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I wonder if they are they retiring the old messenger protocol as well. Currently, I use Pidgin with my Live Messenger account, but perhaps that will stop workin

by eel 14y ago

I wonder if they are they retiring the old messenger protocol as well. Currently, I use Pidgin with my Live Messenger account, but perhaps that will stop working come March 15th.

AhtiK 14y ago
Yes, Pidgin will stop working. I'm not aware of any Skype IM clients other than Skype itself.
- bentcorner 14y ago
  That's unfortunate, but I'd guess that the number of 3rd party clients on the Messenger service is pretty small.
- deleted 14y ago
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- anonymoushn 14y ago
  imo.im is an IM web app that supports Skype. There are a couple plugins for native IM clients that add Skype support, but they all require that you also run the real Skype app.
  - navs 14y ago
    Aside from imo.im, there's also plus.im [1]. I don't consider it better than imo.im but, you know, options. [1] https://plus.im/ https://plus.im/
- Encosia 14y ago
  Trillian (at least on Windows) is a great Skype IM client -- much better than Skype itself, IMO (not that that's saying a lot).
- astrodust 14y ago
  This is why using Skype isn't practical. Do you really want to have that gigantic app open all the time?
  - TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
    Well, you have a choice. Skype for Windows Desktop, or Skype for Windows 8.
- Too 14y ago
  Trillian claims to support Skype. I havn't tried since Trillian really went downwards after version 3 - when they started with "astra", included ad-ware(opencandy), bloated the client and required all account information and communication to go through their own servers. Until this day Trillian 2-3 still beats any IM-client i've ever tried. It's fast, has plenty of features, plugins and is customizable in just the right places. Back then using a third party client was a must since the official Windows Messenger client was completely useless, same story for icq and aim. I wouldn't say the official Live messenger client is good today, but it is good enough to make me not crave for a 3:d party client, I simply don't care anymore. </offtopic>

by eel 14y ago

I wonder if they are they retiring the old messenger protocol as well. Currently, I use Pidgin with my Live Messenger account, but perhaps that will stop working come March 15th.

AhtiK 14y ago

Yes, Pidgin will stop working. I'm not aware of any Skype IM clients other than Skype itself.

bentcorner 14y ago
That's unfortunate, but I'd guess that the number of 3rd party clients on the Messenger service is pretty small.
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anonymoushn 14y ago
imo.im is an IM web app that supports Skype. There are a couple plugins for native IM clients that add Skype support, but they all require that you also run the real Skype app.
- navs 14y ago
  Aside from imo.im, there's also plus.im [1]. I don't consider it better than imo.im but, you know, options. [1] https://plus.im/ https://plus.im/
Encosia 14y ago
Trillian (at least on Windows) is a great Skype IM client -- much better than Skype itself, IMO (not that that's saying a lot).
astrodust 14y ago
This is why using Skype isn't practical. Do you really want to have that gigantic app open all the time?
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Well, you have a choice. Skype for Windows Desktop, or Skype for Windows 8.
Too 14y ago
Trillian claims to support Skype. I havn't tried since Trillian really went downwards after version 3 - when they started with "astra", included ad-ware(opencandy), bloated the client and required all account information and communication to go through their own servers. Until this day Trillian 2-3 still beats any IM-client i've ever tried. It's fast, has plenty of features, plugins and is customizable in just the right places. Back then using a third party client was a must since the official Windows Messenger client was completely useless, same story for icq and aim. I wouldn't say the official Live messenger client is good today, but it is good enough to make me not crave for a 3:d party client, I simply don't care anymore. </offtopic>