Google Summer of Code 2013 for chat/Instantbird

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Mozilla is doing Google Summer of Code 2013 [1][2], Instantbird participated the last two years with JS-XMPP (by varuna) and the Import Wizard (by wnayes), both projects of which were successful! Both Instantbird and Thunderbird use our JavaScript XMPP code and we're attempting to integrate the Import Wizard into Instantbird, where the UI could then be uplifted into Thunderbird.

It is time to start thinking about (and brainstorming) ideas for the chat in this year's GSoC! We've started a bit of brainstorming at [3], but would love to get more ideas from people. Remember that a good GSoC project needs to be something that can be completed by a student in ~8 weeks (but also has to keep a student busy!) and would be something that would be integrated into Instantbird by default. It is also good to have a particular goal with expected behavior.

Feel free to respond here or come chat with us on IRC (#instantbird on irc.mozilla.org).

--Patrick

[1] http://blog.gerv.net/2013/02/summer-of-code-2013/
[2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Community:SummerOfCode13
[3] https://etherpad.mozilla.org/ib-gsoc-2013