What Instant Messaging Client(s) Do You Use?

[StinkyMojo]

i use gaim

I use yahoo! i tried using aim and msn but they suck!!

[Jason425]

nothing sucks quite like yahoo does...

[StinkyMojo]

I used yahoo cause i was dealing with some guy with a laptop.. bleh.. didn't like it, I use msn like 80% of the time and aim like 20%

[PhilosophiX]

I used to use ICQ, then I started to use MSN. Now I just use MSN. In fact I don't even bother to open MSN messenger any more (I stopped it starting up at startup), unless I really need to talk to someone - due to the fact that I get to easily distracted when trying to work.

But I'll tell you one thing, It's really good to be able to videoconference with my old man - who's 12000 miles or so away. (So I can rub it in about all the nice sunshine in this part of the world) hehehe.

But I really need to try VOIP, not bothered with it yet.

[Slashmire]

I use the MSN Messenger, but not without getting rid of most of the ads using the miraculous CleanMessenger program; it's definitely worth searching for it.

[Jason425]

I used to use MSN.. but I didn't want to install AIM, so I just use trillian.

[StinkyMojo]

In linux I use gaim, In windows I only use gaim to run yahoo IM.

Well I'm not so fancy as you folk.

Anyone try bitlbee? For IRC junkies mostly.

http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.html

[Omega]

Originally Posted by xMerCLorDx

Anyone try bitlbee? For IRC junkies mostly.

I've been a bigger fan of centericq for a linux console-based AIM (and other) client that I can save in a screen session, but you're the second person who has recommended bitlbee, so I gave it a shot today (in conjunction with irssi), and I think I'm still a bigger fan of centericq, but I'll give it a few more days. (And yes, I am an irc junkie.)