I need help finding a chat client

[miladycarol]

On this beautiful day of thanks, I'd like to ask if anyone knows of a chat client that works on Mac OS X that will allow me to access my Yahoo and Gmail accounts.

I was using Adium successfully for over a year. Than Yahoo just would drop for no reason. Now Yahoo won't load at all. I've tried removing and downloading fresh versions of it to no avail. So, I tried the Yahoo IM for Mac which loses messages and crashes so that it is non-responsive. I don't know about this until I try to use it and then I have to force quit out of it.

So, this leaves me with no way to access my Yahoo IM. I have been looking online and can't find anything that seems to work on a Mac. Trillium is Windows only. Pidgen doesn't work on Mac reliably, according to the reports I've read. There is this site at www.meebo.com that is online. I am thinking of trying it, I'm that desperate. Anyone heard any reports?

Which brings me to my apology for possibly ignoring or failing to respond to your messages. I really don't know how long my messages have been floating off into the ether. I'm actively working to correct the problem.

Comments

:o(

[huxbear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Yahoo on Mac doesn't seem to be a happy camper, that's for sure... :o(

Have you tried the browser-based (Java, I think, but don't quote me) version of the "webmessenger" for Yahoo? --> http://webmessenger.yahoo.com/ It might mean leaving a browser instance (window) open with that client running in the background, but it's a work-around that might meet your needs for now...

I was pleasantly surprised that it would let me do some of the things that the non-"official" Yahoo clients won't, too. :o)

Regardless, good luck in the search! :o)

Re: :o(

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I looked at it, but it's just Yahoo and I can't receive my google talk on there. Since there are people in my world that only use the Google talk, I need both. I'm trying meebo.com. It's online. It's not pretty, yet I'm hoping it will be reliable.

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

I have had no problem at all with Yahoo on Adium recently. It settled down after that initial difficulty a couple of months ago.

Have you updated it lately? I know an update came out last month.

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

I have 1.3.2 on my machine. I have the auto check for updates going on, so it did, I installed it, and it didn't help.

Yeah, it doesn't even try to find Yahoo on its own. I have to go into status and ask it to. Then it crunches for 10 minutes and resigns itself to failure. I can't find another mac program that works with both Google talk and Yahoo. I'm trying an online client now. It's clunky in comparison. I guess we'll see how it works. Otherwise, I have to abandon Yahoo as a chat engine since I have tried everything I can find out there.

[lurkitty.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Try going (in Adium)to Preferences/ Accounts/ and click on Yahoo!. Go to options. There is a box at the bottom that says connect when Adium opens , and if it is not checked, check it. Check yous settings. It should be scs.msg.yahoo.com at port 5050. The room list server should be United States.

That's all I can do right now. I don't know what else to try without being there. *sends good vibes*

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Well, all that is as it should be. I've not futzed with it until yesterday and then returned it back to its previous settings. The ones you just mentioned. I flitted all over the forums. I can't help but wonder if it's something at the house. Maybe I should take my computer elsewhere and see if it works. Neither G nor I can access from home. I seem to remember having the same problem at Supreme Bean, but I'd need to test again to be sure. *shrugs* Ah well.

Hope your Thanksgiving was lovely.

[http://users.livejournal.com/makaze_/]

I peeked at Pidgin and it looked difficult to get on Mac but doable.

I used to use meebo when I was bound to a machine that didn't have messengers.

Doing a quick search on download.com I found This Program. It seems to run everything you need.

Hope that's helpful!

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You're awesome. I read up on it, downloaded, installed and haven't figured out how to make it work yet. It keeps crashing and shutting down. I have been occupied in off-line activities, though, so I've not put in a lot of effort yet. I'll let you know how I do. *hugs*

[http://users.livejournal.com/makaze_/]

Glad to help!