Gaim Releases Version 1.0.0 326
bfree writes "Congratulations to all in the gaim team as they release for download version 1.0.0 (changelog). For those who don't know what gaim is, you could read the full answer on their site but for the lazy: 'Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM (Oscar and TOC protocols), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks.' Gaim is also the 2nd most active project on Sourceforge and the 4th most popular on Freshmeat and seemingly all round #1 Free IM client!"
gaim (Score:5, Interesting)
why 1.0? (Score:5, Interesting)
on the mac... (Score:3, Interesting)
Congratulations (Score:3, Interesting)
Thanks guys - it's amazing how much Gaim has expanded. I check regularly for a release and have pushed many people to check it out.
Too heavy.. (Score:5, Interesting)
miranda on the other hand works quite nicely, btw we use jabber only (no msn/yahoo/icq/oscar support).
no mac binary (Score:5, Interesting)
Video/audio sound support? (Score:4, Interesting)
But, what I _really_ need is video/audio support for MSN, Y! and AIM. I am asking for this for 2 years now, no one in the OSS community has managed to integrate something like that to a multi-IM application.
No, Gnomemeeting is not the same, it is not compatible with the 99,9% of the IM world. It is a conference app, I just need integrated video/audio for MSN, Y! and AIM.
my gaim experiences (Score:4, Interesting)
I went through the pain of getting gtk built on my machine, and actually emailed the gaim people (just 2 guys back then, iirc) some trivial diffs to make gaim not die on irix.
Back in school i think i complained about how linux-centric f/oss software was (nothing written by a linux user ever clean compiled on irix... and not often on solaris..) and gaim was certainly not stellar in this regard..
Now i'm less antsy about such things.. and despite not really like the "penguin pimps" attitude i seem to recall the gaim crew having,
AOL AIM client for Win32 is so bad that installing Gtk32 and Gaim seems like the path of least resistance
It's nice that there's a non-AOL AIM client. I'm an IE, Media Player, and XP user, but even I can't stand AOL's installers and apps
Work and offshore developers (Score:4, Interesting)
Now you could say this about any instant messaging client, but Gaim supports a nice bunch of protocols and VERY regularly brings out a new update. There have been a number of problems with Yahoo in the 0.7x series, but these have been gone for long now. I plan on using it for a LONG time to come.
I've wanted to use paypal to donate, but they don't support that; instead they sell stuff on eBay but I find that too much of a hassle.
Re:on the mac... (Score:2, Interesting)
If someone wants to experience gaim on os x the answer is AdiumX. While I might not have answered the question that directly in the previous post, how's this for two reasons:
I prefer AdiumX because it has a more simplistic, elegant design than Fire does by default. Your buddy list takes up less screen real-estate in AdiumX, for example. Also, though they are no real use to me, someone might want the extra protocols that gaim/adiumx supports that Fire doesn't.
Just a few thoughts.
Re:on the mac... (Score:5, Interesting)
I tried Fire, I tried Proteus, and I tried Adium. For multi-protocol, I use Adium.
But on a day-to-day basis for 99%+ of my chats, I use iChat. I like the simplicity, the stability, and the way the menu works. Make no mistake, it's a one trick pony... but it does that trick very well... much better, I think, than Adiun.
I am starting to think that both skins and customization are highly overrated. What's needed is a single good skin. The ability to custmoize is nice, but far less important than having a good skin already there.
Gaim rules. (Score:5, Interesting)
Normal windows popups when re-connecting, so if you are in the middle of typing, it gets the normal windows treatment of stealing focus. I hate focus stealing popup windows.
MSN re-connects alot, need to hide that...
Be nice if you could change your IM preferences under gaim, most you have to use the real client.
Forced alias's change when the user changes their nick.
Can't change themes without re-installing.
But for an all 1 in one client, its the best.
multiple column buddy list? (Score:3, Interesting)
Most applications, when maximized, will utilize the entire available area to display information. Gaim will leave 90% whitespace. This is weird.
Does anyone want the buddy list to spill into multiple columns feature, or is it just me? Sean said it probably wouldn't happen.
Re:multiple column buddy list? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Gaim rules. (Score:1, Interesting)
You can already
Forced alias's change when the user changes their nick.
Ughh how are you supposed to know what the user changes their nick to? You are asking for gaim to read the mind of someone who has changed their nick?
Can't change themes without re-installing.
You can.
Re:why 1.0? (Score:5, Interesting)
Yes, I understand "it's not ready yet". If people are downloading it and using it, it's ready.
just downloaded it (Score:3, Interesting)
O/T: Windows 98 and outsourcing (Score:1, Interesting)
This is an annoying problem for my company. As more of our customers outsource to India, we're getting demands* to support running our server software on Windows 98. We know there are problems with the low level networking on W98, but finding a workaround isn't worth it to us, because who the hell is going to run a real server on 98, especially now it's end of lifed?
* why is it that Indian developers always come across on forums as if the rest of the world is put there to solve their problems for them?
Re:why 1.0? (Score:3, Interesting)
Seriously, Firefox may be as ready as any IE release, but that does not make it production software; it just means that IE has never been QAed properly. Fractional (below 1) versions make version 1.0 meaningful. What should we follow the MS scheme: version 1 is utter junk; 2 is better but still lousy; 3 is mostly usable; 3.x and higher are the first versions that are expected to succeed? That's just version inflation.
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Gaim 1.0.0 (Score:3, Interesting)
the #1 ? (Score:3, Interesting)
while trying to be effective in all possible ways the config has been getting quite big, but at the same time, some options are grouped together so tight, that you lose either one or another feature that you would like to see.
when i use irc, i wanna have all the "business" in one windows, with different tabs, and no "alters" about any messages, when i do msn or yahoo, i want different windows, on different virtual desktops even, and i do want the popupping effect.
there are actually tons more examples why having it all in one does destroy the features that it would have, when it'd be separated
i use amsn for example while trying to work with people on msn. why ? cause it's far more easier to configure, it works better, looks better, supports stuff that gaim doesn't.
don't get me wrong here, i do use gaim sometimes, but only when i have to yahoo someone, otherwise i keep my fingers away from it, cause it's clumsy and need's yet some more tuning in config/look until you can really say that's an possible alternative to other more advanced clients.
i'll keep my fingers crossed for gaim, as it seems to have a promising future, but a lot of work does have to be done first.
Gaim log analyzer (Score:5, Interesting)
Here [polynomial.org] is an example of its output on my primary username.