Comments on: The chocolate and peanut butter are mixed again: Using Trillian Astra with Meebo Widgets http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets Libraries, Technology, Games, Learning Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-171523 Peter Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:53:15 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-171523 Ah ok. It's slightly different for me because I have the widget on the site in a 'live chat' popup window, so visitors only go there when they definitely want to chat. Ah ok. It’s slightly different for me because I have the widget on the site in a ‘live chat’ popup window, so visitors only go there when they definitely want to chat.

]]> By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-171522 Chad Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:19:58 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-171522 <a href="#comment-171515" rel="nofollow">@Peter </a> Hi Peter, When someone hits my widget, it does not show up in my Contact List in Trillian. I'm not sure if there is a fix for this. For me, it doesn't really matter, as I'm not going to contact someone who happens to be lurking on my page. I'm just glad it works with incoming requests. @Peter
Hi Peter,
When someone hits my widget, it does not show up in my Contact List in Trillian. I’m not sure if there is a fix for this. For me, it doesn’t really matter, as I’m not going to contact someone who happens to be lurking on my page. I’m just glad it works with incoming requests.

]]> By: Peter http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-171515 Peter Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:59:54 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-171515 I have set up trillian and added meebo to it following your instructions. I have no problems receiving messages when people send them through the meebo widget, but I have no way of knowing when a new user comes online using the meebo widget. They don't appear in the contact list. Have you faced this problem? Is there a solution? I have set up trillian and added meebo to it following your instructions. I have no problems receiving messages when people send them through the meebo widget, but I have no way of knowing when a new user comes online using the meebo widget. They don’t appear in the contact list. Have you faced this problem? Is there a solution?

]]> By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-170754 Chad Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:38:01 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-170754 Hi Jeff, I'm not familiar with myyearbook, so I'm afraid I can't offer much help there. Best of luck! Hi Jeff,
I’m not familiar with myyearbook, so I’m afraid I can’t offer much help there. Best of luck!

]]> By: Jeff http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-170345 Jeff Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:15:55 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-170345 Hi Chad, I followed all the instructions and im not getting my myyearbook chats through meebo on trillian astra ive double and tripple checked my settings, im only using meebo for myyearbook only cause there isnt a pluggin for myyearbook as of yet for astra, any help or advice would be advised thank you in advance V/R Jeff Hi Chad,

I followed all the instructions and im not getting my myyearbook chats through meebo on trillian astra ive double and tripple checked my settings, im only using meebo for myyearbook only cause there isnt a pluggin for myyearbook as of yet for astra, any help or advice would be advised thank you in advance

V/R
Jeff

]]> By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-168234 Chad Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:44:51 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-168234 <a href="#comment-168190" rel="nofollow">@jacqui grallo </a> Hi jacqui, I haven't done anything with SMS in my setup. I do have the AIM hack listed as a text message option that will go to my AIM, but no one has used that. Most of my questions these days come via the Meebo widget. Thanks for stopping by! @jacqui grallo
Hi jacqui,
I haven’t done anything with SMS in my setup. I do have the AIM hack listed as a text message option that will go to my AIM, but no one has used that. Most of my questions these days come via the Meebo widget.

Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: jacqui grallo http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-168190 jacqui grallo Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:35:18 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-168190 Hi Chad, Wondering if you've integrated SMS into your setup. Here at CSUMB, we were doing the Pidgin/Meebo thing, and using the AIM protocol (the AIM SMS "hack" as some folks call it) to receive and send text messages. We've encountered the same problems with Pidgin as you've described in your post, so I'm thinking we might try Trillian. I'm going to test integrating AIM and Google SMS but thought you may have done so already. Thanks for all the great advice! Cheers, jacqui Hi Chad,

Wondering if you’ve integrated SMS into your setup. Here at CSUMB, we were doing the Pidgin/Meebo thing, and using the AIM protocol (the AIM SMS “hack” as some folks call it) to receive and send text messages. We’ve encountered the same problems with Pidgin as you’ve described in your post, so I’m thinking we might try Trillian. I’m going to test integrating AIM and Google SMS but thought you may have done so already.

