Pidgin for Windows

User Reviews

• Great software!

  j-med4/11/2013

  Pros

  Pidgin allows you to collect all your messenger contacts into one single program. You can chat with people in different networks at the same time, without having to clutter your desk with n different windows.

  Cons

  Can't think of any. :)

  Summary

  Pidgin works great for somebody like me with friends in many different networks. I love how I can integrate all those platforms in one single, user-friendly software.

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• Nice program

  MikeSr392/22/2013

  Pros

  multi IM use and easy to set up

  Cons

  Have problems with ICQ and installing it to Pidgin

  Summary

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• wont connect to aim

  needauniquenameoncnet8/11/2011

  Pros

  none to mentioned

  Cons

  cant connect

  Summary

  Wont connect properly to aim. Loads exactly 4 of my buddies. Also wont connect to facebook. The faq offers no help as the links are mostly dead. Can anyone help!? For now its completely worthless, but if I can get it going ill definitely rate it better

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• Great IM client

  Vignesh928/1/2011

  Pros

  1. Supports almost all major chat client 2. Good feature set 3. Open source!!

  Cons

  None so far

  Summary

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• Flexible, friendly and stable

  WaArSe7/29/2011

  Pros

  Fast and easy accounts configuration. Uses very few system resources, and works well. The tagging is useful and fun to use.

  Cons

  None relevant. TB has no skins or color themes, but the standard look is fairly adequate..

  Summary

  Fast and easy configuration of e-mail accounts, both POP and SMTP linked. It feels like using very few system resources, and works seamlessly alongside with Outlook, which I keep using for my professional e-mails. Its best characteristic is being intuitive: whoever has ever used some e-mail client can use TB, and will find any functional feature he or she has ever loved. You cannont give it a specially "pretty" looks but if you want fancy looks and visual effects better than efficiency there's always Incredimail, which isn't bad at all...

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• Great IM Consolidator

  mrobinson527/27/2011

  Pros

  When Yahoo IM updated to version 11, I no longer had the ability to store my archives locally. Pidgin solves that problem, and I do not have to look at ads anymore either!

  Cons

  The default smilies are lame, but you can import sounds and smilies from other clients. Occasionally, the other IMs such as Yahoo change servers which requires some work to get Pidgin reconnected.

  Summary

  A great solution for those who do not like the ads that other IM clients have, and for those who want to archive their IMs locally (they are even in plaintext and are searchable!). I do not have friends on multiple clients, but if I did, I could use Pidgin to chat with all of them.

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• Customizable IRC Agent

  bosque18947/27/2011

  Pros

  Customizable Small footprint

  Cons

  No mobile counterpart

  Summary

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• Best IM client available

  JTod947/19/2011

  Pros

  -Looks native on all platforms -Simple and easy to use with no unnecessary bells or whistles. -Easy to configure. -Plug-ins and themes.

  Cons

  It's fairly easy not to realise that someone has messaged you; it doesn't make as much of a fuss as other IM clients.

  Summary

  A must have IM client for users of all IM protocols. It's perfect for use with the Facebook Chat protocol, and it seems like more people are using this protocol than any other. Looks and works perfectly on openSUSE Linux and Windows XP.

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• Couldn't install

  HunterDX77M5/30/2011

  Pros

  Wish I could say . . .

  Cons

  Didn't install.

  Summary

  I had a problem downloading the GTK whatever it's called. Too bad. I really liked Pidgin on my Linux partition where it seems to work flawlessly.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on May 30, 2011<p/>Nevermind. I got it to install correctly. I guess they were serious about closing all open applications before beginning. Who would have thought? Anyways: 4 Stars!

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• Supports IRC chat without the need of an IRC client-

  andreaborman5/6/2011

  Pros

  As well as a general messenger,which supports Aim,Google Talk and others,Pidgin supports IRC chat. So if you have Pidgin you NOT NOT need to use any other IRC Chat messenger to connect to IRC channels.More user friendly than an IRC client too.

  Cons

  Pidgin does not support voice or video chat on Windows. Only the Linux version of Pidgin supports voice and video chat. But not the Windows version. Why?

  Summary

  When I first tried Pidgin it did seem that I would not be sure how to use it. So I used Instantbird which I still use.Which is a simplified version of Pidgin but with not so many features. But I recently stated to lean how to do IRC chat. And I found that the many IRC Chat clients are just too complicated and difficult to use. And some of the IRC clients are not free on Windows,although they are on Linux. And so I discovered that Instantbird which I have got does do IRC chat. The default channel is Freenode but on Instantbird and Pidgin you can connect to any other IRC network,Undernet for example.By typing in the IRC web address.Instanbird connects you to the IRC Channels and you can chat in IRC and do commands. But Pidgin does more because it finds channels for you, and it will scan and find a list of channels on the IRC channel network you are connected to. And you can just go onto the channel and chat instantly.Where as Instantbird,although it connects you to IRC and you can go to any channel by selecting join channel and typing the channel name. Instantbird does not have a channel finder like Pidgin does.Pidgin will also save channels for you so you can connect to them automatically next time you start Pidgin. And it is much more user friendly than X Chat IRC.Because to chat you just type in the messages the same way you do in other accounts,Aim and Google Talk. And the reply s are displayed the same way as in normal messaging. So when you are on IRC in Pidgin or Instantbird,you use it the same way as a normal messenger. So with all of that going for you in Pidgin,who needs an IRC client? and it is good for normal messaging too,supports MSN Yahoo,Google Talk etc. But windows Pidgin does not support voice or video chat on Windows. But there are other messengers for that. Although Linux Pidgin does but only video chat for Google Talk on Linux only. But the most helpful feature is the IRC support. So if you use Pidgin for IRC you will never have to use an IRC chat messenger again if you have got Pidgin.Because it is much easier to use than an IRC client.It is a pity more people don't know that they can use Pidgin for IRC. But they do now! Andrea Borman.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on May 6, 2011<p/>I was able to join IRC channels and chat easy. And create an IRC channel for a friend. And Pidgin did it all for me. And I was able to use IRC commands which you have to do to register a username and register a channel. But this was not a problem in Pidgin. I recommend Pidgin as a fully functional IRC Chat client and messenger. Andrea Borman.

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