Hi. I am currently using CenterICQ as my instant messenger. It currently supports MSN messenger, which is good at the moment cause I have a lot of friends who use it, some because they are visually impaired and it works very well with JAWS and others "because it somes with Windows so why not use it?" The problem is that after October 15th we will no longer be able to connect to MSN Messenger throu any 3rd-party apps as Microsoft is looking to get paid in yet another area or something. They claim it's about security but we all know where they really stand on that issue. In fact it can probably be proven that many of the 3rd-party apps that they will be blocking are more secure than their own client, but that's beside the point. the real reason for this post is that I need one of two things: I need either another messenger client that I can use that will be able to bypass Microsoft's monopolistic attack against 3rd-party clients, that is unless the developer of Centericq has found a way to do this, or else I need to know if a good alternative for both Linux and windows messaging. I know AIM is good, but at least 1 of my friends says he hates it, something about it not working as well with JAWS or something. I would need a good text-mode dlient for whatever I connect to, preferably CenterICQ will be able to connect to it, as I already have it configured. The windows version will also need to work well with JAWS, preferably better than MSN/Windows Messenger, and if possible it needs to look better to sighted users than MSN/Windows Messenger so my sighted friends will like it too. Can someone please help me with this so I can have enough time to alert people of my change of messengers if I need to do so? Thanks, Lorenzo Prince I HATE MACROHARD, KNOWN TO SOME AS MICROSOFT!
