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Stclient

This is a standalone client for sharedtalk.com language exchange web-chat.

I wrote it for personal use, because for me their Flash web interface is too inconvenient and ugly (however, some people have stated the contrary). With the original browser-based interface, you can't copy messages, there's no log file, no way to ignore some annoying users - these are just a few of the flaws this program is aimed to work around.
It has, however, some flaws of its own: it doesn't support all the functionality of Sharedtalk, you can't create an account with it (have to use their site for it, first), it doesn't handle connection errors well (e. g. not good for users with bad connection quality). Also, the Sharedtalk programmers may modify their protocol (which they did several times already), rendering this program unusable.

Windows binaries (~7.11 MB). Un-zip and run stclient.exe.

Python source (~22.5 KB). Requires Python 2.5 and wxPython. Cross-platform.

WARNING: they may not to like you for using this program instead of a web-browser. However there is no rational reason for it (this program does not try to disrupt anything), they may still hate you irrationally. Use at your own peril.