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A First Look At Gaim 2.0

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the talk-talk dept.

surgicaltubing writes to spotlight the progress towards vesion 2.0 for Gaim, the open source, multi-protocol IM client. "The Gaim 2.0 release is nearing its home stretch. The Gaim team released beta 4 last week, with a number of new features and UI improvements." Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.

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  1. 2 Things... by HoosierPeschke · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. I can't wait to try it out a year after it's release when it hits portage (stable)

    2. Maybe by then I'll have someone to talk to and actually get to use it...

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  2. Google Talk Support by kraada · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article claims that Gaim 2.0 doesn't have Google Talk support . . . however, in this case TFA is quite wrong.

    Google Talk is done on the Jabber protocol.

    To set up Google Talk, set up a Jabber account, your S/N is your gmail username, and the server is talk.google.com. I have it set up right now myself, and it works fine.

    The gaim people could, of course, make it easier to set up GT, but the support is in fact there.

    1. Re:Google Talk Support by nonsequitor · · Score: 5, Informative

      The article claimed it didn't have Voice Support for Google Talk. Lack of Voice Support for any protocol (Yahoo, MSN, etc...) is a real drawback to using GAIM for me. The only voice chat that anyone I know uses that's supported on Linux is Skype.

    2. Re:Google Talk Support by GreatBunzinni · · Score: 5, Informative
      think in TFA it is meant that there is no VOIP Google Talk support


      Once again, that isn't support for google talk. Google talk is simply a Jabber client written by google. When someone talks about google talk's VoIP functionality then that person is talking about Jingle, which is a Jabber standard element.

      So please don't get confused about this one. Google talk is simply the client (like Psi, Gaim, Kopete, etc) while the protocol itself is Jabber.

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  3. MSN send message intervals by pugdk · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have just tested the new gaim (2.0 beta4) and there is one annoying thing they have yet to fix: If you send messages using MSN fast they will get refused at the server level by micro$oft. MSN messenger stores your messages and only sends like one per second I seem to recall. Gaim does not have this feature, thus if you are a fast writer or write small messages and send them quickly after one another they will NOT go through.

    This bug has been present for ages. I had hoped this would be fixed in 2.0beta4, but no. I hope this is fixed in the final version! Other than that gaim 2.0 seems very cool!

    -pug

  4. Re:Stores passwords in plain text by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Are passwords encrypted in the later versions of the beta?
    No they're not, and no they're not likely to be.

    The GAIM team explain the reasons behind this on the website and they seem like good reasons to me.

  5. Re:Beta 4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Whenever a programmer thinks, 'Hey, skins, what a cool idea', their computer speakers should create some sort of cock-shaped soundwave and plunge it repeatedly through their skull." ~ JWZ

  6. Dude! by crhylove · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you know how many wierdo gay programmers would be into that? Totally beats cyber! Better yet, you know how many 12 year old girls would miss-use that on their MySpace page in ways that were truly horrifying? Like, oh my god, skins! And then the sonic dildo pops out..... I'm totally with you here. Great idea. Sonic Skull-fucking. The next non- open source OS I pay for had better have that feature or I'm not paying for it.

    rhY

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    1. Re:Dude! by Aurisor · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have mod points, and I was going to moderate this discussion but I have never been more confused as to what to mod a post than the parent post.

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