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My high school friends and I settled for using Gain and Pidgin to enable the "secure" icon. :)

godelski 6y ago
For awhile you could use Pidgin and OTR to even have secure messages through facebook's messenger. I'm not sure if they decrypted it or not, but it sure was fun.
- gogopuppygogo 6y ago
  Reminded me of my Adium days. Back when I liked my messenger app on the Mac. Apple has tried hard to degrade the experience of their built in messenger.
sli 6y ago
Been a hot minute since I've thought about Gaim. Thanks for the memories.
- p1mrx 6y ago
  Gaim is just Pidgin's original name.
  - Alopis 6y ago
    I assume he first used it when it was called Gaim, so he has stronger memories associated with that name than with Pidgin.
- thereticent 6y ago
  Yep, I meant Gaim. Damn you, autocorrect!
input_sh 6y ago
Ah, the good old days when I could just plug my IM services into one desktop app. I miss those days very much. Now I use three Electron apps on a typical work day.
- flyx86 6y ago
  Matrix bridges do that for me today! Currently using IRC and Telegram bridges, thinking about adding Slack. Sadly, Electron-based Element is still the best Matrix client by far.
  - the_duke 6y ago
    The lack of thread support in Element makes Slack bridging very hard to use, sadly.
    - flyx86 6y ago
      I needed some time to figure out you're not talking about multithreading in JavaScript/electron, but about this https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 :)
- JetSpiegel 6y ago
  I still use Pidgin for Skype and Hangouts. For text only it's perfect: - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-hangouts-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-hangouts-git/ - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-skypeweb-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-skypeweb-git/ Works even on old and crappy computers.
- nikisweeting 6y ago
  Rambox and Franz both do this today. They are electron apps but you only need one for all your services.

For awhile you could use Pidgin and OTR to even have secure messages through facebook's messenger. I'm not sure if they decrypted it or not, but it sure was fun.

gogopuppygogo 6y ago
Reminded me of my Adium days. Back when I liked my messenger app on the Mac. Apple has tried hard to degrade the experience of their built in messenger.

sli 6y ago

Been a hot minute since I've thought about Gaim. Thanks for the memories.

p1mrx 6y ago
Gaim is just Pidgin's original name.
- Alopis 6y ago
  I assume he first used it when it was called Gaim, so he has stronger memories associated with that name than with Pidgin.
thereticent 6y ago
Yep, I meant Gaim. Damn you, autocorrect!

input_sh 6y ago

Ah, the good old days when I could just plug my IM services into one desktop app. I miss those days very much. Now I use three Electron apps on a typical work day.

flyx86 6y ago
Matrix bridges do that for me today! Currently using IRC and Telegram bridges, thinking about adding Slack. Sadly, Electron-based Element is still the best Matrix client by far.
- the_duke 6y ago
  The lack of thread support in Element makes Slack bridging very hard to use, sadly.
  - flyx86 6y ago
    I needed some time to figure out you're not talking about multithreading in JavaScript/electron, but about this https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 :)
JetSpiegel 6y ago
I still use Pidgin for Skype and Hangouts. For text only it's perfect: - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-hangouts-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-hangouts-git/ - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-skypeweb-git/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/purple-skypeweb-git/ Works even on old and crappy computers.
nikisweeting 6y ago
Rambox and Franz both do this today. They are electron apps but you only need one for all your services.