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I had the same question. This seemed to be their answer:

> A number of clients already exist for the XMPP protocol, however Dino sets a different focus. Existing clients target tech-savvy power users. The XMPP ecosystem lacks a client that is enjoyable to use while providing the features people expect from a modern chat application.

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I'm sure one needs to be more tech-savvy to use Dino than to use Pidgin :), but I understand they were likely not thinking about Pidgin, but it does exist.

fwiw Pidgin is the cause of many rants in the XMPP "inner circles" since the adoption of new feature is close to 0.

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