What Do You IM With?

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If you use more than one messenger program, that is. I have a couple of AIM buddies but mostly my chatmates are on Yahoo. Rather than having to bloat up the drive with AIM and Yahoo Messenger, I looked for something that could handle all IM programs. I ended up finding Trillian. Does just about everything except Jabber, but for a small fee, I can correct that. Looked into Miranda and GAIM too, but wasn't quite as impressed. What about you other Multi-IMers?

I use Trillian for MSN and AIM. I used to use Miranda since it's so lightweight and customizable, but it and my router had a falling out.

I use:
MSN7 for MSN
YIM7 for YIM
Trillian for AIM

GA

Hmmm...well i use yahoo for yahoo, AIM for AIM and MSN for MSN. I like it that way. Only my computer is so old that I can only run two IM programs at once, so AIM usually gets left behind...I'm rarely on it, simply because almost everyone I have on my AIM list is on another IM as well

For those who use multiple IM services, try Meebo, a web-based IM service that handles MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, GoogleTalk and Jabber all at once.

Trillian for aim, icq and two seperate yahoo accounts.

Skype, for staying in touch with someone on a professional basis. I have all of two contacts on it and one of them rarely sends messages.

I have MSN but it never gets used.

I use GAIM right now because I like the feature that logs every conversation (comes in handy for WP moderating and business purposes).

Another good one that I may try is Kopete. I think they may have a Windows version for that too.

Gaim über alles!

i heard on R4 today that Yahoo (spit) have shopped a man in China - they provided the evidence (his IP address) to the chinese government that he emailed a "dissident" text to the US. he is now serving 10 years in prison. they also have a list of over 7000 banned words, which users are not allowed to use in china - words like "dissident", "public opinion", "freedom", "tienamen square", and so on.

i am appalled by this. it seems that microsoft are as bad. these people are supporting the most awful violations of human rights, for profit (oh, how surprising). although i'm absolutely not a fan of AOL, at least they refused any business in China, for that very reason.

time to find another IM wossname, for me. i think i'm going back to trillian...

which reminds me - if i use trillian, can i speak to people using MSN and YIM?

I communicate with the vast majority of people through AIM, although I like Yahoo Messenger itself more. I don't use MSN that much. I tried using one of those integrated IM clients once, but it wasn't much to my liking.

Adium for mac. AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber, ICQ, and more, all in one IM client. Very nice!

I use Trillian for Windows, Kopete for Linux. Thats for IRC, YIM and MSN (so yeh you can vetivert - thats what I talk to you on...) - I have an AIM account but rarely have it set up as I have forgotten my password

I don't like Gaim for some reason - it just seems light on features and I hate the interface.

Dunc

I use Skype and I used to use MSN. I really hate (mildly annoyed by) to be offline or online when other people are. Also for some reason there are a group of people on MSN who are convinced that they know me. I've spent hours online trying to convince them that I have no idea who they are. They're convinced that its a joke and I'm hilarous (another fabrication), I'm terrified that they might track me down on Skype and that I'll have to change messanger again.

I have AIM and MSN.I use AIM more.


-SpaceCase