I wasn't too sure of where I should put this.. well anyway I got the idea that Kopete should be more intuitive to use for new users. I was envisioning something like this:
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This dialog box would popup on startup, and you can pick the network(s) you want to connect to; it would function as a quick connect, so that one wouldn't have to create an account in kopete to login to $network. In the [likely] case your account id is different on different networks, or if you want to save other settings than just the account id, you can create a "group account", where you can specify what networks you want to connect to by default etc.
In the account id field, you can either type in your account id, or just select it from the dropdown list (MSN Messenger style, where you can select accounts you have previously logged in with). When you select a group account, the network(s) and nickname you were last logged in with would be automatically selected (the defaults can of course be adjusted before you connect). The modify button would only be used to modify accounts you've created in Kopete.
Any comments, or other ideas?