Instant Messenger lock-outs, take 2

[denny]

I keep forgetting to mention this... in the midst of all the excited shouting about how Microsoft were planning to lock third-party software such as Trillian and gAIM out of their IM network, no-one really took any notice of the fact that Yahoo quietly did the same thing, only with less in the way of up-front announcements. So I can no longer talk to anyone using Yahoo Messenger. I recommend Jabber or ICQ if you want to find me online, although I also have AIM (and MSN is still working at present). IDs are all in my user info here on LJ.

Comments

[barakta]

gaim and trillian have released a patch for their programs this evening I think. It might not have been integrated into the normal debian upgrade thingies but the gaim one should be available on sourceforge.

Natalya

[topbit.livejournal.com]

on Saturday night I compiled from CVS for the fix (the original for 0.69 didn't quite have it).
I've just finished compiling Gaim 0.70 now, for the official release, complete with KDE-status bar remote.

Yep, it's looking good.

[lzz.livejournal.com]

I've added you onto my contact list thingy, having discovered ICQ yesterday...