Simple Beep

e20 – Adium

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This episode we explore the history of Adium, the venerable open-source messaging app for OS X. We trace the evolution of the duck, get Ed's obscure feature requests implemented, and eventually move all our chat needs to iOS.

followup
  • theories about the new iTunes icon
  • 32-bit icon editors
    • Icon Machine
  • Iconographer
  • Icon Builder
  • Eyeballs.js
    • Adium
    • instant messaging application for OS X
    • is it [eɪdiəm] or [ædiəm]?
    • AOL Instant Messenger
      • for classic Mac OS
    • bad reviews for OS X version
    • iChat
    • extremely lightweight, ~1MB download [WayBack Machine]
    • tab and window organization
      • Fitt's law
    • organize tabs into windows by group
      • Adium soundsets
        • Tokyo Train Station
      • Super Mario World
      • removal of AIM sounds
      • Adium 2.0 / Adium X
        • GAIM (later Pidgin)
      • LibGaim (later libpurple)
      • multi-protocol support
        • AIM vs. MSN
      • Jabber / XMPP
      • Jabber-based Facebook Chat
      • Adiumy icon and character





        • custom message styles
          • variant of Ed's Kill Bill theme
        • Stattoo
        • Growl
        • YoruFukurou twitter client
          • ...more
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