It seems that everyone I know is using Instant Messaging (IM). Unfortunately, not everyone is using the same client, which makes communicating difficult. There are special clients like Trillian out there that allow you to login to Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, and MSN all at once. However, the Trillian client is not as robust as the individual IM clients. Which IM client do you use?
Vote: Instant Messaging
It seems that everyone I know is using Instant Messaging (IM). Unfortunately, not everyone is using the same client, which makes communicating difficult. There are special clients like Trillian out there that allow you to login to Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, and MSN all at once. However, the Trillian client is not as robust as the individual IM clients. Which IM client do you use?
Trillian Pro is pretty frickin' sweet. Download your copy today!
I just tried Trillian again and it's pretty sweet (v0.74b). It's really come a long way since I tried it about a year ago. I think I'm gonna start using it from now on instead of Yahoo!. I'm going to change my vote because I can ;)
Jabber ... open source, open protocol, has server-side add-ons that allow a Jabber client to interoperate with all the major IM networks.
There are IM clients for pretty much every platform. (For Win32 I'd recommend Exodus or WinJab.) And if you really want to break the corporate stranglehold on IM, you can download and run your own Jabber server.
www.jabber.org