Odigo 3.1 Rocks!

[Jeff]

Yeah, it's a little quirky and sometimes flakey. Yeah, I know the interface gets a little getting used to. But Odigo works really well, and lets you communicate with AOL, ICQ and Yahoo users, to boot!

And it's one of the few IM programs I've found that will work behind almost any firewall!

Dare to be different!

Jeff Hester
BigBlueBall.com Moderator

[bushwick]

Quick update:

3.1 is still in BETA after a year
It now offers MSN interoperablity
It now offers support for different IM protocols (providing you know the server and you have the account information)

The only draw back I've seen is that it doesn't get your buddylist(s) off the server side, it's always begging for a backup buddylist index file that is suppose to be on the hard drive if you use the commericalized software (Yahoo!, AOL, MSN).

Doesn't do you a whole heck of alot of good, if you are someone like me who has been using Trillian.

There those are my two cents!

BuShWiCk

[rustedtight]

Your 2 cents are valid.
I found it easier to simply run both clients side by side, Odigo and Trillian.
I never did understand the beta thing with some software, Odigo even ICQ did it, there's a reason I guess but it escapes me.

rustedtight

[bushwick]

Dee,

I can only think of two reasons why a company would put a product in pepetiual beta:

1) liability - don't blame us if it fries your computer, it's not the finish product
2) refuse tech support - don't come knocking on our door for support, its still in beta.

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