Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire

Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:45:01 GMT

November 3, 2015, 11:45 am

Pidgin is probably your choice then.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:36:55 GMT

November 3, 2015, 11:36 am

@dafyre said: @scottalanmiller The only Gotcha is that your Facebook Friend also has to be using Skype from what I can see. Then that is not using FB messenger, that's just finding people in skype...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:21:21 GMT

November 3, 2015, 10:21 am

Came here to say Spark, but since that is not ideal I would definitely say Pigeon. Used it before and it is very well rounded.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:25:41 GMT

November 3, 2015, 8:25 am

Oh that sucks, I did not realize that.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:58:19 GMT

November 3, 2015, 7:58 am

@scottalanmiller The only Gotcha is that your Facebook Friend also has to be using Skype from what I can see.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:21:15 GMT

November 3, 2015, 7:21 am

Yes, Skype talks to FB by default as long as you sign in

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:20:39 GMT

November 3, 2015, 7:20 am

@scottalanmiller said: @dafyre said: I'd like to find one that works with Facebook... and actually marks my Facebook messages as read when I read them in the chat client. Pidgin and Thunderbird both...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:19:55 GMT

November 3, 2015, 7:19 am

I have used some web based clients in the past. They were not all that great, but they worked and there is something to be said about not needing to have anything deployed to the users' machines at all...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:10:25 GMT

November 3, 2015, 7:10 am

@dafyre said: I'd like to find one that works with Facebook... and actually marks my Facebook messages as read when I read them in the chat client. Pidgin and Thunderbird both do, I believe. So does...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:39:52 GMT

November 3, 2015, 6:39 am

I'd like to find one that works with Facebook... and actually marks my Facebook messages as read when I read them in the chat client.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:01:03 GMT

November 3, 2015, 5:01 am

I moved to Pidgin a few years back... Was logging into about 8 different accounts with it.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:36:53 GMT

November 3, 2015, 4:36 am

Pidgin is the only one that I have used that is still around that I know of. It has been good for a long time. I would recommend it.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:35:02 GMT

November 3, 2015, 4:35 am

@Ambarishrh said: I've used Pandion previously, seems like its not being actively developed anymore https://github.com/pandion/pandion This is a problem with many XMPP clients. If you go to nearly any...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:45:29 GMT

November 3, 2015, 2:45 am

I've used pidgin in the past.. It was very usable. And supports OTR.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:25:16 GMT

November 3, 2015, 2:25 am

I've used Pandion previously, seems like its not being actively developed anymore https://github.com/pandion/pandion

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 06:49:19 GMT

November 2, 2015, 10:49 pm

Pidgin really seems to be the all around general XMPP client of choice.

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 06:47:39 GMT

November 2, 2015, 10:47 pm

Jitsi is really focused no multi-media and SIP...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 06:46:12 GMT

November 2, 2015, 10:46 pm

Thunderbird surprised me as the last time that I had checked there was no XMPP client functionality built into it, but that appears to no longer be true. From the site: Multi-channel chat - Enjoy...

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Reply to Best XMPP Client Options for OpenFire on Tue, 03 Nov 2015 06:45:08 GMT

November 2, 2015, 10:45 pm

What is everyone's consensus on the best XMPP client options for use with the Ignite Realtime OpenFire XMPP server? The native Spark client is mostly good but not ideal and requires Java which, as we...

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