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TubaMuffins · Jan 15, 2004, 09:47 PM

Too many options to make a poll. I for one use and love Adium, iChat still needs alot of work before I will use it steadily.

nredman · Jan 15, 2004, 09:54 PM

ichat, fire (although i am using yahoo im right now cause fire never seems to connect for me)

gorickey · Jan 15, 2004, 09:57 PM

Stradlater · Jan 15, 2004, 09:58 PM

Adium 2 binaries.

CheesePuff · Jan 15, 2004, 10:00 PM

AOL Instant Messenger 4.7 with ads removed.

Apple Pro Underwear · Jan 15, 2004, 10:00 PM

i just use ichat

i make it say bling bling motherfvcker at startup

Minty Fresh · Jan 15, 2004, 10:04 PM

AIM

Cipher13 · Jan 15, 2004, 10:32 PM

ICQ (standard), Adium, MSN (I have to), irssi.

gorickey · Jan 15, 2004, 10:35 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
MSN (I have to).

No, just don't talk to those MSN users...

NYCFarmboy · Jan 15, 2004, 10:40 PM

MSN with some that I have to.

I actually have been using Yahoo Messenger a lot to talk to my family in Germany as iChat refuses to connect on the isight webcam, but yahoo messenger works just fine!

Have had a lot of problems with iChat and the web cam so have been gravitating towards the yahoo.

WinsOBoogi · Jan 15, 2004, 10:41 PM

When it comes down to it, I think, AIM works best. File tranfers are seamless, profiles can have different fonts and colors, buddy icons & animated gifs, etc. etc.

Prove me wrong if you can..trust me...I'd love to stop with AIM and I've been meaning to, it's just that all the features that I love that work best with AIM, sadly.

WiggMuffin · Jan 15, 2004, 10:44 PM

Adium 2.0 binary all the way.

AIM's messages take a little longer than I like.

dampeoples · Jan 15, 2004, 11:25 PM

iChat

willab · Jan 15, 2004, 11:27 PM

iChat

C.J. Moof · Jan 15, 2004, 11:32 PM

Fire. With PGP encryption of the text with some buddies, just because we can.

AuPhalanx · Jan 15, 2004, 11:35 PM

iChat.

I think it's pretty slick. I really like the way it uses the pictures from Address Book. Tres cool. The other chat clients annoy me a bit--MSN is a dog; Yahoo! is kinda fugly; and the others like Fire never seem to connect all the time. Thus, I stick with iChat.

My user name is AuPhalanx.

Have fun... Tony.

insha · Jan 15, 2004, 11:35 PM

iChat AV -- And no problems using iSight over broadband.

MSN

variable06 · Jan 15, 2004, 11:41 PM

I've tried iChat and Proteus but I always end up coming back to AIM.

Agasthya · Jan 15, 2004, 11:44 PM

Jan 7th build of Adium 2. The newer builds are awful.

Alezone · Jan 15, 2004, 11:48 PM

Proteus for ICQ
MSN - well, like the guy next to me... hoping for a full function...

rarely have chance to use iChat, nobody to talk to...

Phanguye · Jan 16, 2004, 12:05 AM

i use ichat... however, once adium 2 can change away messages without coming back from being away, i will switch to that

Superchicken · Jan 16, 2004, 12:06 AM

iChat and AIM are the only ones that can work through my college's proxy. MSN won't for the Mac client for some reason. That said MSN is PURE CRAP, I use it only because every Canadian and their dog uses it. But yah MSN sucks, iChat should have a more proteus like interface but I just got sick of proteus constant crashing and screwing up and not saving any of the changes I'd make.

iChat really does need some AIM specific features, and I would KILL for MSN compatibility.

Agasthya · Jan 16, 2004, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by Phanguye:
i use ichat... however, once adium 2 can change away messages without coming back from being away, i will switch to that

You used to be able to. Then they removed the status menu. Don't try to ask them about it though, they'll get all hostile on you.

Stradlater · Jan 16, 2004, 01:29 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
ICQ (standard), Adium, MSN (I have to), irssi.

I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure it fits your needs, but have you tried MSN through the new Adium binaries yet?

Stradlater · Jan 16, 2004, 01:30 AM

Originally posted by Agasthya:
Jan 7th build of Adium 2. The newer builds are awful.

How so?

Agasthya · Jan 16, 2004, 01:43 AM

Originally posted by Stradlater:
How so?

There's no more contact list editor. Its being completely overhauled - and no date has been given for the completion. So if you want to add buddies or delete buddies, that'll need to be done in some other client.

The buddy groups are now ordered alphabetically, not the way that they are left on the AOL server. I found this really annoying since I have my list a specific way.

For me at least, the buddy list is screwed up (contacts all in lowercase). This doesn't seem to be a problem for other people though.

sniffer · Jan 16, 2004, 01:44 AM

MSN. The stupid thing always pop up on my XP box. The MSN is the most annoying thing ever. People always assume you're open to chat just because you're online. I hate it. iChat seems better on that matter. I can dismiss a conversation without feeling guilty, and it doesn't makes you "available" without you doing it purposely.

