Bug 129829 - Please add a "Cybercafe Mode" to Kopete...
Summary: Please add a "Cybercafe Mode" to Kopete...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kopete
Classification: Applications
Component: libkopete (show other bugs)
Version: 0.10.3
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kopete Developers
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Reported: 2006-06-26 05:21 UTC by Gabriel Gazzán
Modified: 2024-03-15 11:43 UTC (History)
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Description Gabriel Gazzán 2006-06-26 05:21:56 UTC
Version:           0.10.3 (using KDE 3.4.2, Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker)
Compiler:          Target: i586-mandriva-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.12-12mdk

First of all, let me say that Kopete is a great piece of software and I use it all day at my personal machine. Appreciating it as much as I do, through time I've been seeing that there is truly a need to have in KDE the ability to handle "casual" IM connections, besides the traditional ones we are accustomed to as full time "sedentary" users.

So I'd like to ask you to consider the inclusion of a "Cybercafe Mode" or "Public PC Mode" (or whatever similar name you come up with), under which Kopete could behave just like a simple IM client (i.e.: no KDE user addressbook/contact list integration, perhaps just one IM protocol connection at a time if it simplifies the implementation, and other simplifications you see fit).

The fact is that if KDE is to be deployed in public places (cybercafes, trade-show booths, public offices, etc.), where the machine is locked using one system user and where lots of people are intended to be using it, it becomes evident that KDE, as the user friendly environment it is, has to provide a simple way to let people connect to their favorite IM system, requesting only a username and a password, and temporarily getting the contacts from the server at connect time, without leaving a trace of them after the user logs out. The reasons behind this requested behaviour range from simplicity of procedures (just user, password and go!) to security ones (nobody wants his personal contact list being left available to others on a public machine).

As I envision it, when connecting using this proposed "Cybercafe Mode" the application would present a simple dialog in which the user has to select the preferred IM protocol to use (ICQ, MSN, etc.) and its username and password strings (much like the "official" IM clients do, except in Kopete the user should also select the protocol to use).
When the user logs in, the user contacts are fetched from the server, and when he/she logs out they are not stored anywhere.

I think the idea is really simple and most important, really needed!
I understand, though, that the implementation could have its difficulties, so all I ask is for you to pleace consider it, and see if it's feasible with the limited resources I know you have.

Many thanks!
Comment 1 Gabor Körber 2007-06-06 01:48:11 UTC
I think this is rather something which is generally linked to KDE. Or more or less the job of the administration of the internet café

Because, it is easily achieved by designing the login in the cybercafe of KDE with copying .kde from a predefined directory to the home of the login user (in the kdm login script), or even better designing a multi user unix system, where personal folder is available on a central server and mounted at runtime.

second option is not always possible, but the first one is pretty easy and leaves no tracks after logout.

I know this feature has been brought by some of the IMs out there (from the funny screensaver API from Redmond), which leave you the option to log the user out automatically or another button like "official mode", but I know through personal experience, that none of them really work, since Internet Cafés mostly dont let users login (thats a problem under non NIX OSes), instead they use a sort of screensaver to lock the screen - which doesnt log you out from your favorite IM.

even if it would be a nice add-on, i dont see the point for kopete, because it is already possible under *nix in a more clean and easy way to achieve this.
Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2010-08-31 04:10:40 UTC
A question besides: Is there a way of just connecting to a ICQ/MSN/whatever account without having to dig through kopete settings and create any profile, so just enter icq number and password to connect like the most messengers do?
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