[Techtalk] Simple replacement for AIM with Pidgin

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

David Sumbler wrote:

> On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 17:43 +0000, Poppy Lochridge wrote:
> > My experience has been...
> 
> And on Fri, 2017-03-03 at 13:00 -0500, Little Girl wrote:
> > I agree with Poppy...
> 
> Thanks, both of you, for your reassurance!  I'll stick with Google
> Talk, then, since it seems to meet my requirements.

It's good that you've got it settled.
 
> As far as Google is concerned, although I use some of their services
> and apps (notably Keep and, of course, Maps) I find that most of
> their software is extraordinarily user-unfriendly.  My brother
> finds exactly the same.

I agree when it comes to mail, which is why I use offline mail
software rather than doing my mail in a browser. I actually like
using the Google search and its image search. I'm not a user of any
of their other services, though, and probably not likely to become
one.
 
> On 2 or 3 occasions I have tried to figure out how to send an SMS
> message using Hangouts, which is the "default messaging app" on at
> least some versions of Android.  I every case I have failed to work
> out how it is done, and end up downloading something less
> impenetrable!

I took a brief look at Hangouts and didn't like how much information
was gathered and shared by it, so I didn't go for it.
 
> But I'll be happy to use their IM service via Pidgin.

That's all that really matters, since that way your friend can
continue to use familiar software.

-- 
Little Girl

There is no spoon.