Axeman
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MSn - tried both Trillian and GAIM, but both had probs with file transfers, so I gave up....
Yep. Certainly was - though I think it was a slightly different protocol; it was before they added a reply bit to the instant messaging section of the program. If you wanted to send a message, you had to right click and choose message. If you wanted to chat, you chose chat, and got a completely different interface where every character was sent... could be quite goodRico posted on Aug 21 2004 at 12:23 AM said:That sounds cool; I found myself thinking about it a long time ago but didn't think any messenger app was bored enough to implement such a thingIf anything, it kills off the old "'User is typing a message...' then nothing is sent" annoyance.
Mac's are out of my price range and I like windows compatibility, just not the GUI.Rico posted on Aug 20 2004 at 05:41 PM said:THAT'S windows!? Go and buy a Mac already, honestly, pleaseIf you prefer the Mac GUI for everything, won't you be happier with a real Mac?
Regardless, I'm impressed.
Hmm... mixed results here. 'Is typing a message' doesn't always work, sometimes I get messages 'instantly' but it seems to depend on who's on the other end, so it might be a protocol issue in newer versions.EvilDragon posted on Aug 21 2004 at 12:48 PM said:The thing I don't like about Trillian:
When using ICQ, it doesn't check if the message arrives...
So if you have connection problems, you can't be sure it came through.
That's why I use Miranda (and because you can do a lot more with it)
Well, I mainly use ICQ and IRC and ICQCorp (that's an internal ICQ where you can setup a server in a company... real cool for business communication).Rico posted on Aug 22 2004 at 12:37 AM said:Hmm... mixed results here. 'Is typing a message' doesn't always work, sometimes I get messages 'instantly' but it seems to depend on who's on the other end, so it might be a protocol issue in newer versions.EvilDragon posted on Aug 21 2004 at 12:48 PM said:The thing I don't like about Trillian:
When using ICQ, it doesn't check if the message arrives...
So if you have connection problems, you can't be sure it came through.
That's why I use Miranda (and because you can do a lot more with it)
Connection checking on MSN seems flawed whatever. Occasionally I have sent text and it never gets replied... then I paste it again to the person and it's the first time he's seen it. This happens whatever client I'm on - MSN doesn't seem to have notification. You'd think it would :/ if it was p2p it would, of course, due to ACK packets. But it's server based so there's two points of failure and no communication between them. Also fairly suspicious :/