Myspace IM

Last updated
MySpace IM
Developer(s) Myspace
Stable release
1.0.823.0 [1] / December 1, 2009;14 years ago (2009-12-01)
Operating system Windows
Type Instant messaging client
License Freeware
Website MySpaceIM page (archive)

MyspaceIM was the official instant messaging client for the social networking site Myspace.

Contents

In 2009, a web-based client dubbed MySpaceIM for Web [2] was 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:

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 hash function and RC4.

Although no official documentation is available, an unofficial MySpaceIM protocol specification [3] has been produced as part of the effort to implement the protocol in Pidgin.

There has also been a very rough .NET implementation of the MySpaceIM protocol which can be found here:. [4]

Compatibility

In November 2006, Cerulean Studios announced their support in MySpaceIM through the upcoming release of Trillian Astra.

In August 2007, eBuddy announced [5] support for MySpaceIM through their beta web version.

During September 2007, the Pidgin project development team incorporated MyspaceIM support developed through work by Jeff Connelly with the Google Summer of Code. MySpaceIM support appears in the 2.2.0 release of libpurple, enabling MySpaceIM support in Pidgin v2.2.0 and Adium v1.1.3. [6]

Versions

Over time, Myspace has released several versions of MySpaceIM, [7] listed here in reverse chronological order:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ MySpaceIM Download Page Archived June 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "MySpaceIM for Web".
  3. ↑ MySpaceIM - IMWiki. Imfreedom.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
  4. ↑ [C#] MySpace IM Protocol C# .NET. Pastebin.com (2010-10-13). Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
  5. ↑ MySpace IM now in Beta! | eBuddy Blog Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today . Blog.ebuddy.com (2007-08-22). Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
  6. ↑ "MyspaceIM on Pidgin Wiki". Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  7. ↑ The third number is the build number.

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