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chat by thing on 09-28-2004 at 10:27 AM
hello
im sick of microsoft (msn) and payware (mirc) im thinking about starting to use freeware software to chat, i know about trillian (there's a free version) and gaim. both support irc and msn (those are the two that i really need).
does anyway know other?
will there be a software that is able to view webcam from a msn messenger chat?
any other software that supports encryption?
thanks
RE: chat by user27089 on 09-28-2004 at 03:52 PM
msn messenger is completely freeware 
I'm not sure why you are sick of it, you can view webcam through gilly messenger, but i'm not sure where to get it, try good 
RE: chat by thing on 09-28-2004 at 10:09 PM
gilly messenger is very nice but it wont work with webcam... it says that i should download msn messenger, and i do already have it installed.
gilly messenger
gaim
trillian
amsn
others?
too bad i can't get the webcam to work.
if you ask me why im looking for this... its because... huh... i use my computer at work and they will remove msn messenger forever, i won't be able to use it.
thanks!
RE: chat by RaceProUK on 09-29-2004 at 09:58 AM
aMSN requires a working Tcl/Tk installation to work, but otherwise is a very good substitute.
In fact, I use both MSN and aMSN (MSN under Windows, aMSN under Linux and as a spam-receiver for testing plugins).
RE: chat by thing on 09-29-2004 at 01:59 PM
i also use amsn in slackware but i need something to use with microsoft windows
RE: chat by Millenium_edition on 09-29-2004 at 03:09 PM
there's also mercury... http://www.mercury.to
this one is cross-platform, but personally I think it sucks. 
btw, gilly doesn't support webcam...
RE: chat by MC Inferno on 09-29-2004 at 03:56 PM
AIM and Yahoo?
RE: chat by thing on 09-29-2004 at 05:42 PM
Millenium_edition: thanks! gilly messenger looks like the best one...
too bad only messenger plus! encrypts log files, i really wanted hehe
RE: chat by CookieRevised on 09-29-2004 at 05:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by thing
im sick of microsoft (msn) and payware (mirc)
quote:"wanting" and "free" doesn't go together in the real world, you know.... You get what you pay for.... If you pay nothing, you wont get much....
Originally posted by thing
i really wanted hehe
RE: chat by Millenium_edition on 09-29-2004 at 06:16 PM
quote:untrue... there's a lot of free software that can match the paying ones...
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by thing
im sick of microsoft (msn) and payware (mirc)quote:"wanting" and "free" doesn't go together in the real world, you know.... You get what you pay for.... If you pay nothing, you wont get much....
Originally posted by thing
i really wanted hehe
RE: chat by BEWARE^^ on 09-29-2004 at 06:18 PM
well there is something for the modern cellfone thats called
"agile messenger" and it works great for somebody i know on my work and you dont have to pay for it only for making the connection to the "internet/satelite"
RE: chat by user27089 on 09-29-2004 at 07:18 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:
Originally posted by thing
im sick of microsoft (msn) and payware (mirc)quote:"wanting" and "free" doesn't go together in the real world, you know.... You get what you pay for.... If you pay nothing, you wont get much....
Originally posted by thing
i really wanted hehe
'If you pay nuts, you get monkeys' - Used by builders who ask for cheap pay lol...
Well if he wants something free, then I say msn messenger is the best thing going around..
RE: chat by thing on 09-30-2004 at 12:10 PM
get real my friend... i only use freeware! the only thing i paid (i didn't, i got it when i wanted to buy this computer) was microsoft windows 98 second edition, everything that i use is freeware and its the best! i only miss "babylon". "mirc" and some network tools. but most of my time i work with slackware linux