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I know Pidgin can do this, but I do not want to use Pidgin due to its interface.
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I and a friend need to start to use some instant messaging and it seem like pidgin is a nice program to use. However it supports quite a lot of different protocols.
So my question is witch to choose?
Since both parties can use the same program we don't have to use the same protocol as "all…
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Want to keep in touch with your Facebook friends throughout the day? Here we’ll show you how to easily add Facebook chat to the popular multi-protocol chat client Pidgin.
Facebook has recently added support for XMPP chat, which means you can easily add it to popular chat clients such as Pidgin…
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Pidgin is definitely our favorite universal chat client, but adding all of your chat accounts to multiple computers can be frustrating. Here’s how you can easily transfer your Pidgin settings to other computers and keep them in sync using Dropbox.
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how do I go about configuring pidgin so that I can connect to Gtalk using jabber80.com?
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I have a sipgate SIP-account with money on it. Telephony works fine with Empathy. But how to configure Pidgin to support my SIP-account?
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I started using the old confbot python conference script in 2005 for my family. This essentially implements an IRC like conference room over Google Talk (or any Jabber/XMPP server). It has significantly increased family communication, and has become rather indispensable due to this.
Recently it's…
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I know Pidgin can do this, but I do not want to use Pidgin due to its interface.
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I use Google talk for chatting with other gmail users. Is there a way tha I can use audio and video in Google talk as well so that they can see my picture and hear my voice?
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Google Talk video chat only works in Gmail (because that makes sense, right?); however, other IM apps (I'm using Empathy specifically) support video chat over Google Talk.
But can you use video chat outside your 'client'? Can someone on Gmail video chat with someone on Empathy?
I'm having problems…
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I logged into google talk from the blackberry talk application and it set the status as available. Now google talk shows me as being permanently available even though I have logged out of every possible place I can think of (including the phone). I have used the gmail feature that allows one to log…
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