These are big tasks for Empathy that could be part of Google Summer of Code or GNOME Women's Outreach Programme, etc. Also see Empathy/Roadmap.

1. Empathy specific

• Rich text messaging

  • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569250

• Multi-user video

  • http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599168

• Improve multi-user chat (what?)

  • http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599184

• Missed call support/logging for calls

  • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575675

• Nudges/pokes
• Support for retrieving logs from server (e.g. for GMail)

  • https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23844

  • https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23845

  • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594062

• Make contact groups reorderable (short task)

  • https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523087

2. Telepathy GNOME integration

• New libsocialweb/mission-control/everything accounts dialog for gnome-control-center

  • mockups

• Port gnome-game multiplayer to Telepathy Tubes
• Share Epiphany bookmarks with contacts

3. Folks

• libsocialweb backends
• e-d-s writable backend
• Gnome Desktop integration
  • gnome-shell search provider
  • Banshee Telepathy plugin replacement
  • Rhythmbox plugin
  • nautilus-sendto rebase upon Folks
  • gnome-games integration