[Gllug] [OT] yahoo messenger...

[Holger Duerer]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin A Brooks <martin at hinterlands.org> writes:

    Martin> Emon wrote:
    >> Any idea why Yahoo is neglecting all those *nix users out there? I
    >> mean the last they released a messenger was for RedHat9 and that's
    >> about it!! I know that there are alternatives like Gaim & others,
    >> but they don't seem to support all the features :( & it seems that
    >> Yahoo doesn't care either... any idea why??

    Martin> There's a small truckload of YIM clients for Linux
    Martin> already.  Why would anyone need to use Yahoo's?  Anything
    Martin> Y! released would almost certainly be a closed source
    Martin> binary lump.

I only tried Gaim but that sucks.  Windows users with the Y-messenger
cannot contact me (I must initiate the conversation then it works);
Alerts don't pop up, ...

       Holger
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