First we had a look at how you all use your browser, then how you listen to music and watch videos, now it’s time to find out about instant messaging! With all the IM apps out there you could be using any one, or any combination, from web based, to desktop based, from one service, [...]
Chat Software ChatX
There is definitely no shortcomings when it comes to chat possibilities on the Internet. Users who want to chat find billions of possibilities from Instant Messengers to forums and IRC. It sometimes might be required to use a chat software that is running on one of the local computers to communicate with other users. ChatX [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jan 1st, 2009
- Comments: 3
Collaborate in Real Time with Gobby
If you do any collaborative work you know how difficult some collaboration tools can be. With both MS Office and OpenOffice you can collaborate with notes and track changes. But what about collaborating in real time? What if you are wanting to quickly collaborate on a simple text document with multiple editors? Fortunately there is [...]
Coccinella Chat Client With Whiteboard
Coccinella is an interesting chat client that brings new features and lots of customization to the table. If you want to compete in the Instant Messenger market you either need backing of a major player or provide users with features that they cannot find elsewhere.
The client Coccinella takes the second path by adding new features [...]
Torn between Pidgin and Digsby
I’ve been a longtime Digsby advocate all the way back to the private alpha stage of development.
Given the growing number of social networks, chat addresses and email accounts I had I found it a brilliant solution to keeping it all under check. I also liked the simple but effective design and of course there was [...]
Hydra IRC Client
I have been connecting to IRC on a daily basis about ten years ago but stopped doing so. IRC is the Internet Relay Chat, a huge network of servers, channels and users who can chat and trade files there. The client of choice back then was MIRC and everyone was using it with plugins and [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Jul 14th, 2008
- Comments: None
Meebone – Desktop Meebo
Another Day, another Adobe Air app, that’s just the way I like it! I love Meebo, and the only reason I don’t use it is that it’s a browser based application. That’s a bit of a paradox, since that’s the whole point of Meebo, but I love the people behind it and love the app, [...]

