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Originally Posted by wowthatisrandom
from what i understand u have to have a gmail account in order to use this.. its easy and free just sign up then u can use MSN... this program is well worth it and only getting better!
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You were correct regarding the need for a Gmail address. Thanks.
However once I logged in I was immediately prompted with a popup for each one of my MSN buddies stating they wanted to add me as a buddy. That was a little disturbing.
Also I noticed that regardless of what I set my status to (Away or Busy), I still showed as available to my buddies. The Octro UI displayed correctly, but my status wasn't actually set.
The need for a Gmail address may be fine for us testing the product, but I think it would be a turn off to users having to pay for the product, especially since it appears something funny is going on in the background with all your buddies being renamed to
name@octro.gmail.com or whatever it is.
I don't know, I am really anxious for the perfect IM solution, and will keep testing, but I'm sticking with Agile for now & am hoping that someone combines the best of Agile (tabbed chats, # of messages waiting next to each buddy, push to talk) with what used to be the best of Verichat (SMS proxy, send/receive files). BOTS IMHO should not be the primary focus for these developers. Create the best of class all in one IM solution first, then add those useless gizmos.
One thing I appreciated is that Octro didn't display that I was mobile. Displaying as mobile can be a deterrent to your buddies if they think you're on a cellphone.
Also gotta have Yahoo.