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    I really liked the old Google Talk. I don't like Hangouts.

    What chat programs do you guys use at work or what do you like? I'm trying to find a replacement for Google Talk as they are finally shutting it down.

    features I like:
    --works on both computer and phone
    --messages coming to you on both phone and computer at same time, so it’s a seamless change if you are out of office or away from desk
    --notifications sync, so that if you answer on your computer, your phone doesn’t keep a notification showing
    --status showing desktop status available, away, not signed in…
    --stand alone app on desktop, not tied to an email program

    Any recommendations for me?

  • #2
    I'm old school and use IRC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

    --works on both the computer and phone. check.
    --messages go to both. check. Of course, I use an IRC bouncer so my phone doesn't have to be running the IRC app all the time.
    --notification sync. Yeah, see the IRC bouncer thing.
    --Status stuff. Yeah. Of course, your mileage varies with the client you use.
    --Standalone app. Yeah, there are all kinds of IRC apps including the cool terminal based ones. For the full effect install something like Cathode or cool-retro-term before using one of those... Just like you are back in the 70's!

    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
    "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
    "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
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    • #3
      Jay Santos, if you are looking at ways to be unfaithful without getting caught easily, check out kik, whatsapp, groupme, cyberdust, or wechat. hangouts is ok but as you have obviously discovered, the wife can find that one pretty easily.
      Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
        Jay Santos, if you are looking at ways to be unfaithful without getting caught easily, check out kik, whatsapp, groupme, cyberdust, or wechat. hangouts is ok but as you have obviously discovered, the wife can find that one pretty easily.
        Yeah. Google incognito works well for the porn, but I need a better chat option...

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        • #5
          Anyone use Slack of HipChat? Some of the reviews complain about battery drain, which might be a deal breaker.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by jay santos View Post
            features I like:
            --works on both computer and phone
            --messages coming to you on both phone and computer at same time, so it’s a seamless change if you are out of office or away from desk
            --notifications sync, so that if you answer on your computer, your phone doesn’t keep a notification showing
            --status showing desktop status available, away, not signed in…
            --stand alone app on desktop, not tied to an email program

            Any recommendations for me?
            Are you willing to let the government spy on you through your phone camera? If so, it sounds like facebook messenger meets pretty much all of your criteria.
            Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

            There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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            • #7
              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
              Jay Santos, if you are looking at ways to be unfaithful without getting caught easily, check out kik, whatsapp, groupme, cyberdust, or wechat. hangouts is ok but as you have obviously discovered, the wife can find that one pretty easily.
              You forgot snapchat!
              *Banned*

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              • #8
                Originally posted by cougjunkie View Post
                You forgot snapchat!
                Only reckless fools use snapchat, CJ.
                "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                  Only reckless fools use snapchat, CJ.
                  True that. Snapchat is bad.
                  PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                  • #10
                    skype?
                    Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                      skype?
                      skype is pretty common, though. his wife will find out
                      Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                        skype is pretty common, though. his wife will find out
                        virtual machines + vpn + burner phone
                        Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                          virtual machines + vpn + burner phone
                          The uber-geeks are all on Tor. Amirite, Uncle Ted?
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                            I'm old school and use IRC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

                            --works on both the computer and phone. check.
                            --messages go to both. check. Of course, I use an IRC bouncer so my phone doesn't have to be running the IRC app all the time.
                            --notification sync. Yeah, see the IRC bouncer thing.
                            --Status stuff. Yeah. Of course, your mileage varies with the client you use.
                            --Standalone app. Yeah, there are all kinds of IRC apps including the cool terminal based ones. For the full effect install something like Cathode or cool-retro-term before using one of those... Just like you are back in the 70's!
                            I met Tim on IRC on the EFnet (later moved to the undernet). #mormon We became roommates about 2 years later.

                            Then, I met my wife on #mormon. She's a much better kisser than Tim.
                            "Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                              The uber-geeks are all on Tor. Amirite, Uncle Ted?
                              [insert uncle ted link about recent discovery that fbi seized some tor nodes]
                              Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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