MyspaceIM was the official
instant messaging
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client for the
social networking site
A social networking service (SNS), or social networking site, is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests ...
MySpace
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it w ...
.
In 2009, a web-based client dubbe
MySpaceIM for Webwas released to all English-speaking countries, allowing users to interact with friends and non-friends alike to grow their network. Both the desktop and web-based clients can be used to communicate between friends over a common IM network.
Features
MySpaceIM integrates several features into the IM. Currently, these are the features included:
* Basic instant messaging to other Myspace users.
* Shortcuts to Myspace.com features and profiles.
* Imports friends from Myspace into your contacts list in MySpaceIM.
* Instant alerts for all requests, messages, and comments.
* Switchable conversation views, such as: traditional IM, with pictures, or with cartoon-like balloons.
*
Skinnable interface.
* Shareable custom backgrounds in message windows.
* Built-in
avatar
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picture cropping.
* Custom emoticons.
* Custom "Zaps". (Zaps is a combination of a sound bite, picture, and/or words.)
* Voice calls with MySpaceIM users and
Skype
Skype () was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, ...
native client users.
* Voice calls to and from regular phones.
Protocol
MySpaceIM uses a proprietary text-based
protocol developed by Myspace. Messages are sent as lists of key/value pairs, separated by backslashes. Logging in involves a challenge/response protocol using the
SHA-1
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hash function
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and
RC4.
Although no official documentation is available, an unofficial MySpaceIM protocol specification has been produced as part of the effort to implement the protocol in
Pidgin
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.
There has also been a very rough
.NET
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implementation of the MySpaceIM protocol which can be found here:.
Compatibility
In November 2006, Cerulean Studios announced their support in MySpaceIM through the upcoming release of
Trillian Astra.
In August 2007,
eBuddy
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announced support for MySpaceIM through their beta web version.
During September 2007, the Pidgin project development team incorporated MyspaceIM support developed through work b
Jeff Connellywith the
Google Summer of Code
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. MySpaceIM support appears in the 2.2.0 release of
libpurple
Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source software, free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library (computing), library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging Protocol (comp ...
, enabling MySpaceIM support in Pidgin v2.2.0 and
Adium
Adium is a free software, free and Open-source software, open-source instant messaging client (computing), client for macOS that supports multiple IM networks, including XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more. In the past, it has also supported AOL Instant ...
v1.1.3.
Versions
Over time, Myspace has released several versions of MySpaceIM,
[The third number is the build number.] listed here in reverse chronological order:
* Version 1.0.823.0 (released 12/01/2009)
* Version 1.0.804.0 (released 10/09/2009)
* Version 1.0.800.0 (released 08/27/2009)
* Version 1.0.789.0 (released 12/17/2008)
* Version 1.0.756.0 (released 04/23/2008)
* Version 1.0.754.0 (released 02/07/2008)
* Version 1.0.745.0 (released 12/19/2007)
* Version 1.0.739.0 (released 12/11/2007)
* Version 1.0.731.0 (released 11/28/2007)
* Version 1.0.716.0 (released 08/15/2007)
* Version 1.0.712.0 (released 08/??/2007)
* Version 1.0.697.0 (released 05/31/2007)
* Version 1.0.673.0 (released 03/07/2007)
* Version 1.0.595.0 (released 01/??/2007)
* Version 1.0.594.0 (released 01/09/2007)
* Version 1.0.529.0 (released 01/08/2007)
* Version 1.0.476.0 (released 10/17/2006)
* Version 1.0.458.0 (released 10/10/2006)
* Version 1.0.404.0 (released 08/25/2006)
* Version 1.0.366.0 (released 07/21/2006)
* Version 1.0.357.0
* Version 1.0.349.0 (released 07/07/2006)
* Version 1.0.337.0
* Version 1.0.331.0 (released 06/14/2006)
* Version 1.0.330.0
* Version 1.0.327.0 (released 06/07/2006)
* Version 1.0.318.0 (released 06/06/2006)
* Version 1.0.312.0
* Version 1.0.306.0
* Version 1.0.302.0 (released 05/28/2006)
* Version 1.0.281.0 (released 05/20/2006)
* Version 1.0.269.0 (released 05/18/2006)
* Version 1.0.265.0 (released 05/13/2006)
* Version 1.0.262.0 (released 05/12/2006)
* Version 1.0.253.0 (released 05/10/2006)
See also
*
Comparison of instant messaging clients
*
Meebo
*
Pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified form of contact language that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn f ...
Notes
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