"I am the new AIM"
So I saw that banner here. Too bad AIM triton isn't on Mac. Too bad AIM on Mac can't even use Talk, which worked on OS 9 half a DECADE ago.
AIM has to have the most retarded Mac development team of any company. And I'm sure it's only one programmer that works on it every other month of every leap year. The state of IM on Mac is falling behind. I mean at least it's not a complete joke like Linux, with iChat. But iChat is so damn buggy I never use it, and it still has some severe problems, like no frickin Log In window, not editing Profiles, and not being able to reliably work with the AIM network (does video chat with PC AIM work? 100%? Then why bother.)
I wish either iChat would be great or AOL would update Mac AIM.
AIM has to have the most retarded Mac development team of any company. And I'm sure it's only one programmer that works on it every other month of every leap year. The state of IM on Mac is falling behind. I mean at least it's not a complete joke like Linux, with iChat. But iChat is so damn buggy I never use it, and it still has some severe problems, like no frickin Log In window, not editing Profiles, and not being able to reliably work with the AIM network (does video chat with PC AIM work? 100%? Then why bother.)
I wish either iChat would be great or AOL would update Mac AIM.
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Originally posted by Aquatic
So I saw that banner here. Too bad AIM triton isn't on Mac. Too bad AIM on Mac can't even use Talk, which worked on OS 9 half a DECADE ago.
AIM has to have the most retarded Mac development team of any company. And I'm sure it's only one programmer that works on it every other month of every leap year. The state of IM on Mac is falling behind. I mean at least it's not a complete joke like Linux, with iChat. But iChat is so damn buggy I never use it, and it still has some severe problems, like no frickin Log In window, not editing Profiles, and not being able to reliably work with the AIM network (does video chat with PC AIM work? 100%? Then why bother.)
I wish either iChat would be great or AOL would update Mac AIM.
Why stop at AIM? MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger are a joke also.
Originally posted by eekles77
Actually, you can edit your profile with iChat.
Yes but you cannot put links or formatted text in it. All I want from iChat is the ability to fully edit the profile, add links in away messages and have buddy icons animate.
I go back and forth between Adium and iChat. iChat just appears more slick though I do like the functionality of Adium.
MSN and yahoo might be big overseas. But NO one uses them where I am from, New England. I know probably thousands of people, and one of them uses Yahoo, one uses MSN. Everyone uses AIM at URI for example. Even departments make official use of it. I really hope this new MSN/Yahoo thing doesn't mess that up and fragment the US IM market. A bad standard is better than none...
SO I guess AOL won't ever update Mac AIM. Anyone know anything more about the status AOL and Mac AIM?
EVERYONE i know uses MSN Messenger,
and i'm the only one that owns a Mac.
I can use Mercury Messenger, but hate that programme.. it's slow.. it's nasty to work with.. and adium is ok... but still.. i prefer MSN Messenger 5.0 (which sucks ass VERY hard.. damn.. It still doesn't support Webcam, NOT even voice chat!) and the other thing is that iChat doesn't support Voice Chat with other AIM users (which is also sucky).
btw, am i the only dick that still goes to the appleinsider chatroom in iChat?!
Originally posted by Aquatic
like no frickin Log In window
iChat certainly has a login window, although it disappears if you use a keychain stored password.
HOWEVER, lack of the A/V component and incomplete file transfer support keeps this from being the only IM app you need to keep on your machine. We need one app that kicks butt, not Adium/iChat/Skype/whatever else open at the same time.
Go Adium!
Originally posted by Jedha
bah.. no one use AIM anymore.. it's all MSN
uhh maybe where you live...
Originally posted by AOL Instant Messenger
"I am the new AIM"
Hi! I'm groverat, it's nice to meet you!
Yeah it would be nice to see Google be a benevolent dictator monopoly in IM. iChat's preferences and interface still suck, compared to Adium or AIM, it's riddled with bugs and incompatibilities, and Mac AIM won't be updated until 2008.
Adium: I have my Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN contacts there...
When I want to talk (and actually all my friends use it too now) I use Skype.
Audio is excellent and Video conf is coming soon.
I only use iChat to video conf with family.... and that may soon stop if the Skype video chat is as good or better.
I gave up on Yahoo, AIM, etc since YEARS.
Adium is a great app. I'm pretty sure most problems with Adium are ultimately traceable to the closed, proprietary network protocols used by AIM and MSN. This is a permanent problem that no amount of reverse engineering can entirely fix. The best cure is Jabber or similar open network.
iChat lacks something totally basic that ICQ had back in 1998 - sending a message to user who is not online at the moment. Other than that, it's a pretty nice app to use.
Lets hope to GOD they let him run wild with it!!!!
Originally posted by ZO
BTW, one of the main programmers behind Adium got swiped by Apple about 6 months ago...
Is this true? I know the Fire and Proteus programmers got hired by Apple but I never heard ot Adium programmers working for Apple.