Most of us probably know that there are a few Instant Messaging networks competing for users. Because of this, IMming libraries might be best served by being available via all of them (as to not alienate any potential users).
Many people that find IM to be a killer app use
Tag Archives: MSN
web-based multi-client IM tool
15 Sep 05 – 9:17 pm
google IM roundup
23 Aug 05 – 8:51 am
Evidently the rumors of a Google IM (Google Talk?) program are true. It is reported that Google will unveil an IM program tomorrow.
The interoperability of email made it easy for people to be interested in and switch to Gmail, but they won’t have that luxury. I’m very curious how they’ll try [...]
finally
29 Sep 04 – 12:51 am
While AOL, MSN and Yahoo! compete for users we should be offering our services to any person using IM. This being the case, a key best practice in IM in libraries is using a multinetwork piece of software (such as Trillian) so that no potential library IMmers are alienated.
I’ve been [...]
