Company: Overview
Meebo, an ajax-rich web-based instant messenger application, launched today. It’s elegant and useful.
There are a number of problems with instant messaging. First, most of us have too many client applications to run at one time (skype, msn, AOL, Yahoo, Google Talk, Meetro, etc…) (solutions like Trillian attempt to solve this). Second, if you are away from your base computer, you may not be able to access the software needed to run IM. Meebo solves this by allowing you to log into AOL, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo instant messaging services from their web page.
Since Meebo uses ajax, you can drag and drop the message boxes around the screen. And the core functionality (making IM more useful and easy to use) is quite nice.
There are things that they can improve on – support for emoticons is the first to come to mind. One problem that they can’t overcome, but which users should be aware of, is that Meebo is taking (and can store) your IM usernames and password. Any Meebo employee (and hacker) with database access could obtain these credentials and use or change them. Something to be aware of.
Also, Meebo should be supporting Jabber even in this public alpha product. Jabber is an open protocol and should therefore be the easiest service to implement. By supporting Jabber, Meebo would allow you to access Google Talk (profile) as well. This was pointed out in a comment by Frederico Oliveira on an UneasySilence post on Meebo earlier today.
For additional information, see the Meebo about us page and blog.
Team
Elaine Wherry – the Ajax guru
Sandy Jen – Server side programming
Seth Sternberg – jack of everything else
Meebo sound great! I Love this initiative but has you mentioned the Login & Password is a big issue to this kind of application (WEB 2.0). What’s the future for that?
There is an Open Source jabber web client: http://jwchat.sourceforge.net/
is this a start which a need of a mobile personal os/desktop??
just log-on to the a/c or the service through any web browser and you have your desktop experience where-ever your independent of your operating system??
Ok, the comment about Jabber support.
Uh. They are focused on the top 4 IM networks that everybody is on. I think
that is smarter for the alpha than
supporting Jabber. Clearly the ding about that is way overdone since almost nobody is on that network (Gtalk) right now. It sounds like you are complaining because they used tables in their HTML rather than finding a serious criticism.
C’mon.
Dru – Thanks for commenting. I think my criticism is based on the fact that jabber is so easy to implement, I’m just surprised they didn’t add it. Since it’s only been out for a day, I’m not really attacking them. I like the service a lot and I applaud what they are doing. I’m sure they’ll add it soon enough.
And I tend to use skype the most, even for IMing. I wonder if they can add functionality for skype text IM at some point?
Hell, I’ll complain again.
A multi-network IM client could have been written as a Java applet 5 years ago. As far as I know, there is no such thing because, simply put, there is no need for it.
Why would an Ajax-based multi-network client with highly limited functionality be of any use is just beyond me.
http://jaim.at hosts web based jabber interface. Through that you can access msn, yahoo, aim, icq, etc.
hiya peeps …
When using meebo it works fine except for a couple problems i have found. I go to a School that filters the sites we are allowed to go on and when gettin on this site its great. My only questions are when i am on and i have imed someone the meebo takes a long time to get their response back to me… long time sometimes being 5 minuets or so. Also while being on it sometimes just kicks me off sayin i am not logged in then turnin back on saying i am logged in? When this happens i loose my conversations and i am not able to recall the last message sent to me. Sometimes it will kick me off and i will have to go to the start up page and start all over again by signing in and retypin my information in? Can you look into fixing that problem?
its a really helpfull web
hey meebo i think got blocked on my computer is there some way i can un block it.
yours truly
Megan Nuckols
I just found out about it, got to use it at work for two days…LOVED IT! Sadly its been partially blocked, and categorized as inappropriate. So now i either get the blocked access screeen or error on page. Good Go, though…keep up the great work.
god i love meebo y did it get blocked
Worked for a day, and now its blocked. Wish there was other ways to use messenger at work.
Wonderful…..
I used it once, and my school blocked it. Is it so horrible to chat on msn when I’m finished all my work already? Geez. Does anyone know a way to get to it? I have tried SO many ways and I finally found one that wasn’t blocked and they found it. I guess they were snooping through my history files. I feel my privacy was violated, but whatever. I can’t do anything about it but find another way to get through the system. This was the best one I could find.
Email me at Katxpert@hotmail.com if you know any good anonymizer sites and so on.
