| Patrick Cloke
| IRC, XMPP, Twitter and Yahoo have already been implemented in JavaScript and should not be considered; Some base code exists for OSCAR (AIM/ICQ); SIP, Bonjour and OSCAR are probably the most wanted protocols.
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| Off-The-Record messaging integration
| ''Goal: Integrate OTR in an easy to use fashion.''
OTR is an often requested feature, but must be integrated in such a way to require little user interaction. Furthermore, the student could try to make Instantbird compliant with the secure messaging checklist suggested by Saint-Andre (link?)
| JavaScript, XUL, XPCOM, maybe js-ctypes or C++
| Patrick Cloke
| Patrick Cloke
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