Bug 55168

Summary:	Connect to Yahoo Groups chat?
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	CY <smustudent1>
Component:	Yahoo Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	abhay.kedia, amitshah, avuton, maarizwan, opensource
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description CY 2003-02-25 18:14:56 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc 3.2 
OS:          Linux

I don't know how practical this is, but I was wondering if there was any chance the Yahoo plugin could be extended to handle Yahoo Group chats?  Currently the only interface that exists for those is a java window, which is often less than optimal.  It seems to be a little different setup from the regular Yahoo Message stuff, but I thought I would pose the question in hopes someone was willing and able to make it work.

Comment 1 Matt Rogers 2003-07-22 20:09:52 UTC

This will go in sometime after Kopete 0.7 is released, along with a lot of 
other cool and new features. :)

Comment 2 CY 2003-07-23 06:19:15 UTC

Cool :-).  Let me know when testing time comes - I'll be very glad to try it
out.  Just to be sure - did I identify the specific chat setup in question well
enough?  There seem to be several variations of Yahoo chat envrionments.  The
one I'm talking about is the one members of a groups.yahoo.com group would see
after clicking the Chat link in the left hand menu, which is apparently
completely separate from other Yahoo chat setups.  It basically acts as a
stripped down version of IRC, with some cute IM style emoticons and such thrown
in.  You need to  be a member of the Yahoo group to even access it.  Are we on
the same page?

Comment 3 Matt Rogers 2003-07-23 06:31:27 UTC

Yes, we are. The bug will be closed when I actually get this implemented, and you'll be 
able to test it then (since it will be in CVS).

Comment 4 Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 2003-08-25 07:52:46 UTC

I started coding support for conference rooms. I hope to get it working soon

Comment 5 Matt Rogers 2003-12-21 15:50:14 UTC

*** Bug 70902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Matt Rogers 2003-12-21 15:51:22 UTC

reassigning to kopete-devel since duncan doesn't have time to code anymore :(

Comment 7 Mathieu Jobin 2004-01-06 00:59:21 UTC

does connecting to those yahoo groups chat is the same procedure as joining a friend playing on games.yahoo.com ?

gaim support that, its very handy to reach a friend on yahoo Games.

i guess yahoo dont make any difference between chats and games. you are log'in into the website and you are in some sort or room in both case.

Comment 8 Andre Duffeck 2005-12-10 08:10:56 UTC

*** Bug 98370 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Andre Duffeck 2006-03-08 15:08:06 UTC

Yahoo chat does no longer exist in this form and is no longer supported even in the official client.

Comment 10 Eric@Helsinki 2006-04-11 14:25:29 UTC

Hi,
Well, I read carefully many bug/wishlist report about this topic.
I understand the yahoo! medium doesn't support the chat rooms anymore. OK.
But it supports a simple feature: the possibility to invite a third user to an already opened chat.
Like kopete can handle it with the MSN plugin:
In the GUI: Click on "Chat" >> "Invite" >> "User name"
That's for MSN. 
I don't understand why this is written as "resolved".
Should I get another version of the plugin?
I'm running kopete 0.11.1.
Thanks.

Comment 11 Andre Duffeck 2006-04-11 14:30:30 UTC

That's called conferences and is supported in Kopete 0.12.

Comment 12 Abhay Kedia 2006-08-27 21:31:01 UTC

On 2006-03-08 15:08, Andre Duffeck wrote: 
> Yahoo chat does no longer exist in this form and is no longer supported even > in the official client.

I came in searching for this kind of bug report as well. Gaim supports such chat and official Windows client does too. Please implement it for Kopete as well.