The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

  • JohnEdwa
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    3 hours ago

    Pidgin. Before that it was called Gaim.
    It still works, as there are plugins to integrate it with almost everything.

    • ShunkW@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I knew it wasn’t spelled exactly like the bird lol. But yeah I used that shit for years. I don’t really have a use for it anymore or I’d probably still be using it