I’ve give up using the messengers from Yahoo and Microsoft. Mainly because I can’t use my favourite program anymore. I’m not going to run the company’s tools because I’m fed up with blanket pop-ups and annoying adverts. If you want to talk to me online, and who wouldn’t, I’m going open source and using Jabber.
All you need to do is download Exodus, register with a jabber server (I’d suggest http://www.jabber.org) and add me (andy47@jabber.org) to your list of contacts. For the technically challenged there is a nice walkthrough (with pictures no less) here.
Don’t worry, normal service will be resumed, the next post is going to be all about my music collection.