Nigel L responds:
Andrea Monni wrote:
> DeMoN LaG wrote:
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>> You could always try Trillian, it connects to AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo
>> and ICQ
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> Sorry for the offtopic: does it work well with the latest ICQ protocol
> release? If it does it sounds like a solution for me: sometimes I have
> Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ IMs active!
>
> Andrea
Doesn't seem offtopic -- messaging is an important web app; having
all those messaging services simultaneously in the browser sidebar would
be a KILLER APP.
Answering about Trillian: I installed it last night (latest: 0.71)
and it seems to work fine. In AIM, I find that fewer capacities are
listed as available, but they're not ones I and buddies would be likely
to use. Clearly, the absence of AOL ads is a plus (don't let anyone
else know ;-) -- if AOL finds out, they might sabotage this, as they
apparently do with Jabber connectivity). I'm guessing that Yahoo's
strong web cam support isn't passed on.
About Jabber: I had also tried out a Java-based app called Shaolo.
Author Shawn says an updating bug will be resolved in a few days. It
looks promising, but AOL evidently keeps changing specs so the Jabber
servers can't hook in.
Nigel L
