{"id":748971,"date":"2013-04-30T07:10:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T11:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=146724"},"modified":"2013-04-30T07:10:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T11:10:39","slug":"miranda-ng-is-a-multi-protocol-im-client-with-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/748971","title":{"rendered":"Miranda NG is a multi-protocol IM client with style"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of instant messaging is the sheer number of different services and clients that are available. While there has been a degree of convergence over the years, there is still a high chance that if you want to be able to communicate with all of your friends, family and colleague through instant messaging, you\u2019re going to need to have a few clients installed. This might not be the case if you try out Miranda NG<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n

Out of the box there is support for a fairly impressive range of chat protocols -- IM, GG, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo -- but this lit can be greatly expanded through the use of plugins. Amongst others, it is possible to add support for Facebook chat, Twitter, Skype and XFire.<\/p>\n

Available in 32- and 64-bit varieties, Miranda NG is a portable app that can be run from a USB drive. Development may have stalled with the apps predecessor Miranda IM, but this new branch is being constantly updated.<\/p>\n

But it is not just protocols that can be added through plugins -- there are a raft of other features that can be bolted on. Just as with any IM tool worth its salt, there are also a number of skins available that enable you to personalize the look of the app.<\/p>\n

You can find out more and download a free copy of the chant client by paying a visit to the Miranda NG review page<\/a> -- there are 32-<\/a> and 64-bit<\/a> versions available.<\/p>\n

Photo credit:<\/strong> A1Stock<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n

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Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of instant messaging is the sheer number of different services and clients that are available. While there has been a degree of convergence over the years, there is still a high chance that if you want to be able to communicate with all of your friends, family and colleague through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":954,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-748971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-38Qb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/954"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}