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NINA and Escargot

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A return to the past

Well, as you may have noticed, things have changed a little bit. Think of our next move as a return to our roots, MSN and WLM, and also Live Spaces. Everything else, unfortunately, has to be remove...

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AOL and ICQ fixes, plus chat returns to AIM 8 and Mobile

Hey hey, we have some small updates, but we need your help testing to make sure everything is working fine!

Updates:

  • WebAPI: Chat has returned to AIM 8, AIM Mob...

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ICQ now in open alpha, Skype news, and other stuff

Hey buddies!

It's been a little while since our last major update, but it's because we're working on big things. In this announcement we're going to cover ICQ, Skype, AIM, and some other thin...

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Updates for AIM, ICQ, AOL, and getting close to Escargot 2.0

Hey buddies!

This is the first in a series of major updates which are a part of our finally drive toward the launch of Escargot 2.0 very darn soon, and additional version support for AOL, amo...

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Sneak Peek - January Updates

Here is a sneak peek at what we are working on:

AOL 6.0! One more version to our roster! Buddy l...

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Updates and fixes, including new patcher and file transfers

Hello buddies,

We've got a fairly large update, and we suggest you read through this whole announcement to get an overview of what's been done.

Be sure to (re-)patch your AIM cl...

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No gift ideas? How about NINA as a gift for your retro buddies?

Patreon now has a way that you can gift membership to someone else. We figured, why not give it a try? Maybe you know someone who will appreciate early access to ICQ or early access to AOL, or just...

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AIM access now free and publicly available

Hello buddies, we've got big news!

It's chilly and cloudy here at the NINA & Escargot HQ in Kansas, which is a great day to stay in and bask in the wonders of AIM, now free and pu...

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AIM 8 now available, web based too!

Because today is a spooky day, we shall give thee a less spooky gift...

Rewritten from the ground up (again, really AOL?), and we have the foundation of it working and ready for you guys to h...

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AIM 6.0-7.5 now available and other updates

Hello buddies,

Well it's an unusually hot day here in Kansas -- a perfect day for updates. The gap between the last update and now is primarily because of our focus on finalizing AIM/ICQ and ...

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This week in updates: 6 Sept 2024

Hello buddies,

A few more AOL/AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes for you!

Not as many updates this time, that's because we're focusing on a few things:

  • Getting out Escargot...

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It's BI-MON-SCI-FI-CON, I mean updates...

Hello buddies,

Yet more AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes for you!

This update ran a little later than we wanted it to, primarily because of a lot of additional backend changes and fixe...

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Escargot 2.0 Sneak Peek

Little preview at one of the challenges that MSN <-> AIM interop bring... conversations.

These two services handle chatting in totally different ways. But hey, is it really a challenge ...

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Weekly Updates: Mail, webEscargot, and fixes!

We've got more updates for all of you.

What's New:

  • AOL: Mail is now implemented. You can now send email to your NINA buddies, delete emails, unsend them, see th...

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You've Got Mail!

Coming this week, mail on AOL. Send mail to your friends and relive that wonderful "You've Got Mail" sound.

And, for AIM users, you even see your unread mail right from AIM. It's that good.<...

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ICQ and TOC fixes, and other updates for AIM

Hello buddies,

This update ran a little later than expected because my (Tony) day job has been very hectic lately, however despite that we've had a lot of help and input from users who have s...

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Buddy icons are here, and more!

Hello buddies,

First and importantly: If you like this project and want it to keep going, we absolutely need your help. In the last month we've had almost no donations a...

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Weekly update, a few days late but still great

Firstly dear patrons, I want to apologize that we are a few days late on the weekly update, but there are some things we wanted to test and make sure were working before we updated. The next weekl...

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This.. last two weeks in updates

Hello buddies,

Some new AOL/AIM/ICQ service updates and fixes!

As you may have noticed we didn't have a weekly update last week, that's because we're working on a lot and have a fair am...

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This week in updates: chat updates, keywords, and other fixes!

Hello buddies,

We meant it when we said there'd be at least weekly updates. This last week was a lot of building out backend features to improve stability and make it easier to ...

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AOL 4.0 now available for alpha users!

We're happy to announce that our server now is compatible with AOL 4.0, the real deal, not a copy or "emulation", and it's now available to our beautiful supporters in tiers with alpha acc...

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Updates in the last week

We've had a lot of updates in the last week, let's get right to it:

Updates:

  • Connection count now shown on the NINA web site

  • Mobile clients now marked with icon o...

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Lots of updates and more to come!

It's been a while since our last regular update, and we assure you that we will be returning to a more consistent post schedule to let you know what's going on. We've been stretched very thin with ...

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AIM apps -- now working

Hey hey hey, I know a lot of you care about apps, and AIM, and boy have we got news for you!

All the official AIM apps are confirmed to be working, right now, on NINA. iOS and Android...

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What's coming soon?

We're working on a lot of things related to AIM and ICQ.

These updates will come all at once because they all depend on each other. Fun!

AIM

Regarding AIM we have a lot of stuff...

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ICQ support

OSCAR-based ICQ support is coming very soon, as you can see we even have our own, custom welcome window and ads, like MSN does. All these things just make me happy. 

PS: Those are all te...

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TOC2 is out! Wooooo!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! TOC2 experimental support is OUT NOW.

Oh and, y'know... http://legacy.nina.chat/

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TOC2

Hey y'all!

Just wanted to say that hopefully TOC2 support will come very soon. Maybe as a Christmas present. :)

Considering that TOC2 is not documented at all, I'll document everything ...

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AOL 4.0 support on its way

We're now finalizing AOL 4.0 support and will be rolling it out to alpha supporters later on this week. We're proud of all the hard work our team has put in so we've made this post public.  View Post

TOC is up-n-running

Hey hey hey! TOC 1.0 is now up and running. TOC 2.0 coming soon.


What is TOC, you may be wondering? TOC (Talk to OsCar) is a protocol, and a server which connects to the AIM servic...

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