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10 Introduction to the <app>Empathy</app> instant messenger.
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
14 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
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21 <title>Introduction</title>
24 <app>Empathy</app> is an instant messaging application for the GNOME Desktop.
25 It supports text messaging, voice & video calls, file transfers, and all the
26 most used messaging systems such as MSN and Google Talk.
29 <app>Empathy</app> includes features that help you better collaborate while at work,
30 and that let you easily keep in touch with your friends.
33 Using <app>Empathy</app>, you can group all the conversations in a single window,
34 have multiple windows for different kind of conversations, easily search through
35 your previous conversations, and share your desktop in just two clicks.
39 <title><gui>Contact List</gui> window</title>
40 <desc><app>Empathy</app> main window</desc>
41 <media type="image" src="figures/empathy-main-window.png" mime="image/png" style="right">
42 <p><app>Empathy</app> main window.</p>