Instantbird is still in early beta. But version 0.1 already shows some promise. The application is a multi-client chat program letting you connect to popular instant messaging services including AOL, MSN, and Yahoo!. You know, pretty much like Pidgin. In fact, Instantbird uses libpurple, the same code library used by Pidgin.
Version 0.1 is still pretty buggy, Instantbird has a long road in front of it. The goal for version 1.0? Make a chat client that has all the same features as Pidgin. But beyond that, the developers hope to add voice and video functionality to Instantbird, which would make it a killer multi-protocol messenger application.
Like most things Mozilla, Instantbird comes in Linux, Windows, and Mac varieties. But we don't really recommend compiling it from source on Ubuntu unless you really know what we're doing. We waited over 2 hours for it to compile before getting an error message.
[via Mozilla Links]
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10-19-2007 @ 8:33PM
uros said...
Is it just me, or is the word "bird" being overused in Mozilla-based applications? Think of Thunderbird, Songbird, Sunbird... and now the (awkwardly named, IMO) Instantbird.
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10-19-2007 @ 10:59PM
Colin said...
Here here. Make way for: MessageMoose.
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10-20-2007 @ 8:17PM
fqueze said...
"we don't really recommend compiling it from source on Ubuntu unless you really know what we're doing."
No, we don't what YOU are doing :-D. But anyway, if you are not a developer you really don't want to compile it.
"We waited over 2 hours for it to compile before getting an error message."
On Ubuntu 7.04 the build takes about an hour. I don't know what you did.
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10-21-2007 @ 8:26AM
belkis said...
te amo mas que a mi vida
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10-21-2007 @ 10:55PM
Sean DL said...
That is there MO. Birds. Every product they make has the word "bird" in it.(Firefox used to be firebird till they had to change it because someone else already has that name).
Now instantbird sounds silly, they should of went with Parrot.....
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10-22-2007 @ 8:39AM
kris said...
Instant Bird -- "just add water" it's a pimply-faced teen's fantasy...
gotta wonder why they haven't added Big Bird yet.
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10-22-2007 @ 11:23AM
Tush said...
Does anyone know if they'll have good video/audio support? I really want a GOOD video/audio chatting program in Ubuntu. Many of my friends and family have Macs and I would love to be able to video conference with them.
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