4 ms·

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
  [deleted]
• 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>