**Kat**
Hi All,
In my work place meebo is blocked. It tried to access using varuous options like www3.meebo.com
www4.meebo.com and so on
everything is blocked related to meebo
can u give me any other websites thru which i can access the yahoo, msn and aol ims.
thanks in advance
raja
my school has closed the site and i wondered if theres another way to get the site up plez could you help me
ola!!!
quero emtra no msn não consigo
meebo is blocked on my schoolcomputers and the other ones say the page is unreachable are you guys experiencing techinical difficulties or is it my school?
on happier note your site rocks. its a great way to talk to people in school and it doesnt mess up the computers with downloads, which was their whole problem to begin with so i can’t understand why they would block it.
just find a similar service by imunitive http://www.imunitive.com did web based IM like meebo, what the main different is they also support file transfer, group chat and the group chat can allow me to have my msn, yahoo and aim together. i use it on my workplace there can not use public IM, and sometime i need to link up with different partner and vendor into conference (unfortunately most of the time there are using different IM network), now with imunitive i can use one single client to handle my different account as well as conference with buddies from different network.
If the site is block try the translation sites like http://babelfis....altavista.com/
Select Russian to English.
You do not get the images but you will get the text. It is blocked at my work but on altavista I was able to see the site. Did not try to use it though. So I am not sure what will happen if you try to log in.
I use the translator for some blocked sites. Though the wall here is getting smarter and starting to check ips
my skool has blocked msn yahoo and meebo from skool computers cu u tell me if there is another site which i could go on plez ! or wot sites are ther which i can acsess thx emz
i love meebo ..but there has to be a new wat to get on it b/cz its blocked off from schools
meebo is excelant
my school is blocking meebo! is there another way to get round and go onto meebo? please!!! help! we realli need it back!
thanks benjaman, i registered imunitive account, better than meebo, i like file transfer and group conference features, especially the conference which allow me to have Yahoo and MSN buddies talk together …
my school still can use imunitive, this morning i talked to their team via “live support” they said when my school blocked their url, they can have solution to help me out …
see their userguide @ http://www.imun...muserguide.html
david
como eu posso entrar no sitem quando ele estiver bloqueado
our school has blocked it please help us!!!!
ooooooooops
meebo is blocked at my workplace
pls help me
my school blocked meebo….can someone PLEASE tell me a way to get around it… thanks
amanda
if u do know a way around it PLEASE e-mail me and let me know xoxomand3rzxoxo@yahoo.com
my school blocked this site how would i be able to get around it?
my immunitive.com still works though meebo is blocked
brilliant
hey like most other people it, meebo has been blocked on our school pc
damn it was so fun to be on msn and now i cant! puuuurlease will you try and find an alternative, ill be eternally grateful!
cheers xx
i think it is stupid that u can not talk on msn in school this is cordeaux school in louth lins i wish u could the number is 01507606555 if u could say 2 them that it is not bad web site thanks alot your sincerly Miss Amy Banks
my skwl has filtered/banned this website! how fkt up is tht!? lol! i hate this skwl, it is a prison, nd i cnt w8 til we break up 4 xmas cus then i wil b away from this shithole! lol! merry xmas evry1! lyl amz xxx
Dear Amy ,
Please try the following links
http://www.imun.../gim/index.html
http://e-messenger.net/
Its working reply me
itcjoby@yahoo.com
I am not able to use meebo.
I want to access yahoo and hotmail mails.Can you gibe an alternative site through i can check my mails.
I want it urgently.
Thanks,
Amit.
Meebo is great. I feel like eatting pie. Mmm…pie…
I have opened meebo.com from www1.meebo.com to www19.meebo.com but all the sites are blocked in my company so are they any more sites still so that i can open and chat
HEY MY SK8L HAS BANNED ALL MSN WEBSITES DO U KEN NE WEBSITES WERE I CAN ACCESS MSN MESSENGER WITHOUT HAVEING TO DOWNLOAD XXX MERRY XMAS:)
unblock it please
Our school blocked the website…do you know of any way to unblock it?
whatever keep doing what your doing
so, is Meebo blocked all together at this time? I would like to use it
Meebo is going to have a competitor pretty soon..
) http://www.geta...ects/37531.html
what is he thinking?