New user : basic questions

[Noinoo]

Hi, happy year to all ! Before electing to download it, I have to know if miranda(ng) is what i'm after, praytell,

- I have Windows XP SP3, CPU does not do SSE2 : confirm this thing will run here ?

- Assuming Miranda-ng will work on my platform. My wish is to install simple, end-to-end encrypted one-to-one chats with trusted partners. Does Miranda-ng support OTR (or similar) encryption ? Natively ? With plugin ?

- I already have old miranda-im. Maybe off-topic on this forum ? Same question as above (I downloaded an OTR plugin, that will error on starting on my platform. Is that expected, a known problem ?)

[Vulpix]

1) Not sure. It probably will, but I can't confirm. Edit: I tried running miranda on a VM with disabled SSE2 onwards (wasn't showing in cpuZ / coreinfo) and miranda ran okay. I don't know if this method is valid but I have no other way of trying :p Though, I don't recall miranda requiring SSE2+ support anywhere.
2) Yes, we have MirOTR which allows OTR on any protocol as long as the opposing party also has OTR. ( http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:MirOTR/en )
3) You can upgrade your IM into NG by the use of a simple drop-in exe which does everything else for you ( http://wiki.miranda-ng.org/index.php?title=Plugin:IM_Updater/en )

[Noinoo]

Thx, @Vulpix !

1. At 1st glance it does seem to run alright here, although maybe some plugin(s) will crash ? (I had a crash, shall investigate...)
2. Shall see OTR later
2. Yebbut I preferred side by side installs, cause I also use the older IM in Windows 98 (dont't ask...)

So back to 1, the basics. The good news is Miranda-ng seems to run here. The less good is the interface and menus are as muddy as the older miranda-im's ;=)
New basic question : I wish to test jabber/xmmp (I used irc only in the past). Assume I choose the server at jabber.org (that is trusted, yeah?). HOW do I open an "account" or whatever (nym, password) for myself to identify to said server ? I know I am making myself look like a moron probably, but... I'm lost! Could certainly use some more help.

[Vulpix]

Well I mean you can just make a copy of your profile somewhere, drop in your stuff and then have ng and im side by side, simply by using different folders Though obviously no message syncing unless you use an actual message syncing proto like discord or skype/steam.

And well about making an account, usually a jabber "server" will have their own interface to make new accounts - or you can use Miranda's built-in account requestor in the miranda "Account Manager" (which you can access from the main miranda menu, the "hamburger icon" in standard clist theme, or by right-clicking any empty space in the contact list and selecting main menu->accounts...)



Be aware that you need to find a proper jabber server that lets you do this. I don't think jabber.org will work. I'm using neko.im myself. If you pick some random jabber server it should eventually work though It's more of a question for the jabber server, not really miranda's fault or responsibility.

[Noinoo]

Aha ! thus, just choose a random name and password ? So, will Miranda give a clear error message IF chosen server won't or cannot create an account using my chosen name+password ?

[Vulpix]

Yes - and yes! If it doesn't work, you can just try a different server I think richim works. Neko.im as well.... or at least it did last time I tried.