After two concerted-but-aborted attempts to wean myself off of Trillian in the last year or so, I finally think I’ve done it. I’m a Pidgin user now. Pidgin doesn’t support audio and video like Trillian does, but I find that I use Skype almost exclusively for online audio and video conversations these days, so those features weren’t key. Otherwise, the apps are damn similar – including the once or twice per day crashes – but c’est la vie.
The Skype IM integration and Facebook IM integration are just great on Pidgin – I’m way impressed. Lots of other neat plugins too!
Do check it out if you’re looking for a multi-protocol IM client.
June 26, 2008 at 9:03 |
How does it compare to Digsby, but current favorite?
June 26, 2008 at 10:09 |
Digsby seemed to do similar stuff. It wasn’t clear to me that it did much more than Pidgin to forego the great plugins, which I use extenstively. I use one computer, basically, so the server-side sync isn’t that valuable, and I’m not sure I like the idea of them having that level of unfettered access to all those accounts
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June 26, 2008 at 16:34 |
Have not had any crashed on Pidgin, actually. But I use it almost exclusively for AIM.
What plugins are you using?
June 26, 2008 at 19:37 |
ACCOUNTS: AIM x2, Y!M x2, MSN x2, XMPP x2, ICQ, Skype, Facebook
PLUGINS: OTR, Windows Pidgin Options, Release Notification, Offline Message Emulation, History, Mesage Timestamp Formats
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