Stradlater · Jan 16, 2004, 02:07 AM

Originally posted by Agasthya:
The buddy groups are now ordered alphabetically, not the way that they are left on the AOL server. I found this really annoying since I have my list a specific way.

Everything else is right, I think, but this isn't. I still order manually and it works.

jinubob81 · Jan 16, 2004, 03:10 AM

do i just not know anything (about im clients... ok, fine. everything else too)? or does adium not allow you to just see the away message without having to actually message the person?

I havent been able to find a way to look at people's away message without messaging them. everything else works fine though.

deekay1 · Jan 16, 2004, 03:18 AM

i used to use proteus (for both icq and ichat (aim)). the last version was a bit too unstable for me (too many bugs), so i'm back to ichat av and the regular icq client.

i tried entering my icq contacts in ichat, but for some reason it doesn't seem to work (even with those who have the newest version of icq lite on the pc

)

ichat needs: pop checking, real icq integration, and the possibility for people to see "away messages", even if they are using a different client than ichat (aim/icq pc etc.)!

11011001 · Jan 16, 2004, 04:30 AM

I have everything. But, I prefer ICQ. I like it's implementation of history the best. And, I like it's non-candy-too-big-to-be-useful interface.

Agasthya · Jan 16, 2004, 04:37 AM

Originally posted by Stradlater:
Everything else is right, I think, but this isn't. I still order manually and it works.

Do your buddies show up in all lowercase and without formatting in the list (actual buddy names, not aliases)?

typoon · Jan 16, 2004, 10:16 AM

I use both AIM 4.7 and iChat. I like iChat for the AV Feature. It is great to talk to my friends who have Macs and iChatAV and not have to type to them, Call me lazy.

Brien · Jan 16, 2004, 11:02 AM

ADIUM, all the way baby!

Zimphire · Jan 16, 2004, 11:39 AM

I have to have one that does the all, and Fire so far is the best one out there.

And it's free to boot.

You can even download and compile daily builds.

SLeitheiser · Jan 16, 2004, 11:49 AM

AOL

Stradlater · Jan 16, 2004, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by jinubob81:
do i just not know anything (about im clients... ok, fine. everything else too)? or does adium not allow you to just see the away message without having to actually message the person?

Adium 1.6 doesn't, Adium 2 lets you read away messages, save file transfers, see buddy icons, et cetera.

Stradlater · Jan 16, 2004, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by Agasthya:
Do your buddies show up in all lowercase and without formatting in the list (actual buddy names, not aliases)?

Possibly; I haven't noticed (I mostly use aliases). Post a bug if it's happening to you.

Turias · Jan 16, 2004, 11:53 AM

Powaqqatsi · Jan 16, 2004, 12:35 PM

Proteus with MSN account, and MSN Messenger for transferring files occasionally. MSN is the only option here in Europe (well this part of europe anyway) nobody uses something else.

Stuphalina · Jan 16, 2004, 12:45 PM

Proteus for ICQ, AIM, and MSN.
Yes, it has it's problems, but I hate having 3 open instant messaging apps open.
I used to ue fire but I prefer Proteus.

wdlove · Jan 16, 2004, 01:04 PM

I don't use Instant Messaging.

Jens Peter · Jan 16, 2004, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
MSN is the only option here in Europe (well this part of europe anyway) nobody uses something else.

Could not have said it better. I use the original client, but used to use Proteus - it is just too unstable. And I have the same experiences with Fire.

Mastrap · Jan 16, 2004, 01:21 PM

iChat. More and more of my friends have iSights.
It saves a fortune on long distance calls.

mark9939 · Jan 17, 2004, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by Phanguye:
i use ichat... however, once adium 2 can change away messages without coming back from being away, i will switch to that

Well, the time is now. Option-click the file menu and watch the options for setting an away change before your eyes.

-M

(BTW- Adium 2 r00ls!1!!!11)

dillerX · Jan 17, 2004, 07:10 AM

iShat

Mastrap · Jan 17, 2004, 09:15 AM

Originally posted by dillerX:
iShat

Funny you should say that. So did....

Anyway, that the time? Must dash.

resImadA · Jan 17, 2004, 10:58 AM

Agasthya, I'm surprised to see the negative tone here, since you've been very helpful to others in the past on our forum.

- We gave warning that the contact list editor would be missing for a little bit while it was improved and rewritten. Declaring the new builds as "awful" because of this is unfair.

- We've stated many times that the status menu will return following a revision of our status system.

- Your capitalization issue was noted by a few other users in this thread on our forums. It will be looked into once the contact list editor is complete.

willed · Jan 17, 2004, 11:44 AM

MSN. No other option (what with Fire etc not supporting file transfers). It's annoying how it's lacking so many features compared to the Windows version - you can't even have a little pic of yourself or see anyone else's! I don't get why everyone here says it's a crap piece of software though - runs fine on this iBook 500.

ryju · Jan 17, 2004, 02:51 PM

iChat and MSN and ICQ. Thankyou sir.