Anyone here use Pidgin for IM'ing?

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
I use Pidgin...the psychic plug-in is very cool =)

the block list is under Tools->Privacy

What's the psychic plugin do?

From the description of the plugin, it opens the chat window from a person that is going to send a message before they actually send it message. It picks up on the fact that they are typing a message.

I can't get it to work

 

[Blayze]

Whats the easiest way to install this on Xubuntu?

 

[EvilYoda]

yep, using it now...I still like minor details of Trillian, but free yay for open source/free.

 

[pray4mojo]

downloading it now...

 

[NiteWulf]

I've been using GAIM for months. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't remember window positions

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
I use Pidgin...the psychic plug-in is very cool =)

the block list is under Tools->Privacy

What's the psychic plugin do?

From the description of the plugin, it opens the chat window from a person that is going to send a message before they actually send it message. It picks up on the fact that they are typing a message.

I can't get it to work

Did you have the extra themes installed when you installed Pidgin? Did you exit Pidgin before trying to change the theme? Do you have the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin checked off in the plugins window?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
I use Pidgin...the psychic plug-in is very cool =)

the block list is under Tools->Privacy

What's the psychic plugin do?

From the description of the plugin, it opens the chat window from a person that is going to send a message before they actually send it message. It picks up on the fact that they are typing a message.

I can't get it to work

Did you have the extra themes installed when you installed Pidgin? Did you exit Pidgin before trying to change the theme? Do you have the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin checked off in the plugins window?

I think I will uninstall and reinstall...I upgraded to 2.0.1 from 2.0.0 so perhaps things got ****** in the process

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
I use Pidgin...the psychic plug-in is very cool =)

the block list is under Tools->Privacy

What's the psychic plugin do?

From the description of the plugin, it opens the chat window from a person that is going to send a message before they actually send it message. It picks up on the fact that they are typing a message.

I can't get it to work

Did you have the extra themes installed when you installed Pidgin? Did you exit Pidgin before trying to change the theme? Do you have the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin checked off in the plugins window?

I think I will uninstall and reinstall...I upgraded to 2.0.1 from 2.0.0 so perhaps things got ****** in the process

The main thing is probably having that plugin checked off. I never really experimented though since I like the default theme. Thanks for telling me 2.0.1 was out, I had no idea.

 

[Merlyn3D]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: mwtgg
No, I use Adium.

Which is powered by the same base code as Pidgin, iirc.

Yup, on OS X, though, nothing beats Adium.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: Fox5

Originally posted by: mitaiwan82
I use Pidgin...the psychic plug-in is very cool =)

the block list is under Tools->Privacy

What's the psychic plugin do?

From the description of the plugin, it opens the chat window from a person that is going to send a message before they actually send it message. It picks up on the fact that they are typing a message.

I can't get it to work

Did you have the extra themes installed when you installed Pidgin? Did you exit Pidgin before trying to change the theme? Do you have the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin checked off in the plugins window?

I think I will uninstall and reinstall...I upgraded to 2.0.1 from 2.0.0 so perhaps things got ****** in the process

The main thing is probably having that plugin checked off. I never really experimented though since I like the default theme. Thanks for telling me 2.0.1 was out, I had no idea.

psychic plugin still won't work for me

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

psychic plugin still won't work for me

Hm... I think I mixed up my conversations. I have no idea how or if the psychic plugin works. Probably depends if the user on the other end has their typing reporting to the IM server or not.

 

[bobert]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

psychic plugin still won't work for me

Hm... I think I mixed up my conversations. I have no idea how or if the psychic plugin works. Probably depends if the user on the other end has their typing reporting to the IM server or not.

my initial thought

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: bobert

Originally posted by: Brainonska511

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

psychic plugin still won't work for me

Hm... I think I mixed up my conversations. I have no idea how or if the psychic plugin works. Probably depends if the user on the other end has their typing reporting to the IM server or not.

my initial thought

exactly. it only works on certain friends of mine. not all of em.

 

[Blayze]

Ok got it to work in Xubuntu. Don't see a lot of difference from the last Gaim beta, but its still nice.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
As far as I remember, the themes program installed to a directory (on XP) called GTK+ where I can open the Theme Selector. From there, I pick a theme, close Pidgin and reopen it and it will have the newly selected theme.

Correct. And the default install should have made a start menu shortcut for the Theme Selector as well.

Originally posted by: Blayze
Ok got it to work in Xubuntu. Don't see a lot of difference from the last Gaim beta, but its still nice.

It is essentially the same software with a new name, new logo and updated code. They had worked out most of the bugs by beta6.

 

[Looney]

Yep, i set it up in Kubuntu.

 

[Fenixgoon]

pidgin ftw (damn you AOL!)

 

[iamwiz82]

I thought you were going to talk about the language

 

[skace]

I moved from GAIM to Pigdin this weekend and, I have to say, I really do enjoy the new look and the name is growing on me. It just gives the appearance of a more polished end product.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

i use Pidgin at work (Adium at home) and I like the no ads and simplicity versus AIM 5.5 or 6.0. It feels much faster and seems to take less resources as well. Winner in my book.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: mwtgg
No, I use Adium.

Which is powered by the same base code as Pidgin, iirc.

but it doesn't suck Well, on windows anyway. GTK is terrible in windows, and one key thing that disappeared from gaim... remembering where my freakin windows were. There's a plugin/hack, but still, didn't really find it till recently.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: George P Burdell

Originally posted by: mwtgg
No, I use Adium.

Which is powered by the same base code as Pidgin, iirc.

but it doesn't suck Well, on windows anyway. GTK is terrible in windows, and one key thing that disappeared from gaim... remembering where my freakin windows were. There's a plugin/hack, but still, didn't really find it till recently.

I think that problem's gone away with 2.0. It wouldn't hurt to install and see if that's the case.

 

[w3stfa11]

I used to use Gaim. Now, I just use Meebo.com

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I thought you were going to talk about the language

lol I learned about pidgin after I got the pidgin program. They have a synopsis of what it is on their website

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: mwtgg
No, I use Adium.

Adium > *