best multi-IM-client

what are the best ones?

msn,yahoo,aim, icq, jabber etc etc....

Miranda is giving me trouble on my new laptop.

 

trillian

 

any good skins IC?

free ones....

 

Pidgin

 

If you cant get Miranda working, then go for Pidgin.

 

IMHO Pidgin is the best blend of features, ease of use and good performance.

 

cant get my jabber working with the pidgin thing.

 

Jabber clients
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jabber_client_software

 

Meebo has worked wonders for me...

 

that works very well, thank you.

but i dont know (yet) if i will use the online IM thing, or if i need to have the program.

currently looking into trillian and meebo.

 

How about http://www.meebo.com/?

 

Pidgin... You cant go wrong (except with asian characters.. I'm having an issue)


Otherwise Pidgin is sleak, great looking, supports a plethora of IM servers, has plugins, is lightweight, and best of all FREE XD

Meebo is great, but I prefer a client instead. Pidgin also supports using "HTTP" method which will allow me to use it at college with ports blocked.

 

maybe you can tell me if anyone has got jabber to work with pidgin?

mine just said unknown host.

 

Did you enter a valid server?

 

I'm not seeing an option for Jabber, though I could swear I've seen it there before

 

Digsby - http://www.digsby.com

 

amazing, i was hooked on trillian once i found a good skin.

however, this is much more simple and friendly on the eyes.

good find.

however... how do i remove all the protocols from the bottom of the program, its taking up all the room?


edit: nevermind, done it

 

Have you checked memory usage? Last time I used that product it was up to 80+mb...

 

mine is at 68mb at the moment, but ive seen it even higher indeed. (100+)

however, its very friendly and easy to use... and it is beta, so i expect that to be fixed as time goes on.

as for now, i think i do prefer it in comparision to trillian.

 

That's good news. Those are the reasons I swayed away, though I won't mind giving it another shot after the bugs are fixed

 

i do prefer it to trillian, but as you said... memory usage is damn high at the moment in this beta.

i may continue with my trillian until a released version has arrived, then i will definatly make the switch.

digsby is awesome!

thanks for alerting me to the program though, and also everyone else who made suggestions.