How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare?

Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by detaro on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:29AM (#16353038)

Recommendations for good clients for desktop systems? Maybe my google-fu is particularly weak today, but I couldn't find a clear statements which clients outside conversations.im fullfill those (obviously only the IM suite, since mobile wouldn't apply)

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by ossguy on Sunday February 11, 2018 @10:36AM (#16353079)

https://gajim.org/ tends to be best for desktop (binaries exist for most desktop OSes).

For macOS, you may want to try Adium or Psi. Or you can use https://movim.eu/ which, though a web client, has fairly good feature support as well.

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by Shoothe on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:09PM (#16354192)

I second Gajim especially 1.0.0 version that looks good. There is also https://dino.im but that's still in alpha.

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by detaro on Sunday February 11, 2018 @04:40PM (#16354977)

thanks you two, will give Gajim a try!

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Re:How did Google Talk change from a dream to a nightmare? by Shoothe on Sunday February 11, 2018 @05:07PM (#16355105)

Remember to install some essential plug-ins (OMEMO, HTTP Upload, URL image preview, etc.) for the best experience :)

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