 Proteus is an instant messenger client for Mac OS X that can access the Jabber, AIM, .Mac, ICQ, MSN, Lotus Sametime, Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Japan networks, as well as supporting chat over local Bonjour networks. Image File history File links Proteus Icon for Mac OS X File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (855x547, 418 KB)Here is a screenshot of Proteus 4. ...
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A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface An instant messenger is a client which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network such as the Internet. ...
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The most current version of Proteus is 4.12, as of August 2005. Proteus is developed by Defaultware. Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ...
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It was originally developed by Justin Wood, then in 2004 Defaultware took over development.
Proteus's interface vaguely resembles that of Apple's AIM client iChat, although iChat is brushed metal, while Proteus uses the standard Aqua. However, unlike iChat, it has support for multiple networks, and can also group multiple conversations in one window using tabs. Proteus fails to support some features of the AIM network, such as embedded images, and has limited support for file transfers. It currently has no audio or video conferencing abilities. Apple Computer, Inc. ...
iChat is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Jabber client for Mac OS X. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. ...
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Proteus uses libgaim to connect to multiple services. Libgaim is a natural progression of the Gaim project. This allows the Proteus developers to work on the interface of Proteus, without working on the connections. Other projects, including competitor Adium, also utilize libgaim. Gaim 1. ...
Adium is an instant messaging client for Mac OS X supporting multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ...
Unlike libgaim, Proteus is not licensed under the GPL. It uses Distributed Notifications, which allows Proteus to send and get information to libgaim without actually including the GPL software in Proteus. The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ...
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See also
The following is a list of instant messenging clients. ...
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messenging clients. ...
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