Getting MXit to work on your PC/laptop

[Millenium]

Well, since im new here i dont know if this has been posted before. But i thought I'd help out some MXit lovers.

Step one:
Make sure you have the latest edition of Java Runtime installed (thanx to the PC Format team for putting that on the DVD)

However if you dont have the DVD, just download it free from http://www.java.com/

Step two:
Download mpowerplayer (A mobile emulator) free from
http://mpowerplayer.com/

Step three:
Download these files modded by me from
http://w12.easy-share.com/884133.html

Now. Install mpowerplayer and then run mpowerplayer. Click on File=>Open=>and then browse to the ".jad" xtended file Wich you downloaded in step 3 and select open

Now log-in with your Mobile phone number and password and voila!

[M1ke]

I tried it out a while ago...
No longer a mxit addict.

I figured it out by google though.
Useful for new peeps though.

~M1ke

[Millenium]

I figured it out by google though.
~M1ke

That makes 2 of us

[Xiphan]

Guys there is no longer a need to struggle with emulators and crappy third party programs anymore, and especially not MXit's own horrendous implementation, simply download Pidgin from here and install. It works extremely well!

[Prime]

Was once not enough?

[Xiphan]

Was once not enough?

Sorry you're right, I wasn't thinking at the time. I was just so surprised at how well the Pidgin plug-in worked that I had to tell as many people as possible. Though I think my logic at the time was something along the lines of there's more than one thread for the same thing, post in all three so that people subscribed to one thread who doesn't see the other one will still get the message. Stupid I know so lets just leave it at that.

[KillerByte]

me thinks he forgot about the all powerful Won-Won and his ban stick of doom.

[Xiphan]

me thinks he forgot about the all powerful Won-Won and his ban stick of doom.

You're the last person who should be commenting about being banned.

[Stuart]

me thinks he forgot about the all powerful Won-Won and his ban stick of doom.

You're the last person who should be commenting about being banned.

No, 134z1k is the last person who should comment about being banned.

[americantsm1]

you can of course just install mxit for your PC from the mxit website, no other apps needed AND its JUST as stable as the real thing (i.e. it randomly crashes/kicks you out).

Thats what I have any way. I don't use the chicken I use different chat programs for a reason. Like when I need to talk to differnet people. I don't want to log on to everything at once ...

MWA HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[Prime]

Stuart, assuming he could actually comment, oh wait...

americantsm1, exactly. mxit on the pc is more reliable than a seagate drive.

[doo_much]

President Obama connects to African youth on MXit

Pretoria - In an effort to better understand the mindset of the African youth, United States President Barack Obama has asked young people across the continent to engage with him on MXit, the vastly popular mobile social network and instant messenger.
MXit users have been urged to send a question or comment to President Obama, starting on Tuesday and Mr Obama will send a message back to the MXit user base after the campaign closes at 4pm (local time) on Wednesday, 8 July, 2009.
The campaign coincides with his first official visit to the African continent. The US President and First Lady will be in Accra, Ghana on 10 and 11 July.
“We are very proud to have been asked to be part of a campaign to better understand and engage with African youth,” says Herman Heunis, MXit’s founder and CEO. “We are simply delighted that such an important and influential president understands and acknowledges the power of social networking.”
MXit has over 14 million users in 254 countries and delivers over 35 000 messages per second, making it one of the largest and most popular global mobile social networks. It is especially popular in Africa, where it offers users a means to engage with family and friends through chat rooms that offer communication at a fraction of the cost of mobile SMS or voice calls.
To send a message to President Obama on MXit, go to http://www.mxit.com/wap from your mobile phone to download the social network and IM and follow the prompts to leave a comment or question.

[Xiphan]

And it would seem that the MXit Dev team has abandoned their own fail attempt at creating a decent PC version and are now officially supporting the Pidgin plugin.

Wanna give those thumbs a break? Now you can with the new MXit PC client powered by Pidgin!!! Register on MXit from your PC & chat globally from your desktop - just visit http://www.mxit.com and download! Join the evolution - Join MXit PC.