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发表于 2005-12-13 11:44:24
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a standalone app compared to a plugin of kopete has its pros and cons:
standalone app:
pros:
the schedule of release is flexible
all code are under direct control
UI can be customized to its extreme
cons:
every single piece of code has to be implemented (such as video and audio support, although kopete has not implemented that either, but it will someday)
with the flexibility of coding, it sometimes leads to not-so-maintainable code base (multi account is straightforward if this is a plugin to kopete, as the framework of kopete ensures that)
on the other hands, all the pros of standalone app is the drawbacks of plugin, and vice versa
in long term, I doubt a standalone one is preferrable in terms of scalability and maintainability, and code-reuse.
Just my opinion... |
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