Want my Bitlbee?

[op2rules]

Bitlbee is an open source IRC project. It creates a gateway between irc and popular IM protocols such as msn, jabber, and oscar. You connect to a bitlbee server and you can add accounts such as Facebook, twitter, msn, icq, aol, yahoo, gtalk, etc etc. They all populate a userlist, and when you pm them it acts as a standard message sent through any IM client. The joy of this is you have all your shit in one place, and if you already use IRC it's even better. It's also a lot faster to connect all your stuff, and your only limited to your IRC clients limitations. If you use mIRC + NNS you know possibilites are endless with this kind of a setup. You can also do group chats etc.

 

Anyways, I have my own private bitlbee server, and if you're interested in using it you can PM me. You can alternatively use the public servers on bitlbee.org, which may be less reliable and secure.

[L.C.]

Thanks, but I think I will stick with http://www.meebo.com/.

[op2rules]

Good luck linking a BNC to meebo.com! Hahah jk

[L.C.]

Good luck linking a BNC to meebo.com! Hahah jk

Solution: Run Firefox opened to meebo.com on a Windows-based dedicated server. Problem solved.

[op2rules]

Good luck linking a BNC to meebo.com! Hahah jk

Solution: Run Firefox opened to meebo.com on a Windows-based dedicated server. Problem solved.

 

Awesome! Now every time you want to talk to somebody you need to RDP into a dedicated machine that is being wasted on meebo!

 

...okay that actually might work.

Edited July 23, 2010 by op2rules

[Samapico]

You guys make it so complicated...

[»Lynx]

Why not just use a decent IM client?

[op2rules]

Because IM clients are very limited in functionality, they clutter a lot of screen real estate, use loads of memory, have few features, and you need a separate one for each protocol you're on. There are some that combine, but inside windows nothing includes IRC (the best one).

[L.C.]

Because IM clients are very limited in functionality, they clutter a lot of screen real estate, use loads of memory, have few features, and you need a separate one for each protocol you're on. There are some that combine, but inside windows nothing includes IRC (the best one).

+1

 

And you can access your IM (Meebo) from literally anywhere that has an internet connection and browser, without installing anything. Also, the Windows dedicated server I mentioned, in this case, could be the very same one that BlueT and SSCV are hosted on. Therefore, I would be making use of resources and not wasting them.

 

EDIT: Musn't leave out IRC, that would be unfair. IRC can be accessible via Flash/Java in-browser clients.

Edited July 23, 2010 by L.C.

[»Lynx]

As far as I can tell, Pidgin can run on any protocol worth mentioning, it's stable, it's not processor or memory intrusive and it uses little (or depending on your setup) no screen space. I'd be much happier using something like Pidgin, than having to rely on badly designed software such as Flash to message other people about things that can be potentially very sensitive.

 

But hey, each to their own. I don't use messenger clients on any computer other than my own, or my iPhone (which also supports any protocol, all within one application, runs in the background and pushes any calls/messages right to my home screen).

[»Purge]

Yep, and if you want even less resource usage, Miranda is my pick.