Pidgin is almost perfect, it doesn't support Video and audio conversations. Actually it's planned by pidgin authors. We can imagine how difficult this task to accomplish with all messaging protocols but still as dark point of this software. It's also criticized for saving password in readable text files which could put the user privacy at risk but the authors are convinced that "they won't give a false illusion of security" by doing encrypted files ( because they can be broken too).
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melinko2003
16 years 38 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago
Thoughts on Pidgin
I love Pidgin and Gaim, but i hate... what it does with my Friends lists all the time... though i still use it here and there. I can rare get MSN accounts to work on it on my linux boxes. Though this might be out of date since the last time i used Pidgin/Gaim on Linux ... ewww its been awhile. Though there is something that impresses me about Pidgin, they show you who issues are assigned to and actual progress bars which are nice to see. All and all ... I give Pidgin a 8/10 because all and all these things are a work in progress. Abit off topic but it would be cool to maybe see this in CLI mode and such.
cassanova
16 years 38 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago
Yes I agree with your mark
Yes I agree with your mark 8/10...
Pidgin is easier and faster than other IM but still have some bugs with lists..
The audio & video conversations can make of it a great piece of software.!
merc
16 years 38 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
PIdgin...
Pidgin is fantastic. I do miss the video/audio features... I wish they were there!
merc
16 years 38 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
Self reply...
(I should be sending patches or funds rather than complaining :-D )
mark
16 years 38 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
Pragmatic uh? :-D
Pragmatic?