Mercury messenger is java based (and thus cross-platform) and uses MSN messenger service including webcam chat (I'm not sure about audio-only chat). I use it in Mac OS X and works quite decently, and it is available in with package installer for Mac OS X, deb (Debian/Ubuntu) and rpm (Fedora/Redhat/many Others), and it is also available as tgz. I'm not sure if it is open source, though.
List of features (from their website): * Sign in with multiple accounts, Fast file transfering, Simultaneous sending & receiving webcam, Offline messaging, Extensive event notifications, User defined event actions, Single window (tabbed) conversations, Customizable contact list, Customizable message views, Custom status icons, Custom emoticons, Resource saving (Webcam streams, Display pictures, Emoticons), HTTP Proxy, Yahoo contacts, Audio/Video conference, Multi OS, Runs from USB stick, Language support
Website: http://mercury.im/
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Same here, I came across Google while listing my website in DMOZ (http://www.dmoz.org/add.html). I continued using Altavista for translation services for quite a while, but the clean interface of Google, without cluttering, quick on 28.8kbps modem users (like me for quite a while), and displaying a couple of lines in clear text of relevant portions of the page was unbeatable. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to continue to use the over-bloated Yahoo and Altavista engines/portals!
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Mercury messenger is java based (and thus cross-platform) and uses MSN messenger service including webcam chat (I'm not sure about audio-only chat). I use it in Mac OS X and works quite decently, and it is available in with package installer for Mac OS X, deb (Debian/Ubuntu) and rpm (Fedora/Redhat/many Others), and it is also available as tgz. I'm not sure if it is open source, though. List of features (from their website): * Sign in with multiple accounts, Fast file transfering, Simultaneous sending & receiving webcam, Offline messaging, Extensive event notifications, User defined event actions, Single window (tabbed) conversations, Customizable contact list, Customizable message views, Custom status icons, Custom emoticons, Resource saving (Webcam streams, Display pictures, Emoticons), HTTP Proxy, Yahoo contacts, Audio/Video conference, Multi OS, Runs from USB stick, Language support Website: http://mercury.im/
Same here, I came across Google while listing my website in DMOZ (http://www.dmoz.org/add.html). I continued using Altavista for translation services for quite a while, but the clean interface of Google, without cluttering, quick on 28.8kbps modem users (like me for quite a while), and displaying a couple of lines in clear text of relevant portions of the page was unbeatable. I couldn't understand why anyone would want to continue to use the over-bloated Yahoo and Altavista engines/portals!