Comments on: Bed side manner http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: peejay http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1763 peejay Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:34:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1763 <i>1. An option to not show the Buddy List in the Taskbar. Most IM apps support this. And the Linux version of Gaim supports this too via a plugin. But the Windows version does not have this luxury.</i> Unless they removed this in the 2.0 series (I’m still running 1.5, I think), it does have this luxury. <img src='http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' /> Turn on the plugin that shows the icon in the status-icon area and then you can double-click that icon to show/hide the Buddy List (removing it from the Taskbar when hidden). Clicking the minimize button will still minimize it as usual (to the Taskbar). 1. An option to not show the Buddy List in the Taskbar.
Most IM apps support this. And the Linux version of Gaim supports this too via a plugin. But the Windows version does not have this luxury.

Unless they removed this in the 2.0 series (I’m still running 1.5, I think), it does have this luxury. ;)

Turn on the plugin that shows the icon in the status-icon area and then you can double-click that icon to show/hide the Buddy List (removing it from the Taskbar when hidden). Clicking the minimize button will still minimize it as usual (to the Taskbar).

]]> By: Thom Holwerda http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1766 Thom Holwerda Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:46:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1766 I *love* Miranda. It is clean, fast, and to the point. It’s not filled with useless fluff like Trillian, and it does not suck as much as Gaim. The only thing I miss in Miranda is support for custom MSN smileys. Now I run Miranda and MSN Messenger side-by-side. I *love* Miranda. It is clean, fast, and to the point. It’s not filled with useless fluff like Trillian, and it does not suck as much as Gaim.

The only thing I miss in Miranda is support for custom MSN smileys. Now I run Miranda and MSN Messenger side-by-side.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1764 Eugenia Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1764 Sorry Peejay, this is not what I want. That icon only shows/hide the buddy list, but what I want is to NOT have an entry in the taskbar, no matter if the buddy list is shown or it’s hidden. This is how most IM apps do it. WinGaim cheats its way through, it doesn’t have a real support for this, while the Linux version has a plugin for it. Sorry Peejay, this is not what I want. That icon only shows/hide the buddy list, but what I want is to NOT have an entry in the taskbar, no matter if the buddy list is shown or it’s hidden. This is how most IM apps do it. WinGaim cheats its way through, it doesn’t have a real support for this, while the Linux version has a plugin for it.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1765 Eugenia Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:22:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1765 I re-installed the latest version of Miranda to give it another chance, and it’s as bad as I remember it. This thing sucks, it’s worse than Gaim. It feels like the official ICQ app somehow, crammed. There are no bold/italics/colors when you type a message, I get only an initial sound when someone IMs me and not for any subsequent message, I get no Gmail support out of the box (I need both jabber and gmail as separate accounts), and there are no mail notifiers by default. I have to install plugins that APPARENTLY they are not compatible all the way through with newer versions of the app (Miranda breaks compatibility it seems pretty often). Additionally, you have to precisely target with your mouse the thin text entry strip instead of just clicking anywhere in the window and let you type (Trillian does that and Gaim too I think). Or when I click a contact in the contact list to give it focus in the list, and then I move the mouse in another app, the focus disappears instead of turning gray. It’s small things like these that makes it clear to me that Miranda is simply not polished. In other words, this application is a bloody mess. The only plus side it has is that it supports my #1 and #2 points that Gaim doesn’t. I re-installed the latest version of Miranda to give it another chance, and it’s as bad as I remember it. This thing sucks, it’s worse than Gaim. It feels like the official ICQ app somehow, crammed.

There are no bold/italics/colors when you type a message, I get only an initial sound when someone IMs me and not for any subsequent message, I get no Gmail support out of the box (I need both jabber and gmail as separate accounts), and there are no mail notifiers by default. I have to install plugins that APPARENTLY they are not compatible all the way through with newer versions of the app (Miranda breaks compatibility it seems pretty often). Additionally, you have to precisely target with your mouse the thin text entry strip instead of just clicking anywhere in the window and let you type (Trillian does that and Gaim too I think). Or when I click a contact in the contact list to give it focus in the list, and then I move the mouse in another app, the focus disappears instead of turning gray. It’s small things like these that makes it clear to me that Miranda is simply not polished.

In other words, this application is a bloody mess. The only plus side it has is that it supports my #1 and #2 points that Gaim doesn’t.

]]> By: Eugenia http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1762 Eugenia Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:02:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1762 I can’t stand Miranda, sorry. I can’t stand Miranda, sorry.

]]> By: Edwin http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1761 Edwin Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:54:00 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/01/29/bed-side-manner/#comment-1761 Personally, under Windows, I prefer Miranda-IM over Trillian (granted, I have no experience with Trillian Pro, only the basic version). It also has support for Jabber, GTalk and SIP (thru a plugin). Give it a shot. Personally, under Windows, I prefer Miranda-IM over Trillian (granted, I have no experience with Trillian Pro, only the basic version). It also has support for Jabber, GTalk and SIP (thru a plugin). Give it a shot.

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