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One thing I hate about most IM clients is the buddy/friend/roster list runs in a separate window from actual chat sessions. I much prefer the one window paradi
by 0x445442 9y ago
One thing I hate about most IM clients is the buddy/friend/roster list runs in a separate window from actual chat sessions.
I much prefer the one window paradigm of IRC.
- jakebasile 9y agoFunny, I'm the exact opposite. Most of the chat programs I use (or have used) use the combined approach. Telegram, Facebook Messenger, and so on all have the "buddy list" permanently attached to the conversation window such that you can only see a single conversation at a time. I prefer the MDI of yore since I can have multiple conversations open at once (on desktop, I realize this isn't feasible on mobile).
- ReverseCold 9y agoWhat chat apps use separate windows? The only one I can think of is Steam.
- Cknight70 9y agoPretty much every older chat program used this at some point including Google chat, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, Pidgin, and even Skype.