Best IM network?

[Mark R]

And I had a short UIN too.

Anyway, I'm in need of a new instant messaging network - so how's MSN, AIM, and the others?

Which software is better - especially seeing as I have some contacts on MSN, and really don't want to use elevnty billion different programs.

 

[PurdueRy]

AIM is the most used I think...althought most people use 3rd party software

 

[FoBoT]

i heard gmail has some IM thingy now

http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=17505

 

[Brainonska511]

If you have multinetwork contacts, check out Trillian or GAIM.

but for me, I just use DeadAIM + AIM.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Use them all + Trillian

 

[sourceninja]

I only use jabber, I use to use a jabber.org address, but now I use a gmail.com address.

 

[bondboy]

Yea, I had a short UIN (in the 3 mil) when it died a few years ago.

 

[Anubis]

AIM is the most popular, use it with Trillian or Gaim, hell with them you could use any network you wanted or all at once

 

[BCYL]

Originally posted by: bondboy
Yea, I had a short UIN (in the 3 mil) when it died a few years ago.

I have a 6-digit UIN starting with 3 that's still active, although I don't use it much anymore...

maybe I should egay it

 

[mcvickj]

What happened? My 7 digit UIN still works.

 

[Mark R]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
What happened? My 7 digit UIN still works.

All of a sudden, yesterday, my password stopped being accepted. It's not like I changed it, or forgot it - it's not a forgettable password.

I've forgotten the answers to all the recovery questions because it's something like 9 years since I set them up.

 

[Bartolo]

MSN is a good one, but i also use AIM.

 

[40Hands]

I have a 6 digit one (300k range) that is still working.

 

[CTho9305]

I use gaim, but it crashes pretty often, and uses a lot of memory.

 

[Pepsi90919]

MSN FTW

 

[QurazyQuisp]

I use GAIM, I haven't had it crash, nor does it take up much memory. (8mb)

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
I use GAIM, I haven't had it crash, nor does it take up much memory. (8mb)

Luck you

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
AIM is the most used I think...althought most people use 3rd party software

It obviously depends on where he lives.

For the US: it's AIM

For most of Europe, it's MSN, but some UK people (where Mark R apparently lives) use AIM.

For most people living in Asia, it's Yahoo!.

It's upto you, Mark R, because obviously it's your contacts, and there isn't any cross network chatting natively (though I heard AIM and ICQ merged networks, I could be wrong)

 

[Juno]

deadaim for me

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
I use GAIM, I haven't had it crash, nor does it take up much memory. (8mb)

Luck you

What version are you using? Mine is still hovering around 8mb with usage... I'm logged into MSN and AIM with about 40-50 contacts online. Only two chatting though.

 

[TheNinja]

I use MSN but I hear Trillian is the best

 

[scottish144]

Google talk FTW.

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: QurazyQuisp
I use GAIM, I haven't had it crash, nor does it take up much memory. (8mb)

Luck you

What version are you using? Mine is still hovering around 8mb with usage... I'm logged into MSN and AIM with about 40-50 contacts online. Only two chatting though.

I upgraded from 1.5.0 to 2.0b2 in hopes of having fewer crashes and less memory usage. Note that I use it for IRC on ~12 channels, two or 3 of which are fairly busy.

 

[QurazyQuisp]

I'm still running on 1.5 as I was running into a few problems iwth 2.0b1... I haven't bothered upgrade to 2.0b2... those IRC channels could be what's doing it for you.

 

[johnjbruin]

DEADAim + AIM
FTW