August 30, 2006
Did a bit of blog-tweaking:
- Removed the meebo me widget. I timed the loading times of the RubeTube with and without the widget, and it was significantly faster without. It was cool a while back because I could see if there were people on my blog but it was rarely in use. Perhaps I'll put it back in the future if I become an A-list blogger. I still use meebo though.
- Modified the template so that the you can see the blog entries organized by date. I've been meaning to do this for a long time already.
- Rearranged the sidebar so that the important items are more easily accessible at the top.
- Changed the look of the title more to my liking.
August 03, 2006
I have contacts on Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and heck, even Google Talk and I find it a hassle to have all three official chat clients (two, if you consider Gmail "official") open at the same time (not to mention that YM is a notorious memory hog). Thus began my quest to find the ultimate multi-protocol IM client. I've tried a number of the multi-protocol offerings available: Gaim (looks like GTK-crap), Miranda IM (better but still looks like crap), and Trillian (looks great! but works like crap, plus no Gtalk). All of them were dead ends.
I stumbled upon meebo on my travels and I was instantly meebo-ed. I like the fact that it's web-based... and that's pretty much it. It lacks in many features but it's stable and the interface is clean and not painful to look at. I'm not saying that everyone should use it, but it works pretty darn well for me.
Oh, and as an added bonus, they've recently come up with a new feature called "meebo me". It's essentially a Flash widget that you can embed into your blog/website which allows your visitors to chat with you instantly, if you're logged onto meebo at the same time. It's just another good reason to switch to meebo.
See it in action by using the "Chatterbox" on my right-hand sidebar. Ping me and let me know that you care enough about me to read my blog!
(Not a paid advertisement by Meebo, Inc.)
I have to apologize though if sometimes I don't reply. I'm not a snob; it's just that my Internet connection has been unstable lately. Also, if you see that "punzki is away", that's usually not true. That happens because setting a customized status message in meebo automatically flags me as "away".
P.S. If you think that the meebo me widget is somehow hindering you from reading my blog properly, let me know and I will gladly remove it, if enough people complain.
I stumbled upon meebo on my travels and I was instantly meebo-ed. I like the fact that it's web-based... and that's pretty much it. It lacks in many features but it's stable and the interface is clean and not painful to look at. I'm not saying that everyone should use it, but it works pretty darn well for me.
Oh, and as an added bonus, they've recently come up with a new feature called "meebo me". It's essentially a Flash widget that you can embed into your blog/website which allows your visitors to chat with you instantly, if you're logged onto meebo at the same time. It's just another good reason to switch to meebo.
See it in action by using the "Chatterbox" on my right-hand sidebar. Ping me and let me know that you care enough about me to read my blog!
(Not a paid advertisement by Meebo, Inc.)
I have to apologize though if sometimes I don't reply. I'm not a snob; it's just that my Internet connection has been unstable lately. Also, if you see that "punzki is away", that's usually not true. That happens because setting a customized status message in meebo automatically flags me as "away".
P.S. If you think that the meebo me widget is somehow hindering you from reading my blog properly, let me know and I will gladly remove it, if enough people complain.
Labels: instant messaging, meebo, meebo me
