Chat Clients (i.e. AIM,ICQ,MSN)

[gizbug]

Does anyone know what the numbers are on users that use these chat clients?
I am hearing ICQ is still the most popular and the one with the highest user count.

Is this true?

I don't see ICQ offering anything that AIM or MSN doesn't)


You comments?

 

[MajesticMoose]

just use all of them, get trillian

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: MajesticMoose
just use all of them, get trillian

Damn! Beat me too it

But seriously use trillian, you can be signed into all of those lists at once, and they each have their own configurations for the clients that have the same settings as the actual clients. (to make it more clear - the settings in the trillian AIM are the same in the actual AIM config menu)

 

[aphex]

I use AIM cause 99% of my friends are on there...

ICQ is annoying to use and who the hell uses MSN and Yahoo?

BTW, i use Trillian as my client though...

 

[murphy55d]

I only use AIM. I NEVER liked ICQ.

 

[LinuxIdiot]

When in windows or in linux i use Gaim can sign into icq, aol, msn and yahoo

 

[rootaxs]

Originally posted by: gizbug
Does anyone know what the numbers are on users that use these chat clients?
I am hearing ICQ is still the most popular and the one with the highest user count.
Is this true?
I don't see ICQ offering anything that AIM or MSN doesn't)
You comments?

That's only because ICQ came out before AIM.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
I only use AIM. I NEVER liked ICQ.

Ditto.

 

[Ime]

I just use Trillian, since I have friends on all 4 major chat clients.

 

[cliftonite]

I use AIM to chat with all of my buddies and MSN because it popsup when ever you get a new message in your hotmail inbox

 

[radiocore]

Originally posted by: cliftonite
I use AIM to chat with all of my buddies and MSN because it popsup when ever you get a new message in your hotmail inbox

yeah, me too. but damn all that spam!! :disgust:

 

[docmanhattan]

Originally posted by: MajesticMoose
just use all of them, get trillian

 

[Mrburns2007]

ICQ is still the best....it's the only IM that will let you send a message to someone who isn't online.

 

[glen]

Can you send files through Trillian?

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: glen
Can you send files through Trillian?

Yep, if the original network (ie ICQ, AIM, MSN) supports it.

I used ICQ since it was released, but switched to Trillian when I ran my FTP because I needed to communicate with all 4.

 

[bolido2000]

ICQ will let you send messages even if your friends are offline. I think the messages are routed to a central server first unlike AIM that is P2P .

 

[mcveigh]

not to hijack this thread....but

how do you use trillian w/2 users?
I just built a new pc for the wife and kids, but I get on it too.
the wife and I use trillian but it always wants to use her profile?
anybody know the answer?

 

[Eli]

I use ICQ, AIM and Yahoo.. I don't like Trillian.

They all have features that I like. ICQ used to be the best... The only thing good about AIM is how you can display pictures in the message box. Yahoo's voice features are the best..

I'm still using ICQ98.

 

[Eli]

You can send offline messages with Yahoo, also.

 

[Skel]

I use MSN only, it works well for what I need, and most of the people I talk to are already on it.