The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

  • JohnEdwa
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    75 hours ago

    Pidgin. Before that it was called Gaim.
    It still works, as there are plugins to integrate it with almost everything.

    • @ShunkW@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      I knew it wasn’t spelled exactly like the bird lol. But yeah I used that shit for years. I don’t really have a use for it anymore or I’d probably still be using it

      • @toynbee@lemmy.world
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        11 hour ago

        I used it all the way up until Google broke compatibility with it, then continued using it with a third party plug-in until that stopped being maintained.

        Now I prefer Signal over Chat.

    • @vext01
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      15 hours ago

      Gaim was the way I used MSN from Linux back in the day.

      I miss that era.