
KDE Telepathy 0.2
The KDE Telepathy team is pleased to announce its second release. KDE Telepathy is a suite of applications that form an instant-messaging client for Jabber, Gmail, Facebook, MSN and more. KDE Telepathy stands out from previous instant messaging solutions by being able to integrate into the Plasma Workspaces, and can also be used like a traditional application.
This release features:
- KWallet integration for storing passwords
- A Plasmoid for instant access to a contact
- Ability to set status to the currently playing track from Amarok, Clementine or any other mpris2-compatible player
- Auto Away
- Progress bar and cancel button for file transfers
- Over 130 bug fixes and tweaks since 0.1!
The Value of Sprints
The whole team met at the Woshibon 2 sprint in Cambridge, UK (14th-18th September). This sprint was sponsored by both KDE e.V. and Collabora. It allowed us to resolve many of the details in this release, and plan more long term as well. All things considered, intensive KDE sprints get more done in less time than working only online. If you would like to support development sprints like this, please consider
Joining the Game.

KDE Telepathy Sprint attendees.
The Future
This is an early release, far from what we consider the "finished product". However all the functionality works and many of us now use it as a daily instant messaging client.
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