PL_ Veteran Posted August 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2008 So now Pidgin is better than MSN for Mac in every way :/ This is a great update :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farstrider Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks, this is a superb little piece of FREE software! Love it! Shot for the heads-up! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 So now Pidgin is better than MSN for Mac in every way :/This is a great update :D wecam/mic support? Not that I use it, but some people do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsraffety Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack 0Neill Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Except that Pidgin does not force users to have an account just to use their IM protocols. You have to log into Digsby servers just to then connect to your AIM MSN YIM ICQ, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerAusgewanderte Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 wecam/mic support? Not that I use it, but some people do... as far as I know it does not support webcam. it didn't in the last release and it's not listed in the log. that is the only reason I am not using it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR.T Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 How about adding a feature someone gives a **** about instead of this smiley crap... like webcam support. Its the only reason I don't use it on windows. The fact there still isn't a good messenger in Linux that supports webcams simple boggles the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Digsby has nothing on Pidgin. :)ftfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thealexweb Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Just run the installer...it will do the rest~~~ Ok, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted August 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2008 Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :) Pidgins memory usage is a good plus over Digsby when they fix that I will use Digsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted August 19, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 19, 2008 Time to uninstall WLM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted August 19, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 19, 2008 Pidgin has nothing on Digsby. :) QFT I've been using Digsby since the first beta release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquiso Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 I hope Arch's devs update Pidgin ASAP. I also hope that MSNP15 would be well implemented - when I tried it from monotone, it was a no-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwod Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I updated but i lost all my contacts icons. They are no longer appearing on the right side of my contract list. Anyone know what's wrong? Would be nice if there is an Pidgin Forum somewhere for user to user support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Pidgins memory usage is a good plus over Digsby when they fix that I will use Digsby. They HAVE fixed it, if you use the latest test build it it reduced DRASTICALLY. :) Test build http://update.digsby.com/digsby_setup_r17003.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomlag Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I updated but i lost all my contacts icons.They are no longer appearing on the right side of my contract list. Anyone know what's wrong? Mine took about 30 minutes to come back slowly after I loaded this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpgeek Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 But do file transfers work? I unfortunately keep having to ask about Pidgin, Miranda, and Digsby too. I would loveee to switch to any of them as my full time messenger, but am forced to stay with official clients because I use file transfers often, and they barely work, or slowww if they do, on third party messengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckempo Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 as far as I know it does not support webcam. it didn't in the last release and it's not listed in the log. that is the only reason I am not using it yet. They are working on it - slowly - there's more info here but I wouldn't expect it any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 But do file transfers work? I unfortunately keep having to ask about Pidgin, Miranda, and Digsby too. I would loveee to switch to any of them as my full time messenger, but am forced to stay with official clients because I use file transfers often, and they barely work, or slowww if they do, on third party messengers. According to their FAQ: Why are file transfers so slow?MSN file transfer support is limited to the proxied version of file transfer support in the protocol. This means that the files are sent to MSN's servers, then the server sends the data to the other user. We don't know if or when we will ever support any of the peer-to-peer file transfer methods available in the MSN protocol. Source: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Protocol%2...ons#MSNProtocol That combined with no mention of P2P-file transfers in the release notes leads me to believe it's not in yet, sadly. I haven't tested myself yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 They HAVE fixed it, if you use the latest test build it it reduced DRASTICALLY. :)Test build http://update.digsby.com/digsby_setup_r17003.exe Digsby still eats tons of virtual memory, which Pidgin or any other IM client (beside AIM6) doesn't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 20, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 20, 2008 What's so special to MSNP15? Pidgin only supported a old protocol version that was limited in features, this new protocol support brings it fairly up to date, and allows more features like status messages to work. I'm just glad people will finally realise when I'm sleeping (instead of thinking the auto-responded is lying to them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquiso Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 BTW, it works here. I've compiled it (through abs) and it's fully functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 The fact there still isn't a good messenger in Linux that supports webcams simple boggles the mind Um have you heard of amsn, Kopete or Galaxium? They all have webcam support and are good clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwod Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Mine took about 30 minutes to come back slowly after I loaded this build. Well now 24 hours and i still only have 1 pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayan27 Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 really like this version. its simple and nice looking. as for the contact icons, that's the only thing that's bothering me, they only seem to come up if the contact gets online, so a lot of them are still without one until he/she gets online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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