[Preston] RE: Goodbye cruel GUI

[Stephen Barnett]

>Right, brace yourselves, this may be a long one...

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>
>Web - ``links2 -g''.  Can it do frames though?
>
>Chat - centericq is nice but I would prefer something with a more
>minimal interface.  Looks like the only way to go is IRC (clients; they
>tend to be minimal interface-wise) to Jabber and MSN gateways.  (I have
>a Jabber to MSN, AOL and ICQ gateway on my server so may search for
>console jabber clients).
>

bitLbee might be worth looking into, it's an IRC to multiprotocol IM gateway 
which may well suit.

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Steve Barnett