IM clienty things...

[Kai]

I'm having major problems with buggy AIMe things, and I was wondering what other IM clients are out there that wouldn't require me to install anything on the computer I'm using.

I've tried meebo, but it doesn't have a chat option, so it's no good for RPing. There are very few font/color options, but if I just wanted to IM with one or two people it'd otherwise be fine.

e-messenger.net is probably Satan. Shaun and I have not gotten a good impression from the "this works better if you turn all your popup blockers off WE SWEAR" business.

I have little to no chance of convincing the Powers That Be that installing Gaim is any better than AIM, which is actually quite sad.

Before I give up hope, I want to cast out the net around RPGWW and see if any of you have any ideas. <p>-------------------------
"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit and the emperor remains an emperor." -- Sandman "The Kindly Ones" </p>

[Jak Snide]

Trillian gets around the "you can't install stuff 'cos you're not an admin" restriction. At least it did at my university computer lab.

[Kai]

It's not that I'm unable to do it, because I've used gaim to get around that before. It's just that I'm on someone else's computer who has a huge IM client phobia. He won't let me install any IM-related thing. <p>-------------------------
"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit and the emperor remains an emperor." -- Sandman "The Kindly Ones" </p>

[Jak Snide]

I suggest tearing his limbs off till he comes around to reason. Mainly because I've got no idea what good browser based clients there are, if any such thing exists.

[PriamNevhausten]

Carry around one of those Flash RAM sticks with all the required AIM files on that business. No installation, good times =D <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[BrainWalker]

Good times assuming you have one of those, anyway. <p><div style="text-align:center"></div></p>

[Kai]

I think that limb-tearing, while an extreme solution, is probably the only avenue I've got. I'm having better luck with AIMe than I was previously, but since I don't have a flash doodad, I have nowhere to install an actual AIM program except for his hard drive.

This is why I was hoping there would be other options. AIMe is unfortunately the best choice right now, which is just plain depressing. <p>-------------------------
"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit and the emperor remains an emperor." -- Sandman "The Kindly Ones" </p>

[PriamNevhausten]

Yeah. Beyond that, you're pretty much restricting yourself to IRC, which still also is not sufficient. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Archmage144]

Because no one is using it, mostly.

Also, you'd still have to download mIRC or something unless there were a specific #RPGWW java ****** available, I believe.

Edit: Why the fuck did someone set the forum to censor the word a'pplet? <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center"></div>

</p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=archmage144>Archmage144</A]&nbsp; at: 12/27/05 0:12

[PriamNevhausten]

There are a lot of IRC java client apps out there, and a lot of them support server switching. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Malta]

You're a bunch of ******s.

[Ganonfro]

Dan said a naughty! *Points and tattles*