Multi Protocol Instant Messaging Clients

Don’t forget Miranda IM - perhaps the best IM out there..

Thanks for the tip, it’s on the list.

I quit using Trillian because it was getting bloated (I was using an older pc with a small HD, and dialup). I found that Miranda worked better on that old setup, and I’ve continued using it after finally stepping into this century. The NT/XP version is 1.1mb.

I remember having to copy the Jabber file, rename it to GTalk, then something else probably, but now my Miranda has Jabber and GTalk both. Of course it has Aim, ICQ, Yahoo, MSM, and IRC.

http://www.miranda-im.org/

HA, I notice it’s included in the list after submitting my former comment, Jinx!

Anybody else getting a warning about a trojan when attempting to instal Universal Messenger Plus?
(NOD32 reports it as TrojanDownloader.1stBar.NAU.)

What about GAIM [gaim.sf.net]. It supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Gtalk [via jabber], IRC and ICQ

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Thanks for alert. Neither my firewall nor Antivirus detected it. I checked it with some other tools and seems you’re right
It is off the list now.

gaim?!? come on what about gaim!?!

Don’t forget about Jabber & transports. If you have a Jabber host that provides support for the various transports, then all you have to is enter the login information for each service, and use an appropriate Jabber client (iChat, Adium, Trillian).

Yeah Kaly, WTF? where is Gaim
btw Josh, good point.

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For the Mac, the only IM worth using is Adium, at adiumx.com

Great post,

KoolIM allows you to access Instant Messenger at work or school. Check out the KoolIM Web Messenger

You can access MSN web Messenger and Web MSN

You can access AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and other web messengers directly from your web browser.

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thanks…very usefull indeed

FYI About GAIM, new versio is called Pidgin
more info http://www.pidgin.im/

hi at school alot of the web based messengers for msn are blocked ones like http://www.koolim.com nd iloveim.com all the well known ones does ne one know some more that arnt so well known so they wont be blocked

if you have all webmessengers blocked you can try MINGLEWORLD which i always use

hi all

atlast only flick.im is working , iam woried tht if they block tht one too?wat to do?can any one sugest?

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As Pingback wrote, Gaim is Pidgin now (http://pidgin.im/)

To use multi protocoll web IM site, have a look at http://meboo.com/

The best Jabber-client I have tried is Gajim, . Simply the best Jabber kient there is. Much better Jabber-klient than Pidgin (which sucks when it comes to Jabber).
To chat with others who has not seen the light, you can always use a Jabber Transport that transports chat to other protocols, like MSN, ICQ, IRQ, etc…

To use in mobile phones that have Java, I use Bombus, http://bombus-im.org/. Great software, but site in Russian :(. But links still in english http://www.bombus-im.org/index.php?page=download

I’m surprised FRING ( http://www.fring.com ) wasn’t mentioned. It kicks a$$ for mobile use and it’s free. I have a Nokia E61i and use it to talk to my family overseas via skype, msn, yahoo or google talk. It is also compatible with some other ones I do not use. The sound quality is great, espcially on fring to fring calls. If you have an unlimitted data plan it is a great way to make free phone calls with the conformt of a mobile phone.

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Is there any of these amazing tools working together with skype?

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