Sun 28 Aug 2005
I currently use the ichat client with AIM on my mac but seems the new chat protocol - jabber - may bring some changes. Here’s my understanding of platform/client/protocol configurations:
- mac-panther/ ichat/AIM-AOL, MacAccount
- mac-tiger/ichat/AIM, Mac, Jabber
- open source/GAIM/Jabber
- google/googletalk/Jabber
- windows/AOL msg, MSN, Yahoo msg/AIM
Wonder whether we will eventually abandon AIM and get gmail accounts since google has the googletalk client using the jabber protocol!?
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August 29th, 2005 at 9:47 am
There’s a good listing of Jabber clients at the Jabber Software Foundation page. Many of the clients listed there are freeware or open source, and many support multiple protocols. I use Trillian at home, which supports most instant message accounts and protocols, as well as IRC. Unfortunately, the free version, Trillian Basic, doesn’t support Jabber as of yet - and it is Windows only, so I guess at this point I’m talking to a pretty small audience.