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Poll - Which IM service is your favorite?

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August 23, 2008 - 5:13am

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Poll - Which IM service is your favorite?

And tell us why.

(include the IM program that you use if you can)

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August 23, 2008 - 10:58pm

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GTalk and Pidgin.

Easily. I just like the way Google Talk works, especially since it uses the common XMPP IM protocol. And it does audio/video (at least with the Google Talk application). If I had to pick a second, probably WLM. I like Yahoo too, but WLM is just more functional.

Pidgin is definitely (one of) the best multi-protocol IM clients out there. It looks nice, it works great (well, 2.4.3 does ), and I don't have to use multiple applications for every protocol I have. My only complaint would be the lack of audio/video calling capability. Hopefully they'll add that in soon.

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August 24, 2008 - 2:52pm

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ICQ with Miranda. Very

ICQ with Miranda. Very popular, quite reliable, has all the features I desire.
And IMO all IMs currently available are rather low quality, but Miranda is the best of them.

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