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An . GENERAL INFORMATION Basic general information about the instant messengers: creator/company, license/price etc. OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT The Operating System s the clients can run on without Emulation or Compatibility Layer s. The Mac OS X version must be self compiled, and will only run with an X server and GTK+ installed. . MSN Web Messenger can be used with a compatible browser and valid Microsoft Passport Network account. Numerous talk/ytalk clients exist for Win32; others are available under the Cygwin environment. Only available in the upcoming version OpenWengo-ng already available through Subversion . When accessed via the Gmail web based interface. PROTOCOL SUPPORT Information on the Instant Messaging Protocol s that each client supports. Plugin available {Link without Title} Plugin available Interoperability with proprietary protocols can be achieved using server-side gateways (so-called ''transports'') in Jabber . Plugin available, but requires Skype to be installed. LAN and chat protocols supported for Miranda include NetSend, WinPopup, Novell Netware NCP, BattleNet, Vypress Chat, Quick Chat, and Walla Chat. Uses the AIM TOC2 protocol, which has fewer features than the Oscar protocol the official client uses. An Oscar plugin is available, but is still in early development. Plugin available {Link without Title} FEATURES Information on what features each of the clients support. Plug-in system to add/expand the default features for the application, or protocol. Such as (but not limited to) Trillian Chat Client - Plugins Third party add-ons which are usually not approved by the author of the application and are usually standalone. Such as (but not limited to) AOL Instant Messenger - Third-party Add-ons Proprietary; compatible only to itself. , Licq and SIM . Any protocol: GPG-encrypted messages. Blowfish-encrypted direct connection; compatible only to itself. Available as a plugin at http://gaim-encryption.sf.net. Compatible only to other gaim clients with the same plugin. Also available as another plugin at http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/. Compatible with all Jabber clients implementing JEP-0027 (standard Jabber encryption). SecureIM plugin provides 192 bits AES Encryption, compatible only to itself. Encryption is " Off The Record " (OTR) encryption, which is currently supported primarily as a system of plugins. GPG -encypted on a per-message basis. Requires GPG to be installed. Because BitlBee depends on an IRC client, features such as toolkits, skinning and smileys are independent of BitlBee itself. Does not permit transfer of executables (filenames ending in .EXE); implicit security feature. Version 3.1 introduced encryption for text-only chat, as well as encrypted audio and/or video, but only for paid subscribers of the .mac service. Upcoming NG version will be toolkit independent. Broken on reception of acknowledged ICQ messages in at least some versions. Scripting via Tcl and via script & socket. Cut-and-paste Unicode text works. Typing unusual characters with a Windows keyboard driver does not. Because Psyced depends on an IRC, PSYC , Jabber or TELNET client, features such as toolkits, skinning and smileys are independent of psyced itself. ADVANCED CONFERENCING Information on what advanced conferencing features each of the clients support.
MirandaComm plugin allows voice communcation between two Miranda users who have the plugin installed. Only tested with users of ICQ protocol. There is a project called gaim-vv aimed at adding voice and video functionality. At the moment, it's being backported to the main Gaim source tree, and will be an official part of Gaim on version 2.0. {Link without Title} Only over AIM for NANP phone numbers (+1 country code) Available ( Microsoft Windows only) through the beta Festoon plug-in. {Link without Title} Google paid for gaim whiteboard sharing as an external plugin (tcl_scripting) Coming soon... Available on Microsoft Windows only at the moment. Will not allow multiple "Video Conferences", although if user "Sends" and "Receives" webcam as two separate actions, it is possible to send and receive from multiple users at once, provided there is no more than one voice conference happening at once. REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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