SageTheRage
11-28-2004, 05:55 PM
Any of you have any experience with the IM2 (http://www.im2.com/) (instant messaging program)? It's free and includes video & audio chat but darn if I can get it to function without crashing not only the program but my pc as well.
The premise is that IM2 is like Trillian in that you can have 5 different chat clients all in one program (AOL, Y!, MSN, IRC & ICQ)
Each time I uninstall it and reinstall it, I get a bit further into configuring things before "the crash" but it's a PITA.
I don't know if it's the program, me, my pc or a combo of all 3.
If I even so much as "test" the cam function, I crash. I can "test" the audio and all is fine however.
Another peculiarity is that it seems that each time you go to connect to the chat medium of choice it "connects" not only to that program but then a dialog bar pops up on the lower right and one by one it connects to each individual entry in your contact list as well! It actually shows each contact name and the progress bar of "connecting" to the names and then it slides back into obscurity once the "connection" is made.
I then proceeded to send an IM (they call it SMS) to one person on my contact list and well, the inevitable crash occured, sigh!
Furthermore, upon each crash, it takes all the previous settings with it! Not only that but the actual accts are gone too! I had to reestablish everything all over again each crash. What a waste of time.
The only reason I was even venturing into IM2 was because of the inability of Y! instant messaging to function properly when using its cam feature. This happens on my dial-up pc and also on a fellow chatter's cable connection.
If none of you are familiar with the quirks of IM2, do you know of another FREE chat program that allows for FREE cam/audio features? Even if it doesn't include all 5 of the most popular chat mediums of AOL, Y!, MSN, IRC & ICQ, I'd be happy and settle for 1 that actually worked w/o all the quirks. Otherwise, I just might have to spring for the paid version of Trillian and hope it's cam features don't constantly crash like Y! and IM2.
(again, here's the IM2 link (http://www.im2.com/))
The premise is that IM2 is like Trillian in that you can have 5 different chat clients all in one program (AOL, Y!, MSN, IRC & ICQ)
Each time I uninstall it and reinstall it, I get a bit further into configuring things before "the crash" but it's a PITA.
I don't know if it's the program, me, my pc or a combo of all 3.
If I even so much as "test" the cam function, I crash. I can "test" the audio and all is fine however.
Another peculiarity is that it seems that each time you go to connect to the chat medium of choice it "connects" not only to that program but then a dialog bar pops up on the lower right and one by one it connects to each individual entry in your contact list as well! It actually shows each contact name and the progress bar of "connecting" to the names and then it slides back into obscurity once the "connection" is made.
I then proceeded to send an IM (they call it SMS) to one person on my contact list and well, the inevitable crash occured, sigh!
Furthermore, upon each crash, it takes all the previous settings with it! Not only that but the actual accts are gone too! I had to reestablish everything all over again each crash. What a waste of time.
The only reason I was even venturing into IM2 was because of the inability of Y! instant messaging to function properly when using its cam feature. This happens on my dial-up pc and also on a fellow chatter's cable connection.
If none of you are familiar with the quirks of IM2, do you know of another FREE chat program that allows for FREE cam/audio features? Even if it doesn't include all 5 of the most popular chat mediums of AOL, Y!, MSN, IRC & ICQ, I'd be happy and settle for 1 that actually worked w/o all the quirks. Otherwise, I just might have to spring for the paid version of Trillian and hope it's cam features don't constantly crash like Y! and IM2.
(again, here's the IM2 link (http://www.im2.com/))