On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, madass wrote: > hi > just found this program while searching the web: > http://sim-icq.sourceforge.net/ > what do you think of it? personally i don't really like it because it > resembles mirabilis icq too much, the history format is really scary and only > the icons are themeable. besides that, it seems somehow strange how suddenly > it appeared and supports so much already. > any comments?
It looks pretty good, but personally i've moved away from one client for one service.. everyone i know mostly uses msn or icq (some yahoo and aim), and im sick of running 4 clients that all do the same thing... Jabber was a failure because of all the server side stuff that had to go on, and in the end Kopete is the only client for me (Since 0.5). It handles all the popular IM services through plugins to the program (even irc!) and manages all contacts in an intelligent common manner. And damn, it even looks good! I had been using licq since the beginning and was hoping that it would evolve.. but now there are so many other clients out there that do the same and more.. its almost a shame that people are wasting effort on 10 separate IM projects, and almost none of them doing it well.. I guess thats the 'ole *nix syndrome.. everyone is free to re-invent the wheel if they want, and more often than not they do.. i cant blame em, we all work on code because we enjoy coding, but how many times do you have to write an icq library when one is and has been available for a long time? In licq's case there is a valid reason for continuing development and that is i've noticed many people like to use the console gui plugins and such that one cant get from other clients... other than that, its a wasteful duplicated effort that could be better spent improving one of the many other programs that need help in KDE/GNOME.. or are we not out to rid microsoft's strangle hold on the world? just my $0.02CDN --mike ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Influence the future of Java(TM) technology. Join the Java Community Process(SM) (JCP(SM)) program now. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?sunm0004en _______________________________________________ LICQ-Main mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/licq-main
