Something that is pretty nifty you might want to consider after that long exhale when starting multiple chat applications, logging into each one of them and eventually coming to an abstract resemblance of multiple chat windows...is a universal chat client called "Pidgin". Look it up on Google and you should be able to see it first on the SERP's (Search Engine Result Page) list.
Just what the hell am I talking about? In my previous post I mentioned about Flock, a web browser that integrates various social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. "Pidgin" is somewhat similar but on the other hand, it organizes chat applications such as Yahoo Messenger, AIM, MSN, Google Chat and even Facebook's IM into one simple but effective application. I'd like to make a shout out to Chris for mentioning this cool application.
Well, currently I am still trying out this application and I think it deserves to be known and to be more popular in the future. It's an open source chat client which is free to download and use. Although not as fancy or graphically stunning as applications like Yahoo Messenger or MSN, it does the job of maintaining multiple accounts from different chat platforms and keeping things simple and workable. The user interface is simple and easy to use. Try it out, you might not be amazed by the "look" but the functionality is worthy to be tried out.
Pidgin's tagline says it all... "IM all your friends in one place"
So in short, my two cents on Pidgin...
More about Pidgin chat client here - http://www.pidgin.im
Just what the hell am I talking about? In my previous post I mentioned about Flock, a web browser that integrates various social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. "Pidgin" is somewhat similar but on the other hand, it organizes chat applications such as Yahoo Messenger, AIM, MSN, Google Chat and even Facebook's IM into one simple but effective application. I'd like to make a shout out to Chris for mentioning this cool application.
Well, currently I am still trying out this application and I think it deserves to be known and to be more popular in the future. It's an open source chat client which is free to download and use. Although not as fancy or graphically stunning as applications like Yahoo Messenger or MSN, it does the job of maintaining multiple accounts from different chat platforms and keeping things simple and workable. The user interface is simple and easy to use. Try it out, you might not be amazed by the "look" but the functionality is worthy to be tried out.
Pidgin's tagline says it all... "IM all your friends in one place"
So in short, my two cents on Pidgin...
- Simple and easy to use
- Some cool plugins to check out (Facebook plugin is there too... yay)
- Not that really easy to install as you need to know how to get around and look for the right installer file
- The chat client's look and interface needs a lot of enhancement to be done
- Might be buggy (but more fixes coming up on a regular basis)
More about Pidgin chat client here - http://www.pidgin.im
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