Well I’ve discovered Gaim. I first heard the name during a podcast when Libby interviewed Bruce. I started searching for “game” and didn’t get very far only to be in a conversation today with a collegue about Trillian ….. one thing led to another and I bemoaned the heavy nature of the Trillian client and its unfriendly buddy list – well some may love it but I don’t. But what I did do was download Gaim and start playing with it…….and absolutely superb. A free, open source, multi platform, multi IM providor package …..out of the box it supports AIM, Gadu, Groupwise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, Silk, Yahoo, the SIP/SIMPLE protocol AND Sametime.
The gui is nice and easy to use. The product is extensible with various plugins available including a nice history plugin for referencing all those chat sessions. Well to date, and ok based on limited testing, I really like it. Considering I’m using V2 Beta it is very stable. Best 6 Meg download this year!!
Stu Downes 