IM Frustration

I have gotten so frustrated with how often Meebo isn't working (like last night and today). I think it's time to switch to something else, but it needs to be something that doesn't require users to login. I got so confused with Hab.la because their instructions are so vague. I found AIM's WIMSI widget, which seemed great until it started displaying that I was offline even though I was online and carrying on a conversation with myself.

I can't easily see if Pidgin has a widget, or if it's just an aggregator and you need a Meebo account to use it, like what Hab.la seems to be. I don't like Hab.la's widget anyway, it's almost invisible.

Help, if you have any advice!

Mary

IM Woes

I just got a great IM reference question that wasn't easy, and I hardly even scratched the surface of what the person was asking for when they thought I was done and left. I have no idea who the person is, so I can't prepare a great e-mail full of much better information. I wasn't very helpful, but I had used an ellipsis in my last post to the person.

I'm not a big fan of the IM format. It doesn't get much use and I'm not sure what I could have done differently in this situation. Despite all of the talk about IM, I don't believe it will grow in the future.

Oughh!