3 posts tagged “jabber”
How many IM addresses do you have? What are they for?
Almost submitted by clippedwings. But not.
Like most old hands at Internet, I have a bunch of IM accounts: AIM, work AIM, mobile AIM, ICQ, Y!M, Google Talk, LiveJournal Talk, work talk. I did revive my canceled Twitter account, to keep the name, but I should probably rebuild my network so I can if I ever make the in-browser update spooler I want (sort of Jaiku on the client).
Let it be known that I love Jabber. I almost wrote a client for Jabber when I started university (in Java), but it ended up sourceforge abandonware like so many other people's projects. I even started using Pidgin on the laptop because it provides a moderately better Jabber experience than Trillian Pro (best UX but flaky on the protocol) or Pandion (warmed over UX). Optimally someone would put the Google client interface on libpurple (the protocol underpinnings of both Pidgin and Adium), but it's not been done yet.
The notable exception is Windows Live Messenger. Not got one of those. (I do have an Xbox Live account, though, so I almost do.)
I decided not to get a Sidekick 3 for now, as you can't get Jabber for it. Broken has one, so I know it's at least decent (though some people on forums say it's not as sturdy or not-nerfed or good as the Sidekick 2). I would go get one today if it had Jabber.
It isn't out yet, so I haven't had the chance to decide against the Motorola FONE, the ultimate next generation dumbphone. That or the W220. Except they don't have Jabber either.
