The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 1, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 1, 2008 ...So then i went to internets and saw Adium does not have IRC support at all in any forum (plugin/mod etc). even when Pidgin has it all along. ... You can get Adium to talk to IRC (and X-Fire, etc. It supports new protocols the same way Pidgin does), But the plugin isn't any good. A dedicated IRC client is much better than what the Adium IRC plugin provides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted August 1, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted August 1, 2008 Latest update destroys MSN personal message support? You can still see MSN personal messages - in the tooltip now, not in the contact list anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creamy Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 You can get Adium to talk to IRC (and X-Fire, etc. It supports new protocols the same way Pidgin does), But the plugin isn't any good.A dedicated IRC client is much better than what the Adium IRC plugin provides. Yeah, was the same with the IRC Plugin for Trillian back then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted August 1, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yeah, was the same with the IRC Plugin for Trillian back then... It's the same with using Pidgin for IRC - it works, but not very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Beta 10 screwed up a couple of MSN stuff O_O Are we back to square one or something now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Beta 10 screwed up a couple of MSN stuff O_OAre we back to square one or something now? For some reason it dosnt matter what I use but I almost always have issues with MSN. It's a royal pain because all my mates use it :( I wish adium would release their own IM spec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Yeah, same thing here, like... ALL of my friends use MSN... hell even my enemies do lol And what I don't understand is that the whole adium team doesn't care about MSN really, the pidgin team neither (the MS team neither while we're at it, but that's another story), and most people seem to say that MSN is outdated and they changed for something better... yet everyone I know still uses MSN. Where do these people live, seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 3, 2008 Adium switched to using msn-pecan for the MSN protocol, a few weeks after they annoucned that, the Pidgin guys annouced they had enabled MSNP15 support and would be in Pidgin 2.5.0, Adium 1.3 won't be using the "official" protocol, it'll be using the plugin form. And I think MSN was just having issues. Anyway, if you want a new IM protocol, get a Jabber account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Nah, I'll get Adium 1.3 final with MSNP15 with nearly no bugs. It just doesn't really support sending emoticons, handwriting and such, because the adium team didn't design/implement these yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenks Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 this latest build seems to have screwed up google talk for me. it won't authenticate, keeps just asking for password again even though it is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 3, 2008 Nah, I'll get Adium 1.3 final with MSNP15 with nearly no bugs.It just doesn't really support sending emoticons, handwriting and such, because the adium team didn't design/implement these yet. Custom Emoticons, handwriting, voice clips, flash things, etc. are all a protocol level feature, Pidgin doesn't even do them (without patches that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted August 5, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2008 Its kind of funny that actually the best option for MSN Messaging in OS X its aMSN. The 0.98 beta (Beta 3) has full webcam support, custom emoticons and total full implementation of offline messages and invisible chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Really, I didnt know that aMSN had such a good feature set, i'll check it out sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted August 5, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 5, 2008 Really, I didnt know that aMSN had such a good feature set, i'll check it out sometime. I use it out of necesity but I think the best idea its to wait. There is a separate group that its working on the OS X version. They say that the final .98 will be all in Cocoa but right now the features are great. My only concern is that the app looks horrible. Dont use the official OS X version (.97) its crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 I use it out of necesity but I think the best idea its to wait. There is a separate group that its working on the OS X version. They say that the final .98 will be all in Cocoa but right now the features are great. My only concern is that the app looks horrible.Dont use the official OS X version (.97) its crap. +1 I just couldn't say better. Apps made in java or carbon or all sort of things, they usually look like crap and slow down the whole system. I remember Mercury Messenger, made in java, it had a GREAT feature set (hell I think it even did the handwriting and I'm not kidding!) but it had like 3 billion options in the prefpane, which didn't look like a regular prefpane at all, but just trillions of radio buttons and options... anyway, if they all used Cocoa I would love to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Is there anywhere to disable Growl notifications for my Facebook account in Adium? I'd like to be notified when people sign in on MSN, but not Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKoo Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 1.3b11 released. MSN personal messages are now back on the contact list :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 1.3b11 released. MSN personal messages are now back on the contact list :) Thank god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted August 8, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2008 +1I just couldn't say better. Apps made in java or carbon or all sort of things, they usually look like crap and slow down the whole system. I remember Mercury Messenger, made in java, it had a GREAT feature set (hell I think it even did the handwriting and I'm not kidding!) but it had like 3 billion options in the prefpane, which didn't look like a regular prefpane at all, but just trillions of radio buttons and options... anyway, if they all used Cocoa I would love to use them. An app using Carbon doesn't slow down the entire system. For example, iTunes and the Finder are Carbon. Now, badly written apps can slow down the entire system, but not just the API they use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Hmmm, I wouldn't say iTunes and the Finder don't slow down the system, I mean, I think it'd be better with Cocoa though. I knew they were in Carbon, and yeah they are very well written. Maybe I had the words "Adobe" and "Macromedia" in my head, so that's why I said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 is it stable and worth updating over the current version ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 It can't be worse than 1.2.x They fixed like hundreds of bugs, so yeah the beta is a lot more stable than the current version (especially if not using MSN.... if using MSN, sometimes they remove everything, sometimes they put everything back :|) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I think i will wait because i only use Msn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Latest SVN update says "1.4SVN" so is 1.3 Final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I don't think so, but it's like 2 months late already, despite what they say on their Trac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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