Gadu-Gadu
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Gadu-Gadu is a Polish instant messaging
client
using a proprietary
protocol. Gadu-Gadu is the most popular IM service in Poland
, with over 15 million registered accounts and approximately 6.5 million users online daily. Gadu-Gadu’s casual gaming portal had some 500,000 active users at the end of March 2009. Users send up to 300 million messages per day.
Gadu-Gadu is financed by the display of advertisements. The developer is based in Warsaw
, Poland but the company is wholly owned by the South African media giant Naspers
.
, users are identified by unique serial numbers. Protocol's features include status messages, file sharing
, and VoIP. Users may format
and embed images in messages. Since client version 6.0, an experimental secure connection mode can be used.
The official client provides over 150 emoticons, allows grouping contacts, sending SMS
and integrates with other services ran by the same company: a virtual Internet dial-up, a social networking site MojaGeneracja.pl and an internet radio
Open.fm.
Gadu-Gadu allows its users to add personal information to a publicly searchable directory.
which often support the Gadu-Gadu protocol
Instant messaging
Instant Messaging is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting communication in push mode between two or more people using personal computers or other devices, along with shared clients. The user's text is conveyed over a network, such as the Internet...
client
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
using a proprietary
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
protocol. Gadu-Gadu is the most popular IM service in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, with over 15 million registered accounts and approximately 6.5 million users online daily. Gadu-Gadu’s casual gaming portal had some 500,000 active users at the end of March 2009. Users send up to 300 million messages per day.
Gadu-Gadu is financed by the display of advertisements. The developer is based in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland but the company is wholly owned by the South African media giant Naspers
Naspers
Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media and print media Naspers is a South Africa-based multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber...
.
Features
Gadu-Gadu uses its own proprietary protocol. As with ICQICQ
ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, which was first developed and popularized by the Israeli company Mirabilis, then bought by America Online, and since April 2010 owned by Mail.ru Group. The name ICQ is a homophone for the phrase "I seek you"...
, users are identified by unique serial numbers. Protocol's features include status messages, file sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
, and VoIP. Users may format
Formatted text
Formatted text, styled text or rich text, as opposed to plain text, has styling information beyond the minimum of semantic elements: colours, styles , sizes and special features .-Terminology:...
and embed images in messages. Since client version 6.0, an experimental secure connection mode can be used.
The official client provides over 150 emoticons, allows grouping contacts, sending SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
and integrates with other services ran by the same company: a virtual Internet dial-up, a social networking site MojaGeneracja.pl and an internet radio
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
Open.fm.
Gadu-Gadu allows its users to add personal information to a publicly searchable directory.
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging clientsComparison of instant messaging clientsThe following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date...
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
External links
Gadu-Gadu.pl Gadu-Gadu Web Palringo Unicom List of IM clients at the Open Directory ProjectOpen Directory Project
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which often support the Gadu-Gadu protocol