Everybuddy not working. History?

I am having trouble getting Everybuddy to work. I started out just logging onto AIM service and that worked. Next I added MSN and now it won't run at all. Now when I try to start Everybuddy, I get the gear icon with the mouse cursor and Everybuddy appears on the task bar with an hourglass and then disappears. I searched SuSE support but didn't find anything on Everybuddy. I tried a few months of the archive for this list and didn't find anything. I searched Google for Everybuddy but it seems that Everybuddy is dead. Any suggestions? Damon Register