Messenger for desktop

[opt1k]

Good idea, bad implementation...
300MB memory heap for a messenger..uses "a" web browser...to implement itself.
It appears to come with an implementation of the chrome browser.

Apparently it also creates an open TCP socket for this? Even though its on the local loopback interface, it seems un-necessary.

The .desktop file is also a poor implementation, it needs editing to be recognized by lxpanel....
If you like your facebook messenger to use 300mb of memory this is a great idea (:

Its on github, and here http://messengerfordesktop.com/


After running for about an hour

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opt1k@frey:~$ sudo netstat -natp
[sudo] password for opt1k: 
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51585         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2049/Messenger  
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.139:43085     31.13.76.102:443        ESTABLISHED 2049/Messenger  
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.139:43011     31.13.76.102:443        ESTABLISHED 2049/Messenger  
tcp        1      0 192.168.1.139:43084     31.13.76.102:443        CLOSE_WAIT  2049/Messenger  

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Messenger 2049      opt1k  DEL       REG               0,20              25119 /run/shm/.org.chromium.Chromium.8iGXth
Messenger 2049      opt1k  DEL       REG               0,20              25118 /run/shm/.org.chromium.Chromium.NOYIV3

[wuxmedia]

Oh - Em - Gee - Is that... gulp... face..book messenger?
still - I'm a hangouts fan so, probably as bad.. :)

[opt1k]

So its official. I do not advise the messenger to anyone. It got to 640mb of ram. Once I closed it the I have no idea what happend, disk IO went off the charts, and the system became unusable, a restart was required.

Oh - Em - Gee - Is that... gulp... face..book messenger?
still - I'm a hangouts fan so, probably as bad.. :)

Yes it was facebook messenger. What do you use for hangouts? Does pidgin support that yet?

[tenkainen]

^ Google hasn't released an API for it (after they moved from XMPP), so nothing other than official clients are available, for now, and I'd guess for a long time, if not forever.
I use my phone, though.

[dkeg]

for chat only isn't still just gtalk, which you can configure in CenterIM or pidgin or whatever. For video, I guess the Chome Hangouts App, if not through the Chrome browser itself. But like tenkainen said, mostly G+ stuff and hangouts is off my phone.

[wuxmedia]

^^ yeah fuckers, it's just personal stuff now with hangouts.
just the default chrome app for client. used to be a total shitter with a tiler, that's at least better now.

all jabber at work.

^ To sort of test - I just jabbered myself from work to my gmail address in pidgin, didn't work.

[opt1k]

There is a hangouts extension for firefox as well. IT seems easier to just log in to gmail or use a phone.

dkeg: are you suggesting that it is possible to still do google instant messanging through pidgin? I might install this later. I also use hangouts for google voice sms, It might be nice to use pidgin for that.

[wuxmedia]

^ I would be interested also. Don't think gtalk works over pidgin any more.

[ivanovnegro]

^ Hm, I thought it worked. Last time I checked it was working but I stopped using IM clients altogether.

[opt1k]

Im testing out a client called jitsi.
xmpp for google does not work. but i am interested in the off the record and desktop sharing features.

What xmpp server does everyone here use?

[wuxmedia]

We don't have a group jabber server, I don't have a personal one either.
So wouldn't know what to run.
IRC serves for communications - we don't often chat out of the BBQ.

[twoion]

For facebook messenger, there is messenger.com, an official web interface. Considering the resource requirements of that 3rd-party messenger hack, a browser could be even learner. I don't use facebook though so what do I know.

Ironically, Google Hangouts's video chat does only work flawlessly in Firefox (Google Talk plugins) and not in Chromium, no video with the latter.