I don’t use Meebo all of the time but it sure is useful when I do need it. They just keep making it better and better so much so that I want to use it more. Yesterday on their blog they announced a whole list of changes which includes a nice visual refresh. Here are all of the things that are new:
- New visual design - Sandy and I were Photoshop newbies when we first designed meebo and we’ve been itching for an updated look. We’re thrilled to show off David’s latest work!
- Pop outs - click on that little
icon in your IM window to “pop†the window out of the main meebo browser (don’t forget to disable any pop-up blockers you have for meebo.com). - Drag and drop buddy list management - The ability to move buddies between groups has been our most popular feature request for a while. Enjoy!
- Skinning - we understand a few of you might be attached to the meebo’s first look and feel. If you are feeling nostalgic, we’ve introduced the ability to switch back to the old skin - just go to the preference area and select the ‘Classic’ skin. Keep an eye out for more skins in the future.
- Individual sign on and off - now you can manage your screen names one-by-one. Just click on the drop-down menu in the left-hand console area.
- Localization - In addition to Bangla, Creole, Esperanto, Iloko, Jawa, Latin, Malagasy, Marathi, Mongolian, Nias, Swiss German, Thai, Uzbek support - we’ve also translated other parts of the UI such as buttons, menus, and links. The language updates dynamically based upon your location and preference too. Thai looks really good on the new front page!
- Updated Chat Logs - Chatlogs just got a facelift. Power-users (like Sandy and Andreas) will appreciate the new design and speedier loading times.
- AIM Profiles - This has been one of the top three requests for many weeks. AIM users, check out the ‘Set Profiles’ in the console area. Mark recently got engaged, guess what he announced in his profile this week! Congrats!
- Optimization - We’re always trying to make meebo better and faster. Those of you with very large buddylists, like user rnbmelody, will appreciate the new performance enhancements.
That is a pretty long list of changes! The new visual refresh on the homepage is no doubt my favorite new feature. It really makes it look slick and professional, but you can still go back to the old system by using http://classic.meebo.com/ as the URL. Nice work Meebo team!
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I use Meebo all the time. In fact, thanks to them, I don’t even have an IM client installed anymore.
Glad to see that they’re improving their service.
Never used it before, but it looks good.
I’m with Jason - no more IM clients installed foe me either. And the new look and features of Meebo are nice.
Meebo is definitely ahead of their competition and with this upgrade it makes their online messenger seem even more like a desktop application. I still use Google Talk because of the file sharing but as far as any other messengers go it is Meebo all the way! I can’t wait to see what kind of features they can keep popping out.