@Mal1024 said:
@misguided said:
meh, for the record, I HATE gaim/pidgin. it fucks up constantly and has no features. In linux I use aMSN. In windows I use the live messenger client with msgplus and the mess.be patch. I won't put up with microsoft's client out-of-the-box, but with plugins and patches i find it superior to clones. I have no use for anything other than the msn network so multi-messengers no longer appeal.
* Starts another flamewar
eh sorry, I didn't mean to start a flamewar! It's just personal preference and experience. I never liked the way gaim displayed, it reminds me of AIM and that to me is really awkward. Everything is giant by default which rubs me the wrong way. Chats are tabbed by default which realllly rubs me the wrong way. But I'd remain neutral on it if it weren't for the fact that Pidgin came not only pre-compiled but installed and integrated in Ubuntu Studio 7.10, and yet stalled alllll the damn time. MAybe it was just something about the real-time kernel, but I was very much not impressed. And aMSN has had webcam support for how long now?
But yeah, anyone who likes pidgin for MSN use is more than welcome to use it. I just think of it as a jabber client personally.