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)May 25, 2024

@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?

Show threadDunderbrallan
@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...
May 25, 2024 at 7:12amWeb
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... :)