Last week I see a entry in DLFP(Da Linux French Page)’s users Journal about Kopete looking for developpers. This picked out my curiosity because I always wanted to be involved in KDE developpment in some ways but Internet connection(I’m on 56k) and C++/Qt/KDE knowledge wasn’t sufficent.
But now I’m more fluencly in C++ and I have done some Qt developpment for fun. I know KDE architecture because I tried several times to write my own KDE application.

So I looked into KDE bugzilla database for Junior Jobs in Kopete. A junior job is a easy task to complete, it is to get familiar with the Kopete.
As a first attempt, I selected the bug #85281: “Add account wizard should be simpler”. The description of the bug was more about the “Add contact wizard” so I hacked the add contact wizard.

I tried to merge the Welcome and Select Protocol page together, but the final page has too much text, so finally I just changed the order of the wizard page, and added the focus on the List box. (I will post a screenshot soon of this attempt.)

Finally, my implication into Kopete will be on user interface issues, MSN protocol and Jabber protocol. I thinking also writing simple plugins as I come with ideas

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