From jabber-jadmin Wed May 21 15:13:15 2003 From: Shawn Gordon Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 15:13:15 +0000 To: jabber-jadmin Subject: Re: [jadmin] Jabber clients X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=jabber-jadmin&m=105353219319971 take a look at http://www.thekompany.com/products/aethera/tkjabberpro/ which is our commercial client, we are testing the new release right now that has file transfer capability, you might also be interested in its companion white boarding app http://www.thekompany.com/products/aethera/tkwhiteboard/ that runs on top of jabber. We also have a free version at http://www.thekompany.com/projects/tkjabber/ - these all run on Linux and Windows, we'll be doing a Mac port in the near future. Shawn At 07:54 AM 5/21/2003, you wrote: >Jeremy Lunn said: > > On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 11:29:13AM -0400, jabber@brevo.com wrote: > >> RhymBox is IMHO the best client for the end-user. Futhermore, it's > >> installation is painless and download size is about 2Meg. > >> > >> There is also a file transfer feature, plugin support (RSS feeds, > >> etc.). > > > > Has RhymBox got a dock applet yet? > >Dock applet? > > > I find users are too used to closing > > the window expecting the IM program to keep running. > >This works in 1.6 at least. > > > Until RhymBox has > > solved that I guess I'll continue to recommend Psi. The other problem > > is that RhymBox isn't really open source and it runs like a hog. > >RhymBox includes source. Of course, it's based on ATEClient, which >doesn't appear to be open source. > >As for running like a hog... it runs very well for me. It does appear to >take about 7.8 MB of ram. That seems fairly large for something as simple >as a chat program, to me at least... but Psi appears to take 7.5 MB as >well. Exodus hits 8 MB. So I don't see any reason to label RhymBox as a >"hog". I like the UI for RhymBox more than most of the others. It's >sleek and professional looking, while remaining easy to use. Psi I find >to be gaudy. Exodus isn't bad in looks, but a lot of it is non-intuitive >on use. I've also looked at MyJabber, Yabber, an Rival. Here's my remarks >on all of these. > >Exodus: > Pros: > Full featured. Plugin architecture (but where are the plugins?). Clean >interface. > Cons: > Many functions are not very user friendly (such as having two ways to >register with transports, with the easiest method to find being the >most difficult to actually use, requiring you to know what transports >are available, and what they are named on the server). Buggy. Just >yesterday two of us experienced repeated "access violation" errors >that did not halt the program. Unfortunately, just clicking on the >menu would cause another access violation, which again, did not bring >the app down, which resulted in a trip to TaskManager to get rid of >it. Another CON is that it's programmed in a proprietary language. >Not many developers will have access to Delphi. > >RhymBox: > Pros: > Very, *very* clean interface. This is what an IM client should look >like. Intuitive interface. From a usability stand point, this one >stands above all the others. > Cons: > Unfortunately, there are a few bugs, but none of them have caused a >crash thus far and can be worked around. Only been running it for two >days now, but this is my current client of choice. > >Psi: > Pros: > Full featured. > Cons: > The UI is so gaudy, I didn't give it much more of a chance. > >MyJabber: > Pros: > Full featured. Fairly clean interface. > Cons: > Missing some bells and whistles features. Definately buggy. >Experienced several crashes using this one. > >Yabber: > Pros: > Full featured. Very good design. This one ranks second for me on >look and feel. Some of the things I disliked could easily be >accounted for with a few more preference settings. The author has >published a design guide at http://www.yabber.org/design/, which is >something all Jabber client authors should read! > Cons: > Buggy. This is alpha software, and it shows. Several crashes, as >well as other bugs that I'd consider show stoppers. For instance, >"always on top" functionality seems to be coded the hard way, which >results in the window "jumping" back to the top after being obscured >by another window, which is jarring. Worse yet, some of it's own >windows/menus become obscured and unusable when this feature is >enabled. > >Rival: > Pros: > Nice looking interface. > Cons: > Minimal functionality. Appears to be a pre-alpha release to me. > > >We're using Jabber as a corporate solution, so we need a bug free client >(within reason, of course). We also want a clean interface that doesn't >lack in functionality. Finding this ideal client has certainly not been >easy. :( > >-- >William E. Kempf > > >_______________________________________________ >jadmin mailing list >jadmin@jabber.org >http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jadmin Regards, Shawn Gordon President theKompany.com www.thekompany.com 949-713-3276 _______________________________________________ jadmin mailing list jadmin@jabber.org http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jadmin