Comments on: Diggin’ The Pidgin http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tumbhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-4732 tumb Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:25:25 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/#comment-4732 This isn't just free software...Its opensource. :D(If you choose to run Linux in the future, you won't have a problem with apps like this, Firefox, etc). This isn’t just free software…Its opensource. :D

(If you choose to run Linux in the future, you won’t have a problem with apps like this, Firefox, etc).

]]> By: Cyclopshttp://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-4726 Cyclops Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:12:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/#comment-4726 Pidgin is quite a good program for chatting. It also has plenty of extensions out there...The one thing I personally hate..."Cheer: Loads super-fast" Yeah, very fast. So fast, that I often dont have time to close it before it auto-connects to IRC when I turn on my PC :D (and when "Its too fast!" is a complaint, you know its good) Pidgin is quite a good program for chatting. It also has plenty of extensions out there…

The one thing I personally hate…

“Cheer: Loads super-fast”
Yeah, very fast. So fast, that I often dont have time to close it before it auto-connects to IRC when I turn on my PC :D (and when “Its too fast!” is a complaint, you know its good)

]]> By: Jipcyhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 Jipcy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:25:48 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/#comment-4715 Yeah, Miranda is definitely not the user-friendly kind of IM program. I actually used it for a while, but in the end, my main problem with it is that it takes far too much configuration to get it working to my liking.Also, does it even support multiple accounts on the same protocol yet? If not, obviously it has some severe drawbacks.The best thing going for it is that it's a very light application that is good for people that need to get on an IM network at places that don't usually have an IM client (via flash drive, like at school). Yeah, Miranda is definitely not the user-friendly kind of IM program. I actually used it for a while, but in the end, my main problem with it is that it takes far too much configuration to get it working to my liking.

Also, does it even support multiple accounts on the same protocol yet? If not, obviously it has some severe drawbacks.

The best thing going for it is that it’s a very light application that is good for people that need to get on an IM network at places that don’t usually have an IM client (via flash drive, like at school).

]]> By: Justin Hitchborn (hitchface)http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/comment-page-1/#comment-4549 Justin Hitchborn (hitchface) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:53:17 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/diggin-the-pidgin/#comment-4549 Downloading now... Downloading now…

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