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Digital Paint Community => Other Stuff => Topic started by: P!nk on March 17, 2008, 11:24:37 PM
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Xfire is icky. It's like the official AIM client, but even MORE bloated! If they could cut down on the horrible size and overbearingness... that'd be nice. I can't stand to keep it running.
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MORE bloated, you say?? at least xfire doesn't install its own IE-shell browser and try to push AIM mail and other stuff on you.
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I haven't touched AIM in 4 years. Are they doing that crap now? D:
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well at least they were last time i even went so far as to install it. lets see, that was probably.... well, i dont know how long ago, but it's whenever they changed to that newer interface. as soon as it upgraded, i ditched it.
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Pidgin. I've nothing against the protocols- just the clients.
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So..no Xfire, aim..
What do you use? Crumb sized light speed introverted teleportic walky-talkies? o_O
:D how did you know?!
lol actually i use trillian. some people hate on it but i just tell 'em it uses less RAM than pidgin. i wonder... might it be because of that big ol' GTK? *ponders*
...I've nothing against the protocols- just the clients.
yep, same. bloatware they are.
now, if pidgin/trillian could only get Xfire stuff under their skins... THEN we'd be cookin.
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Pidgin. I've nothing against the protocols- just the clients.
Pidgin is awesome. I found a xfire plugin too. I'll use that when I'm on my desktop (the plugin). My desktop is Ubuntu, so xfire doesn't like it.
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now, if pidgin/trillian could only get Xfire stuff under their skins... THEN we'd be cookin.
Pidgin is awesome. I found a xfire plugin too. I'll use that when I'm on my desktop (the plugin). My desktop is Ubuntu, so xfire doesn't like it.
So if you get pidgin, you can then get this plugin and see messages in game and what not?
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Haha, no. That'd be nice, though. :)
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So if you get pidgin, you can then get this plugin and see messages in game and what not?
That would be nice, but alas it can only use the protocol.
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I think even that is shaky.
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Yea, it doesn't have all of the games named correctly. Like it would say something like "Zorchenhimer is playing 4297."
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lol actually i use trillian. some people hate on it but i just tell 'em it uses less RAM than pidgin. i wonder... might it be because of that big ol' GTK?
Who has such little RAM that it even makes a difference?!!? :P
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I think this is why Pidgin uses more ram.
Pidgin:
(http://zorch.viciouz.co.uk/pics/pidgin.jpg)
Trillian:
(http://zorch.viciouz.co.uk/pics/trillian.jpg)
Edit: and yes, I installed Trillian just for that screenshot. It tries to install a bunch of other crap too.
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So these messaging programs basically are a client that will be able to talk to multiple messaging programs with just one program?
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Yes.
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But they are more horrible than the clients they try to replace. Just stick with MSN, best of a bad bunch...
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I disagree with that entirely.
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I disagree with that entirely.
I concur with your disconcurrence.
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if im having to use an IM client, I want it to at least look decent... Pidgin looks terrible, I have enough RAM not to care about a little bloat...
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Edit: and yes, I installed Trillian just for that screenshot. It tries to install a bunch of other crap too.
it does?? like what?? i dont remember it doing that.
I disagree with that entirely.
i also concur.
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It looks like an application. :P
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Way to edit out the butt-buddies column.
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it does?? like what?? i dont remember it doing that.
Some weather crap that it sticks in your system tray and the Ask Toolbar for IE.
if im having to use an IM client, I want it to at least look decent... Pidgin looks terrible, I have enough RAM not to care about a little bloat...
I just haven't gotten around to making it look pretty yet. :P
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It looks like an application. :P
It looks boring... I like the way Live Messenger looks, its trés pretty.
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Vista fan, eh?
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yea but live messenger 8 is... weird... but hey, i got it ad-free :) but i found the speech function is not quite friendly with a router... i haven't able to find the port number that allows me to do that...
are there people out there still using the dinosaurus icq?? lol The last best version of icq99... after that it became garbage when aol bought it.
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Vista fan, eh?
Don't have enough RAM :(
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Man, get 2 one gig sticks for under $100 US off of newegg.
My 2 one gig ram sticks came together for $75 US over a year ago.