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 [...]
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 [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 3
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
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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, [...]
Digsby too Plain for You?
So some of disagreed with me when I introduced Digsby a couple days ago? Dark Kosmos thinks “trillian is MUCH better (and looks better)” and I must admit the from the Trillian screenshot he showed it does look pretty good. I used Trillian for a while and wasn’t too taken with it, although that was [...]
Dig Digsby, You Have Good Reason to
Have you heard of Digsby yet? If not, it’s about time you do. Digsby is a multi-network chat client. Doesn’t sound like that big a deal? Use Pidgin or Miranda already? Well Digsby has a couple more cards up its sleeve, along with your Chat accounts Digsby also aggregates social network accounts and email. At [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Skype 3.0 final has been released
A new version of the communications suite Skype has been released today. Just head over to the Skype homepage and download the version for your operating system. Skype 3.0 introduces some new features and bugfixes, please take a look at the release notes if you are curious about them. The interface has seen some slight changes and some new features like public chat have been introduced.
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 1
Secure User to User Communication
CSpace is a freeware that offers its users the possibility to securely communicate over the internet using public RSA keys with a strength of 2048 bit. Every user creates a 2048 bit RSA key for himself and maintains a contact list of names associated to public keys of other users. Public keys are exchanged using a key server. Cspace users can chat with each other, transfer files and even use a remote desktop feature.