![]() ![]() (This is a play off ‘prpl’, which is what a libpurple instant messaging service, or protocol, plugin is called). Accordingly, it has its own name now: libpurple. The library which previously we were hacking together out of parts of the Gaim source is now an independent, recognized entity (as of Gaim 2.0.0b6, actually). ![]() Through the name change, ‘libgaim’ has also gained life of its own. Note also that our ideological ties to the project (already significant, given that the core library is the foundation of our messaging connectivity and that we share open source philosophy) have strengthened as a result of name change… Adium’s a duck, Gaim’s a Pigeon (logo still pending, but it’ll be iconic, I promise), and the text-based client based on libgaim, formerly “Gaim-Text,” is now “Finch”. (If you aren’t familiar with the term ‘pidgin’ from linguistics, ). Gaim is henceforth “Pidgin” - a really awesome name for an instant messaging client. The Pidgin team explains there the reason a name change was needed. Posted in libpurple, Pidgin, Yahoo | 26 Comments »Ĭheck out pidgin.im, the new home of the instant-messenger-formerly-known-as-Gaim. (Co-written with Project Manager Eric Richie.) With your help, we hope to have this problem resolved soon. Please do not post this information as a comment on this post-we will ignore it. The Pidgin developers have a list of clients that use Libpurple. If you use a client that isn’t based on Libpurple, and either have or don’t have the problem in that client, we could really use that information. Whether any other clients have the same problem.We already know about the problem its existence is not in question, so we don’t need more evidence that it exists. Please don’t leave a comment just to say “me too”. We know that a lot of you are experiencing problems. If Adium had forgotten your password, it wouldn’t be filled in.) (You can tell because it’s filled in in the password prompt. It will ask for your password, even if you have it saved in the Keychain.If you use Finch, you will get disconnected.If you use Pidgin, you will get disconnected.If you use the official Yahoo! Messenger, you won’t get disconnected.You’ll get disconnected after about six to eight hours (sometimes more, sometimes less).Meanwhile, we and the Libpurple developers are still investigating the specific cause of the problem, so we know who needs to fix what. The periodic disconnections are a hassle, but you should still be able to chat. This is not a security risk, as you can’t cut or copy from the password field: ![]() This is so that, if the error is spurious (as in this case), you can just hit OK. As shown above, Adium fills in your old password. Our users are reporting that the official Yahoo! Messenger client does not get disconnected, so it seems to be a fault in Libpurple, the library that Pidgin and Adium both use.įurthermore, we stress that Adium has not forgotten your password. It’s not specific to Adium: Pidgin users are reporting the same problems. This is not new in 1.3.1: We released 1.3.1 on September 7th, so it was working fine for nearly two weeks before the problems started. The disconnection comes in the form of an authorization error, so Adium responds by presenting a password prompt: Please try it out and let us know on the Trac ticket whether it solves the problem for you.įour days ago, many of our users started getting disconnected from Yahoo! after several hours. This beta contains a new version of Libpurple that we believe fixes the Yahoo! disconnection problem. If you would like to do a comparison of the three services, download this chart comparing them here.You are currently browsing the archives for the Pidgin category. This engages the shyer, more timid students and allows you to preview a question or comment temporarily before answering. Set up lectures with question periods and keep it open so students with mobile devices can message their questions or comments in. Adium is a fork of Pidgin for Macintosh, which uses a messaging system based on WebKit (Chrome, Safari, etc,) which has a really cool look. That is where Adium, Meebo, and Pidgin come in, which collect various IM services into a single service, enabling the user to communicate to whoever regardless of which service they use.Īs an instructor you could make yourself available to all your students by using this service, as it won’t require your students to change IM services and most importantly, it makes you available to them for whatever times you designate. The only problem is that there are so many services out there that it becomes difficult to figure out which friend/colleague/student is using which service. Many instant messaging tools ( MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, AIM) really bridged the gap that email left by allowing you to have synchronous conversations with people. A message in a bottle, beaching on the shore of the ocean © 2012 Microsoft Corporation. ![]()
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