IM Clients

[Mark H. Nichols]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Janne Jokitalo wrote:

> John Dangler wrote:
>> If you read the thread, you'll understand the statement.   
>> Basically, the
>> upshot (concensus) is that I would need an account on every one of  
>> those
>> protocols in order to communicate with others in those protocols.
>
> Hi again,
>
> yeah sorry, I should remember by now to look further ahead as this  
> is a very
> busy list, so someone is bound to have answered a question some  
> minutes
> after the original post hits the mailboxen of subscribers. :)
>
> But yeah, no client can escape from the protocol jungle without proper
> accounts for each. Except for that coming gtalk, if that rumour  
> holds true.
>
>
> -- 
> Jaska
>

I don't know about GTalk being the "unified im client" or not.  I do  
know that you can hack GTalk to use the Windows desktop client as  
your sole IM client.  Under the covers GTalk uses XMMP and you can  
exploit that to access your buddy lists from the other protocols.   
Basically you download an open source IM client, PSI, and set it up  
to be your GTalk client.  Then you add transports for Y!, MSN, and  
AOL by searching for open transports on jabber servers.  Once you  
find a transport (harder than you think as most jabber servers  
require an account any more) you add that to PSI and configure it  
with your sign in information.  Once you've added the MSN, Y!, and  
AOL XMMP transports to PSI you quit PSI (forever) and log into the  
native GTalk desktop client.  Now you can see and talk to any of your  
buddies on any protocol.

If Google were to provide their own transports (and server) then I  
could see it becoming a popular multi-protocol client on the  
platforms where it is supported.

You can find more about hacking GTalk here: http://lifehacker.com/ 
software/hack-attack/chat-with-aim-msn-yahoo-and-other-contacts-over- 
google-talk-289097.php

Mark
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