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Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by marlin »

cvos wrote: post #26
51Cards wrote: post #18

I have never used this App but if I did I would also be uninstalling it right now. Chat/messaging apps are not primarily about features, they are about connections. They are social. I don't care if your chat app is awesome if none of my friends are on it. I have been a long term supporter of Trillian for just that reason, cross platform support. It's quirky at times but it gives me as many protocols as possible in on…

They likely want to become a standalone messaging app in the hopes of an acquisition as messaging apps seem to be mimicking the Search Engine wars of 1999. Does anyone have recommendations for a good multi chat app replacement besides trillian?

Miranda IM, http://www.miranda-im.org/ Its windows only but runs in Wine on OSX and Linux

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by LordLandon »

Perdition wrote: post #32
cvos wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They likely want to become a standalone messaging app in the hopes of an acquisition as messaging apps seem to be mimicking the Search Engine wars of 1999. Does anyone have recommendations for a good multi chat app replacement besides trillian?

Which is funny because there was a messaging client war in the late '90's as well. I'm waiting for someone to reinvent IRC for smart phones.

https://slack.com/

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by jimmaswell »

com2kid wrote: post #20
zapt02 wrote: post #6

Pidgin is a great alternative!

Pidgin doesn't run in a web browser Window. It sucks that I now have to go back to a stand alone IM app, I've been using a web based client for close to a decade now.

Steam chat can be used in browser windows, and that's what I use on my phone.

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by jinushaun »

TallGuyShort wrote: post #25

Any recommendations for an Android messaging app that allows you to be connected to mutliple Google accounts at once? I loved imo.im for this, and it was way better than any others I tried.

Hangout supports multiple Google accts.

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by Aloha »

com2kid wrote: post #20
zapt02 wrote: post #6

Pidgin is a great alternative!

Pidgin doesn't run in a web browser Window. It sucks that I now have to go back to a stand alone IM app, I've been using a web based client for close to a decade now.

I'll use finch over ssh

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by ranndino »

imo is a great chat client. slick, modern, beautiful & has a web app. This decision is very unfortunate as there don't seem to be any good alternatives. Here are their founders explaining the reasons behind it.

http://maratryndin.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/why-imo-messenge...

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by ranndino »

51Cards wrote: post #18

I have never used this App but if I did I would also be uninstalling it right now. Chat/messaging apps are not primarily about features, they are about connections. They are social. I don't care if your chat app is awesome if none of my friends are on it. I have been a long term supporter of Trillian for just that reason, cross platform support. It's quirky at times but it gives me as many protocols as possible in on…

Couldn't have said it better myself. As soon as imo drops support for other messengers my connections are gonna go from over a 100 to 4. And I'm powerless to fix this.

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by ranndino »

shahar2k wrote: post #3
Navarr wrote: post #2

What's really shitty, in my opinion, is that they're giving 3 days notice, and only 7 days to download your chat logs for those networks. (For those unaware, retrieving your chat logs has been a feature of IMO for a very, very long time).

After Meebo, and now this, as well as their dropped support for skype, and extreme pluralization of all IM / chat mediums, and dropping of most generally accessible protocols... the web really seems to be splitting into apps, and it's a sad frustrating reality.

To be fair Skype (MS) cut them off and without any warning. It wasn't their decision. That was actually one of the reasons they cited for doing this. Always at the mercy of external decision makers.

Re: Discontinuing support for all third-party messaging networks

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Post by ranndino »

imo is a great chat client. slick, modern, beautiful & has a web app. This decision is very unfortunate as there don't seem to be any good alternatives. Here are their founders explaining the reasons behind it.

http://maratryndin.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/why-imo-messenge...

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