There are so many instant messenger applications now out in the market that really appeals both young and adult users that caters e-mail services, IM and social networking combined.May it be a desktop instant messaging application or web-based, these are the 5 most voted IM application you can choose from.
1.Digsby- It takes storm the internet industry since it came out. The youngest maybe among other IM applications that integrates IM, email and social networking. It only runs on windows for now but they are working for Linux and Mac versions so we can't wait until we see it soon.
2. Pidgin- Over 3 million users in 2007 that connects all your friends in one place. Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once. This cross-platform IM application that runs on both Windows and Linux operating system is an open source client which means like Firefox, you can add your own tools and improved functionality just by installing plug-ins in it.
3. Meebo- It is far most popular web-based chat application that supports all popular chat networks like Yahoo, AIM, MSN, Myspace. It also has an interface for your i-Phone. Its main power is it works wherever you are no matter what OS are you using.
4. Adium- Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more. Adium can connect you to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services. Like Pidgin it is Open Source, so everyone can see how Adium works and help improve it.
5. Trillian- It works for Windows platform. It is a multi-award winning, fully featured, stand-alone and skinnable chat-client application that supports many of the popular IM applications. Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history, a powerful skinning language, tabbed messaging, global status changes (set all networks away at once), Instant Lookup (automatic Wikipedia integration), contact alerts, an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client, docking, hundreds of emoticons, emotisounds, shell extensions for file transfers, and systray notifications. It is like a combination of Digsby and Pidgin. Trillian Astra is soon to be out and you'll surely wait for that release.
Make up your mind which of these five you prefer to stick on. And no matter what you use, what matters is you connect to your friends at your own comfort..
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