Discuss differences between pidgin-twitter plugin and microblog-purple in readme

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Read Download Squad article about pidgin-twitter at
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/01/18/how-to-add-twitter-and-facebook-support-
to-pidgin-for-windows/

2. Visit pidgin-twitter site at http://honeyplanet.jp/pidgin-twitter/

3. Try to figure out how that feature set differs from this one.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected a paragraph in the README discussing the pros/cons between
microblog-purple and pidgin-twitter, but don't see one.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

microblog-plugin 0.2.4-r325, Pidgin 2.6.2, Windows XP SP3

Please provide any additional information below.

Thank you!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by markawar...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2009 at 7:37

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(Can the typo in the subject line be fixed? blob --> blog)

Original comment by markawar...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2009 at 7:37

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Hmm.
I don't see other projects having a pro/con section for "other tools doing the 
same job" (BTW: There is one other microblogging plugin for pidgin out there - 
can't remember the name)
I think it would have been the job of the article to list differences, don't 
you?

Original comment by andresen.nils@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2011 at 10:08

• Changed title: Discuss differences between pidgin-twitter plugin and microblog-purple in readme
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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There are two other plugins that I'm aware of. One is the pidgin-twitter 
mentioned above, and one is prpltwtr (http://code.google.com/p/prpltwtr/) (full 
disclosure; I'm a developer of prpltwtr).

It's been a long time since I've used pidgin-twitter, so I don't want to 
comment on that plugin. The big difference between prpltwtr and mbpurple is 
that mbpurple treats incoming tweets as an IM session, whereas prpltwtr treats 
them as a chat window. Beyond that, try both :)

Original comment by mikeage on 27 Feb 2011 at 3:21

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> "Beyond that, try both :)"
My point exactly. 
1) This issue does not make sense in one of the projects. If this is needed all 
three projects should include such a comparison
2) Those comparisons are bound to be biased. - If someone really wants to know 
the difference he/she really should try them...

I vote we set this issue to "wontfix".

Original comment by andresen.nils@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2011 at 10:44

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I vote for for wontfix too.

Original comment by somsaks on 27 Feb 2011 at 2:07

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Original comment by andresen.nils@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2011 at 4:18

• Changed state: WontFix