On 2/16/2013 8:16 PM, Paul wrote:
BillW50 wrote:
On 2/16/2013 3:37 PM, Paul wrote:


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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ory-simple.svg


Paul

Anything regarding IM for Linux is really stripped down and isn't
worth much. The only thing for IM for Linux is somewhat respectable is
Skype, which I never used for Linux, but what I have heard. Everything
else for Linux is pretty much plain text and that is it.

Are there malware associated with IM software? Yes I have heard this
too. Although all of the attempts I have seen requires user
interaction. Like clicking on a link or something. I suppose this
isn't always the case, but I have never run across it yet.

Does the proprietary IM services foil to disable other third party IM
software? Yes indeed they do. While it has been done time and time
again, Trillian has a team that quickly patches theirs to work with
the changes. I don't know who all works with them, but they are indeed
very good. Others are not so lucky.

Java? Java is a malware magnetic. If that isn't bad enough, Java is
very slow. I guess for some, slow is ok. But I don't like slow coding.
Plus it is more difficult to protect against Java malware.

I see I forgot to paste the other link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...saging_clients

That has some useful tables in it.

Paul

Yes, I am familiar with most of them. This table is very lacking though.
There are things like fonts, bold, italics, underline, emoticons, mic,
webcam, etc. that they don't tell you about.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12
Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center