Comments on: Pidgin: Multi-Protocol IM Client

By: Terry Apodaca

Terry Apodaca — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:59:55 +0000

http://www.terryapodaca.com/20.....at-client/

By: Akhil Tandulwadikar

Akhil Tandulwadikar — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:53:43 +0000

Daniel,

I use Gaim on my Ubuntu desktop. Tried upgrading to Pidgin, but could not. Could you help?

Akhil

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:45:26 +0000

I tried Pidgin for a while, but it just never stuck to me. I love to use Trillian and I also use the occasional Meebo when I’m on the go.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:04:35 +0000

@JohnTP: If I were to guess, I would say it is because of Google Talk’s simplicity. Many of my friends are switching away from MSN, Yahoo!, and AIM because of all the bloat and ads. Some are simply switching to all in one solutions… I use Kopete, Pidgin, or Meebo depending on where I am.

By: Travis Miller

Travis Miller — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:26:48 +0000

I have been using Pidgin since back when it was “gAIM” on linux and windows (Adium on the mac). I for the most part it is pretty great, a few issues I have had with it are:

1. “Buddy List” synchronization. I login with both my laptop and my desktop… sometimes changes I make on one are later over written when I login via a different machine.

2. File Transfers. I use gTalk a lot at work and people complain about not being able to send me files. I haven’t looked into the issue, might be something simple.

3. Buddy Icons. Setting my buddy icon from within pidgin generally does not set it on all the services I use (gTalk, AIM, MSN). I usually have to log with with each respective native client to set the icon.

I do love the ability to add plugins. Overall I would have to say that I am pretty happy with Pidgin.