Jake in the desertMay 24, 2024

With the impending doom of ICQ in June and the new crappy version of Teams coming in July, I would like to post this meme one final time

#ICQ #Teams #Microsoft #MicrosoftTeams

Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)

@jake4480 I miss the days when you could have one program, just one… that connected to:

- MSN Messenger
- AOL Instant Messenger
- Yahoo! Messenger
- ICQ
- XMPP… others

Is there such a beast that can connect to Slack, Teams and Zoom for example?

May 25, 2024 at 3:48amWeb
Show threadJake in the desertMay 25, 2024
@stuartl This is a really good point - and I don't know that there is! There really SHOULD be. I'd actually be interested in something like that.
Show threadDarkstarMay 25, 2024
@jake4480 @stuartl bitlbee
Show threadJake in the desertMay 25, 2024
@darkstar @stuartl thank you for Bitlbee! Looks amazing. And in 2019, looks like they updated with this. Didn't know about skypeweb or icyque either! 🤯
Show threadDunderbrallanMay 25, 2024
@stuartl @jake4480 Back in the day I used to use pidgin for this, I think it's still around but I don't know what it can and can't do anymore. Might be worth looking at...
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)May 25, 2024

@dunderbrallan @jake4480

Yeah, just looking at it now. Unfortunately no mention of screen sharing or huddles (voice chat)… and that's something I use Slack for on a daily basis.

There's also limited support for 2FA authentication… Slack likes to send me codes in the email as its "2FA".

Still, it might serve some use cases better than the Electron-based mess they currently ship.

Show threadDunderbrallanMay 25, 2024
@stuartl @jake4480 Ah, I see, too bad. Well, it was probably a long shot to begin with... :)
Show threadmattMay 25, 2024
@stuartl @jake4480 beeper https://www.beeper.com/ - it seems to work relatively well, but it's early days. Commercial backed with a lot of funding by makers of WordPress so it has legs. But, commercial backed so it could die if/when they lose interest. However that describes 95% of broad scale software, so -shrug-
Beeper — All your chats in one app. Yes, really.

A single app to chat on WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and 8 other chat networks. You can search, snooze, or archive messages. And with a unified inbox, you'll never miss a message again.

Beeper
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)May 25, 2024

@maphew @jake4480

Just having a look now… looks to be built atop of the Matrix IM protocol and there are self-host options with source code available.

I've got things on this week-end, so can't investigate it fully just now, but this is looking promising.

Show threadJake in the desertMay 25, 2024
@maphew @stuartl whoaaa this is COOL thank you for this!
Show threadmattMay 27, 2024
@jake4480 @stuartl I've been using Beeper a few weeks. I like it, but it's also problematic because it's hard to know on my phone which network the chat is actually occuring on. This can be very important, for example one kid responds very well on sms but days later if at all for Google chat.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)May 27, 2024

@maphew @jake4480

Yeah, my use case is a Linux desktop client. The only messaging I use on a mobile phone is voice calls, SMS, and the occasional MMS.

Show threadmattMay 27, 2024
@stuartl @jake4480 with desktop client it's easy to see which network is being used. Something to be said for screen real estate!