One of the “I thought it would never come” moments in the open source software industry would be audio and video support in Pidgin. Now it is here! Almost… Windows is not yet supported. With the release of Pidgin 2.6.1. audio and video is finally supported in the xmpp protocol (used by GTalk). I...
Read more →The eco-system around Pidgin is fantastic, below is yet another cool plug-in tip for it. Pidgin-Twitter plug-in works with Linux and Windows for you to get back into posting to and receiving notes from Twitter (also works well with Identi.ca too!). Steps to get it working: download and install the plug-in the plug-in; go...
Read more →Listed on the roadmap to Gnome 2.24 is the integration with Empathy, a multi-protocol IM client. This integration could be a sign of a replacement for Pidgin and Ekiga with one single SIP and multi-protocol IM application. For this article I tested Empathy to see how it works and if...
Read more →Our favorite IM client has just gotten a really cool plug-in, Facebook chat for Pidgin. So now we can connect to 16 different IM protocols with Pidgin. Pretty cool, right?! The plug-in itself comes in a pretty easy installer for Windows and Linux. Tested and works very well.
Read more →Pidgin is on a fast development track and just came out with their new version 2.4.1. There are several updates, such as: Add support for setting buddy icons on Gadu-Gadu (Tomasz Salacinski) Fix incorrectly marking some Yahoo! contacts as blocked Increase XMPP ping timeout to 120 seconds, to prevent poor network connections from timing...
Read more →After a week offline due to health reasons, we’re back! Apologies to our readers Pidgin, the milti-platform, multi-protocol, instant messaging client has released its version 2.4.0. There were several updates and bugfixes implemented, such as: Added support for offline messages for AIM accounts Support for Yahoo! Messenger 7.0+ file transfer method Input text area...
Read more →I’ve recently had to tweak two Windows computers because they were acting too sluggish. When I checked the processes running, I found several MS Live apps running and also when searching on the list of programs installed, there were several more MS programs installed. Microsoft really tries to push their products. Which is why...
Read more →Over the years I’ve created several email accounts and shared them with some friends and family to be in touch through Instant Messengers (IM). Being online for each account meant I had to open 4 different programs, each for one specific IM (AOL, MSN, Google Talk, Y!IM). That was before all before I found...
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