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It used to be fairly poppin'. I've been popping in during my hiatus from Hatrack the last couple years and it's dwindled.
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OK im too lazy to look it up, but if anyone could post a link to it or the channel/server... ill check it out. danke.
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If you're new to AIM the way to get in is to add yourself to your own buddy list, then right click on your name in your buddy list and choose "Send Chat Invitation". When the box pops up replace the long string of numbers in the chatroom name with the words "Hatrack Chat" and click OK.
If you don't have AIM yet then download an old version, not Triton which sux. I've got AIM 5.9.3861 with AdHack 4.14 and I'm quite happy with it. I think you can download it off the AdHack page if it's still up. Let me find you a link. Here you go.Posts: 6246 | Registered: Aug 2004
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I can't get buddy chat to work lately. I was in the chat room the other day talking to someone and it abruptly kicked me out, and since then when I've tried to invite myself in, the request times out and it boots me again.
And ideas? AOL's help site was beyond unhelpful.
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I have AIM Triton, which I'm sorry I ever downloaded. The old AIM was just fine. But yes, I'm using AOL's software.
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I'm always hesitant to download new software to my computer, though I suppose I've already broken that dam by poisoning my computer with AOL software to begin with.
I've been considering getting Gmail for awhile now and getting away from AOL, which I use for email, but I don't know anything about how their IM service works, especially how it works with AIM chatters.
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I love pidgin. Admittedly, it's a little more taxing on your system than some other clients, but it covers all your basis. As I write this I'm signed into 2 Aim accounts, an MSN, and ICQ, a Yahoo, A Google Talk, and an IRC channel. It's a simple design, so don't expect anything fancy, but it is an incredibly stable application. There are a lot of plug-ins to make it behave pretty much how you want it.
But... admittedly, I'm a little Biased. I've been using it since it was Gaim 1.3
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I could not figure out a way to get into a chatroom using gmail/aim, so I just d/l'ed the aim software instead. It works, occasionaly. It really is terrible though.
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I didn't like GAIM. It didn't seem to handle font sizes well. When I had a reasonably-sized font on my own screen, it appeared HUGE on other people's.
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quote:Originally posted by Icarus: I didn't like GAIM. It didn't seem to handle font sizes well. When I had a reasonably-sized font on my own screen, it appeared HUGE on other people's.
My dad had this issue too. IIRC, I found an add-on that took care of it. If you're interested, I can try to find it again.
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I would have - but I just spent forever trying to figure out how to invite myself. It's the first time I've tried on a Mac and I can't for the life of me figure it out...
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I can't figure out how to do invites from pidgin, but can invite myself. Some systems are weird.
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I'd offer you an invite, but you really don't need one anymore. OTOH, if you want one, I still have 91. 