Thanks for all the great advice!

Cheers,

jacqui

]]> By: Chad http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-166224 Chad Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:59:02 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-166224 Glad you found the post useful, Ethan. I was able to get Pidgin working in the same manner, but Pidgin would crash randomly whenever someone landed on the page with my Meebo widget. I love Pidgin for it's low overhead and simplicity, but for my purposes, it proved to be unreliable with the plugin. Perhaps I'll try it again in Pidgin without using the Plugin and see what happens. Please report back and leave a comment once you've had a chance to test it more. Thanks for stopping by and contributing to the conversation. Glad you found the post useful, Ethan. I was able to get Pidgin working in the same manner, but Pidgin would crash randomly whenever someone landed on the page with my Meebo widget. I love Pidgin for it’s low overhead and simplicity, but for my purposes, it proved to be unreliable with the plugin. Perhaps I’ll try it again in Pidgin without using the Plugin and see what happens. Please report back and leave a comment once you’ve had a chance to test it more. Thanks for stopping by and contributing to the conversation.

]]> By: Ethan S. http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-166075 Ethan S. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:10:18 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-166075 Chad, I like your creativity in trying this with Trillian, and I completely agree that the auto-away of Trillian and Pidgin is priceless, I have one computer that handles ALL my IM accounts and is never signed out (unless the internet is down) and letting my friends know I'm away prevents a lot of frustration that meebo was not alleviating. I tried Trillian once a number of years ago and it messed up my contact list so badly that I STILL have some glitches (like having MYSELF in my contact list). As they say "to each his own" but based on your findings above I was able to replicate the exact same login without plugin functionality in Pidgin, and since their latest version fixed some INCREDIBLY annoying MSN crashes, I've been moving everything away from Meebo, and you just gave me the last key piece to get completely away from it. The magic settings are in domain use meebo.org and in "Resource" use meebo.org, in addition to unchecking SSL on the advanced page and setting the server to meebo.org. That has allowed me to login to meebo via Pidgin, though I haven't had a chance to test any chats with it yet. Chad, I like your creativity in trying this with Trillian, and I completely agree that the auto-away of Trillian and Pidgin is priceless, I have one computer that handles ALL my IM accounts and is never signed out (unless the internet is down) and letting my friends know I’m away prevents a lot of frustration that meebo was not alleviating.
I tried Trillian once a number of years ago and it messed up my contact list so badly that I STILL have some glitches (like having MYSELF in my contact list). As they say “to each his own” but based on your findings above I was able to replicate the exact same login without plugin functionality in Pidgin, and since their latest version fixed some INCREDIBLY annoying MSN crashes, I’ve been moving everything away from Meebo, and you just gave me the last key piece to get completely away from it.
The magic settings are in domain use meebo.org and in “Resource” use meebo.org, in addition to unchecking SSL on the advanced page and setting the server to meebo.org. That has allowed me to login to meebo via Pidgin, though I haven’t had a chance to test any chats with it yet.

]]> By: Library Voice » MeeboMe and Pidgin is like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups http://libraryvoice.com/technology/the-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-are-mixed-again-using-trillian-astra-with-meebo-widgets/comment-page-1#comment-160353 Library Voice » MeeboMe and Pidgin is like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:38:47 +0000 http://libraryvoice.com/?p=990#comment-160353 [...] Update: I haven’t used this setup for well over a year, as for some reason it stopped connecting to the Meebo Widget.  However, the newest version of Trillian works great with the Meebo Widget, and I have written a guide that details how to set it up. [...] [...] Update: I haven’t used this setup for well over a year, as for some reason it stopped connecting to the Meebo Widget.  However, the newest version of Trillian works great with the Meebo Widget, and I have written a guide that details how to set it up. [...]

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