- Apr 5, 2001
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I actually really liked the WLM client. I loved how it also remembered my chat window position on monitor #2.
I tried Skype. It seems IM is just an afterthought on it. It's actually quite ugly, although it does remember my chat window position on monitor #2.
I also tried Google Talk using their client. It's as simple as WLM and looks very similar, but it doesn't remember my chat window position. It always opens adjacent to the "buddy list". Although it's not a big deal, remembering the chat window position was a nice luxury in WLM that I'd like to keep.
Yahoo IM - it was popular years back, but seems a bit too bloaty and blingy. It makes me think of when people would pimp out their pages on MySpace. It didn't remember my chat window position either, so I'd rather use the much simpler Google Talk client than this.
Any other suggestions?
Something else I can't seem to find in a Google search - will WLM's Facebook connector still work after Messenger is shut down, or does it go through Microsoft servers? If I can keep using WLM and just connect using the FB chat protocol, I have no problem with that.
I tried Skype. It seems IM is just an afterthought on it. It's actually quite ugly, although it does remember my chat window position on monitor #2.
I also tried Google Talk using their client. It's as simple as WLM and looks very similar, but it doesn't remember my chat window position. It always opens adjacent to the "buddy list". Although it's not a big deal, remembering the chat window position was a nice luxury in WLM that I'd like to keep.
Yahoo IM - it was popular years back, but seems a bit too bloaty and blingy. It makes me think of when people would pimp out their pages on MySpace. It didn't remember my chat window position either, so I'd rather use the much simpler Google Talk client than this.
Any other suggestions?
Something else I can't seem to find in a Google search - will WLM's Facebook connector still work after Messenger is shut down, or does it go through Microsoft servers? If I can keep using WLM and just connect using the FB chat protocol, I have no problem with that.