I honestly can't understand/.'s obsession with Gaim.
It's a great open source project, that's for sure, but it still lacks so many important features.
No global hotkeys? You gotta be kidding me. The logging system is truly awful too, with all those countless directories (the authors claim that this is the best solution to avoid errors in the logging system, but I've seen many better solutions from other programs).
Another undeniable thing is Gaim isn't stable enough. The latest version already locked up on me (on Windows XP) a good handful of times, and some friends claim to have problems with its stability too. Yes, even under Linux -- amazingly, nowadays it's *very* rare to have any application lock up on me under XP. Including other IM's.
That said, I'd still understand all the fuzz if another such project didn't exist. But hey, wait a second, there's Miranda Instant Messenger! A much more stable program, which is also free, and features a huge plugin database that adds a lot of functionalities Gaim can only dream about right now. Including global hotkeys and an amazing logging system...
OK, I know Miranda is Windows-only.. But that doesn't impede us to compare it to Gaim, considering both programs are freeware. So, well, I just think it's sad that Gnome and KDE users have to lean on Gaim for an IM'ing solution right now. If I were still running X, I'd be seriously disappointed with this reality.
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I honestly can't understand /.'s obsession with Gaim.
It's a great open source project, that's for sure, but it still lacks so many important features.
No global hotkeys? You gotta be kidding me. The logging system is truly awful too, with all those countless directories (the authors claim that this is the best solution to avoid errors in the logging system, but I've seen many better solutions from other programs).
Another undeniable thing is Gaim isn't stable enough. The latest version already locked up on me (on Windows XP) a good handful of times, and some friends claim to have problems with its stability too. Yes, even under Linux -- amazingly, nowadays it's *very* rare to have any application lock up on me under XP. Including other IM's.
That said, I'd still understand all the fuzz if another such project didn't exist. But hey, wait a second, there's Miranda Instant Messenger! A much more stable program, which is also free, and features a huge plugin database that adds a lot of functionalities Gaim can only dream about right now. Including global hotkeys and an amazing logging system...
OK, I know Miranda is Windows-only.. But that doesn't impede us to compare it to Gaim, considering both programs are freeware. So, well, I just think it's sad that Gnome and KDE users have to lean on Gaim for an IM'ing solution right now. If I were still running X, I'd be seriously disappointed with this reality.
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