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Chat software

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  • 04-09-2008 9:58am
    #1
    Andy27981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭


    hi all

    we're looking for some simple, bog standard chat software that me and my team at work can use as instant chat just for sending small notes, urls etc to each other. No need for file transfer, voice or anyhting fancy and no fancy graphics or pop up adds etc.. Free would be great.

    Anyone using/recommend anything?

    Thanks
    Andy


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    #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,100 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Andy27981 wrote: »
    hi all

    we're looking for some simple, bog standard chat software that me and my team at work can use as instant chat just for sending small notes, urls etc to each other. No need for file transfer, voice or anyhting fancy and no fancy graphics or pop up adds etc.. Free would be great.

    Anyone using/recommend anything?

    Thanks
    Andy

    Does it need to run completely internally within the company?


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,380 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    An irc client? Something like MIRC or something? (Although that does have a pop up ad when you load up unless you pay for it..)

    Or you could also use chatzilla, which is an irc plug-in for mozilla firefox...


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    strjms72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭strjms72


    chatzilla is great, you could use that or try spark


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    Andy27981
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭Andy27981


    Spear wrote: »
    Does it need to run completely internally within the company?

    thanks for the replies guys

    ideally yes....but im just looking to see whats out there really.


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Bonjour based chat with an application like Pidgin? Basically, P2P chat with status announced in the subnet.


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    jabber would fit the bill i think, would keep it in house but requires a server www.jabber.org for info and client/server downloads


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    cance
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭cance


    http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html

    simple and effective, although i'd say your company has the messaging service well disabled at this stage.


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    another thought occured to me, if you're on windows 2000 or XP all the pc's should already have netmeeting installed, start / run / conf

    you could all connect to each other via ip address and use its chat function
    no need to install anything at all. been so long since i've used it though i cant remember how good/useful the chat function is :D and might not be very practical if it's a large team but just throwing it out there with the other suggestions.


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    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users Posts: 7,500 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    we use spark at work. works like a charm.

    you could always just get people to signup to msn messenger with their work account email address which would work just as well, buts thats not keeping it totally internal.


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,872 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    gmail also works.

    Or you could download Digsby: its a cross platform IM program - so bob in accounting could be on yahoo, talking to fred in sales on msn messenger, and Gina on gmail.


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    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    Use the TEXT feature in Skype.


    -

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    Silenceisbliss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Silenceisbliss


    HOW HAS NOBODY SAID MSN YET!!!! omfg.

    MSN messenger FTW



    MSN MESSENGER!!!!


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    Zascar
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    My company used to use Jabber and we now use Pidgin


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Zascar wrote: »
    My company used to use Jabber and we now use Pidgin

    you probably still have the same backend though and just changed the client as pidgin supports the jabber protocol


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    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    No idea, but both are good, not sure why they changed, jabber was fine


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    kaimera
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    skype?


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    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Silenceisbliss wrote: »
    HOW HAS NOBODY SAID MSN YET!!!! omfg.

    MSN messenger FTW



    MSN MESSENGER!!!!
    Why metion msn when pidgin does its job plus more? :rolleyes:


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    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    kaimera wrote: »
    skype?

    a lot of places will block this or frown upon it's use due to the fact that it uses your bandwidth when idle due to it's p2p function , i'm not talking a hugh amount though.


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    chin_grin
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    +1 for Jabber.


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    calex71 wrote: »
    a lot of places will block this or frown upon it's use due to the fact that it uses your bandwidth when idle due to it's p2p function , i'm not talking a hugh amount though.
    very true.

    tired to block it in my work but it's just to valuable a tool for us.


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    mach1982
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    we used Jabber, but now MS commicator


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    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,118 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    mach1982 wrote: »
    we used Jabber, but now MS commicator
    Pidgin does both of those.


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