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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: KappaWing on October 15, 2007, 06:10:03 pm

Title: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: KappaWing on October 15, 2007, 06:10:03 pm

Needs to connect to:

-MSN/WLM
-Gtalk
-AIM
-Yahoo

Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: Tyrian on October 15, 2007, 06:19:07 pm

Trillian.  It'll do everything except GTalk (which I've never heard of).

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: KappaWing on October 15, 2007, 06:22:17 pm

Gtalk = Google Talk.

Yeah I know about trillion but I need to have Gtalk covered.

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: Unknown Target on October 15, 2007, 06:24:34 pm

Pidgin's good, and it has GTalk. Much more stable than it used to be, although it does still have some problems (not large).

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: achtung on October 15, 2007, 07:35:50 pm

I use Pidgin exclusively anymore.

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: Nuke on October 15, 2007, 10:33:26 pm

i use pidgin as well. it has fewer bugs than trillian.

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: jr2 on October 16, 2007, 12:30:51 am

Pidgin (http://www.pidgin.im) & Miranda IM (http://www.miranda-im.org)

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: karajorma on October 16, 2007, 06:23:19 am

Pidgen didn't impress me when I tried it earlier this week. It crashed once on install and then again as soon as I added an account.

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: TrashMan on October 16, 2007, 07:49:58 am

I use Trillins.. It's friggin SWEET :)

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: jr2 on October 16, 2007, 08:51:20 am

Quote from: karajorma on October 16, 2007, 06:23:19 am

Pidgen didn't impress me when I tried it earlier this week. It crashed once on install and then again as soon as I added an account.

:wtf:  Hmm.  Strange.  Never had it crash on me.. but I'm using version 2.2.0 .  You probably got 2.2.1?

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: karajorma on October 18, 2007, 05:28:01 am

I got whichever one is on their homepage.

Title: Re: Looking for good All in one IM software.
Post by: jr2 on October 18, 2007, 07:01:45 am

Ah, I see that perhaps it was 2.2.0 that crashed on you... I don't have MSN ppl nudge me much.

Quote from: http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23

Pidgin Security Advisory
Title   MSN Remote "Nudge" DoS
Date   27 September 2007
CVE Name   CVE-2007-4996
Discovered By   Evan Schoenberg
Summary   MSN nudges sent from unknown buddies can cause libpurple 2.2.0 to crash
Description   A remote MSN user that is not on the buddy list can cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a nudge message. The protocol plugin attempts to look up the buddy's information and accesses an invalid memory location if the user is not on the buddy list. This only affects libpurple version 2.2.0, older versions are not affected.
Fixed in Version   2.2.1
Fix   The nudge functionality in the MSN protocol has been rewritten to avoid an unnecessary lookup of buddy information.

Return to Security Advisory Index

Quote from: New Version Available window popup when I start Pidgin

You are using Pidgin version 2.2.0.  The current version is 2.2.1.  You can get it from http://pidgin.im/

---

ChangeLog:
version 2.2.1 (09/29/2007):
   http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.2.1
      NOTE: Due to the backporting that happened for the actual
            release, it is possible bugs marked as fixed in 2.2.1
            will not be fixed until 2.2.2.

   libpurple:
   * A few build issues on Solaris were fixed.
   * Cancelling the password prompt for an account will no longer leave
     it in an ambiguous state.  (It will be disabled.)
   * Fixed an erroneous size display for MSN file transfers. (galt)
   * Fixed multiple memory leaks, particularly in XMPP and MySpace
     protocols
   * Fixed remembering proxy preferences and status scores
   * Gmail notifications are better tracked

   Pidgin:
   * Fixed keyboard tab reordering to move tabs one step instead of two.
   * You should no longer lose proxy settings when Pidgin is restarted.
   * Fixed detection of X11 when compiling

   Finch:
   * Pressing 'Insert' in the buddylist will bring up the 'Add Buddy'
     dialog.