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*** Need some user research.
*** Need some user research.
** Where do we start?
** Where do we start?
*** Instantbird has JS (MPL-trilicensed code) for twitter and soon for XMPP and IRC.
*** Instantbird has JS (MPL-trilicensed) code for twitter and soon for XMPP and IRC.
*** Lots of closed protocols can be supported through libpurple; however libpurple is GPLed so we can't ship libpurple plugins by default, they would have to be add-ons.
*** Lots of closed protocols can be supported through libpurple; however libpurple is GPLed so we can't ship libpurple plugins by default, they would have to be add-ons.
*** We may want to promote open standards, which are better aligned with the Mozilla Manifesto.
*** We may want to promote open standards, which are better aligned with the Mozilla Manifesto.
*** Supporting XMPP (-> Google Talk and Facebook), IRC (and maybe twitter) would be enough to experiment with the UI; we can add more later.
*** Supporting the XMPP protocol (giving access to the Google Talk and Facebook Chat networks), IRC and maybe Twitter would be enough to experiment with the UI; we can add support for more networks later.


* Who are the target users?
* Who are the target users?
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