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On 2/16/2013 8:16 PM, Paul wrote:
BillW50 wrote: On 2/16/2013 3:37 PM, Paul wrote: (Unix-like) 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. -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12 Centrino Core2 Duo T7400 2.16 GHz - 4GB - Windows 8 Pro w/Media Center |
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