Hey forum people of all sorts...

i was just wondering what form of IM programs everyone uses, and which ones people like best. I find that my favorite would be MSN because of all the custom emoticons that you can have, steal, or find.

I prefer MsN, not MSN... okay, okay, that was lame. My jokes are nearly as bad as Ches' now.
/runs

Um, I do prefer aMSN though.

Msn all the way, i could even go on MSN on my cellphone
and their drawing tool is just awesomeous

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yeah, AIM isnt nearly as much fun..

Yahoo messenger is now compatible with microsoft live contacts, you can chat between instant messengers.

And say hello to Trillian www.trillian.cc. Also an integrator, carries MSN, yahoo, AIM, IRC and ICQ. All in one.

I use trillian if anybody is wondering.

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Ah, I was considering this myself, 2.0. It's annoying having different messengers up for different contacts. Of course you can do that on msn, too.. but it's not all that.

Not strictly a messaging program but Skype has all the usual chat functions, emotes, send/receive files etc

It's main selling point (though it's free) it that it also allows for free PC to PC telephony (which, having been trying it out for a few days now seems far clearer than that on offer in msn or yahoo.) It also boasts group voice chatting too. You can sign up for PC to landline calls at discounted rates, though I've not tried this side of it.

Well worth a look from my experience so far

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I'm on msn and yahooooha
I like hmm yahoo better, but most of my friends only have msn

That trillian sounds good actually, but I'm afraid my computer will explode if i'd download that, gotta remove all the junk first..

I use a similar multi IM (MSN/Yahoo/AIM/etc.), called Gaim. This is in beta (and has been for a while, but it's still gets updated regularly), but I've grown extremely used to the simple clean interface, and the tabbed msg window (Like Firefox/IE7).

You have a small tabbed chat window, which can have multi conversations, from a mixture of MSN/Yahoo/AIM, and a single Buddylist window. Rather than 3 buddy lists, and X number of chat windows open.

You don't get all the useless stuff, sorry...bells & whistles...of MSN/Yahoo/AIM. It does lack video however, but the next major release is meant to have it.

If your on a Mac, there's a multi IM called Adium, which I've never used, but I have heard good reports.

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Ooerrr.. I'll have a look into that, as Trillian isn't compatible for mac users. Thank you.

MSN all the way (when the damn thing decides to work - it is rather anal at the moment )

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msn all the way! I know it kicks me out alot but the benefits are too great. I've been known to use Trillian in the past but it's so boring, there's nothing that's in msn that's in trillian now ie sounds, nudges, winks etc

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*Amandi picks up her, stupid-keep-disconnecting-me MSN and runs away

I still stick by the drawing tool they have on msn, I lurv sending my friends piccy's that i draw, heheheh...

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Ooooo I love doing that too, yet another reason for MSN!

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I like eBuddy. It's pretty cool, and you can use it wherever there is a computer connected to the internet

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whats ebuddy?

Go to ebuddy.com and find out.

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Is it picky if were to say class IRC (Internet Relay Chat) as instant messaging since it is real time chat (instant) and chat is a form of messaging.

So yeah i guess what im trying to say is do IRC clients count as well?

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ummm.. yes?
seems like the same thing to me

Ok then a list of IM programs i use of various flavours i've used or still use:
MSN
YIM
ICQ
Skype (not quite IM but similar)
mIRC (IRC)
xchat (IRC)
irssi (IRC)
CGI:IRC (IRC)
PJIRC (IRC)

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wow, you use a lot of them

everyone i need to talk to uses msn anyhow. mostly. i'm too lazy to make accounts on other IMing programs and have to add everyone again...

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Heh
The beauty of IRC clients is you can connect to many different IRC networks instead of just the default one the IM client you use provides.so add the the list of clients the 4-5 IRC networks im a regular on and the list grows even more.

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wow...
id be overwhelmed

Oh it gets better then that. When im on the 5 IRC networks i tend to go on im in around 30-35 different channels (rooms) which arnt always active but im still there though.

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