What IM client do you use?

[Aikar]

Originally Posted by Erumaron

it's GDI+ on windows version

I'm on windows, and its totally GTK.

Look em up:
GDI: Graphics Device Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GTK: GTK+ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Erumaron]

word, my brain sees what it wants...I just checked again and you're right.

[PerritoBites]

More compact UI for Digsby because someone requested it....

Took me exactly 7 clicks and about 10 seconds to change Digsby to look like this... I am sure you can further edit the UI to make it look like you want.

[Aikar]

My pidgin looks sorta the same.

[MrGraham]

Meebo.com, even integrates gmail talk now. I use multiple pc's in a day though, so I'm biased.

[CalhoonJugganaut]

I used to be able to send folders to my producer thru AIM but I guess that 6.0 version fucked that up

[The Ancient]

Pidgen.

[Erumaron]

Originally Posted by CalhoonJugganaut

I used to be able to send folders to my producer thru AIM but I guess that 6.0 version fucked that up

I mentioned it earlier but "AIM pro" is a pretty handy little program.

AIM Pro - AIM

[Chaotic]

with digsby - a couple of questions:


One , how can I manually sort my buddy list groups? They are way out of wack from AIM and it just throws me off big time. Their auto-sort options don't help me.

Two, is there anywhere to get skins? It only comes with two built in skins neither of which really suit me. I tried googling it but only got a link to the official forums.

Three, anyway to import your aim profile / away messages? Not too big a deal but w/e


Otherwise, HUGE thumbs up for this program. In the matter of five minutes I no longer have to check my :

AOL, Gmail, Hotmail email accounts.
AIM will never be signed on again.
Myspace and facebook integration no more constantly checking stuff or wondering.

A+ would do business again.

[PerritoBites]

Here is a site with digsby skins:
Skins | Digsby Themes - digsbies.org

One , how can I manually sort my buddy list groups? They are way out of wack from AIM and it just throws me off big time. Their auto-sort options don't help me.

I dunno, but ill check out on the forums.... I the developers actually respond to questions on their forums so ill try it out. Keep in mind the program is still under beta.


Btw, here is an article about Digsby background... if you are interested :P
Reporter Online | RIT Grads Enter IM Business

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

A team of RIT graduates has produced a new instant messenger client called digsby that they soon hope to launch as a commercial product.

Steve Shapiro, an Information Technology graduate and a former president of Student Government, is the creator of the company dotSyntax, which employs six other RIT graduates. “There are currently four programmers, one system administrator, one marketing director, and myself. We are located here at the [RIT] Incubator,” he said.

Shapiro created his company and the idea behind digsby because of an assignment to write a business plan. He came up with the idea of an IM platform because it did not need a large capital base. When he was done with the assignment, he realized that he had a viable business plan sitting in his hands. “After this class, I had this 100 page booklet of my plan and I really had faith in it,” he said. “So I pulled out my rolodex to see if [I knew anyone who] would be interested in investing.”

“The financing was with two private investors, and that’s how the project got started,” explained Shaprio. dotSyntax is a for profit venture, although they “are not yet operating on a revenue model.” It’s not clear how dotSyntax could switch to generating profit, as the team has kept quiet about their business intentions during interviews. Several online publications speculate that such a model could employ some form of advertising.

So, what sets digsby apart from other IM integration clients like Trillian or Pidgin? Per Shapiro, there are two key differences. “The first major difference is the usability aspect… Our goal was to make a very user friendly [interface] aimed at a mass market audience. Therefore, the core focus of this operation was to make it very easy to use for the average person,” he said. Shapiro believes this focus differentiates his team’s product from other products on the market.

“The second major difference is the addition of email and social networks [integration].” digsby sports six instant messenger and six email clients that users can integrate into the system. “The protocols were chosen because they are the most popular,” said Shapiro. The instant messenger clients available are AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber; the email clients are Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, IMAP, and POP accounts. Some of these protocols were “reversed engineered, which is a long and difficult process... [so] the client took us two years to create.”

Users also have the options of using the social networks Facebook and MySpace. More systems are soon to be available.

Shapiro said that digsby is aimed for a global audience because of its client choices. Although ICQ is not popular in America, it was chosen because it has a strong hold in “Russia, Israel, and a few points around Europe.”
digsby is not named after anyone or anything in particular. Shapiro came up with 20 interesting available domain names, and then sent out an opinion survey. The name ‘digsby’ came back as the winner.

Shapiro said that the company hopes to have a complete launch in the next two or three weeks. In the meantime, RIT students can download the program for free by going to the website Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks and typing in the code RIT.

[JeydaX]

I used to use AIM 5.9 (old version.) When they upgraded I stuck with it, but got sick of it after a while. I used meebo for about 3 months until I decided to finally become unlazy and do a test to find a decent chat client.

I tested Trillian, Pidgin, AIM 5.9, Meebo, and a few others to see which used to least amount of resources. Pidgin used very little resources and didn't fluctuate at all. The rest were resource hogs (relatively) so I went with Pidgin... has the best interface as well, imo.

[Northerner]

Trillian, right up until I stopped using that shit and got a decent phone. (c'05?)

[Nenai]

definately have to check out digsby now. Anyone have a good all in one messenger that is free for my blackberry? Mainly with google talk and AIM. those are all that matter to me.

[AladainAF]

Pidgin ftw.

[Kevincheese]

Trillian.