially if you are using multiple XMPP servers, then you might prefer to keep using it.
The sticky issue (at least for me) is if I will be able to continue chatting with my google contacts using my single XMPP chat client...
So far with Android 4.4.2 I consider the hangouts app to be entirely broken and unusable. I want to know and control when I send an message that it will go by my choice of XMPP or SMS, and if SMS that it will go using my choice of my mobile number or my GV number. I do not want to merge those worlds when sending, and I do not want stuff showing up in my google 'hangout' unless I specifically direct it there.
Until this mode of operation changes in the hangouts app, I won't be using it and I'll put up with separate apps instead. (Textra for mobile number SMS, GVoice for GV number SMS, and Xabber for XMPP chat.)
SteveInWA:
Quote from: sdb- on December 23, 2013, 03:03:01 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on December 20, 2013, 10:19:37 pm
It's time to abandon any third-party Chat XMPP clients, such as OBi, Talkatone, GrooVe IP, Mo+, Voice+, Simonics Gateway, etc.
Only if you are using them for VoIP.
Well, considering that this is the Obitalk forum, devoted to VoIP, then it should be clear that's what is being discussed here, not text messaging.
If you want your opinions about Hangouts to be heard, I encourage you to post over on the Google Hangouts Forum. It may not be apparent, but the developers ARE listening, and they are currently trying to improve the product to address concerns like yours. The Forum Community Manager is outstanding, and she is working with the developer team to relay the issues. The issue of SMS messages vs. Google (Hangouts, formerly Chat) messages is one of the more complex challenges they face, and what you see today in the app will likely improve in phases over the next year.
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!categories/hangouts
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