Instant Messenger
From Cship
A Instant messenger is a very popular kind of chat software. You have to register your nickname at one of the companies and download their software. Then when you are on the Internet you can start the software and log onto their servers. Since then you are marked as online and all your friends who know your nickname and have the same Instant messenger running can see that you are online and easily chat with you.
Every of the 4 big players has its own software client which contain advertisements and is not compatible with other IM protocols. I recommend you to download Miranda, which is a free and open source Instant messenger which is very small, without ads or spyware and working even without installation. It works great with every IM protocol (even at the same time).
[edit] The big Instant messenger networks:
- ICQ
- MSN Messenger
- Yahoo Messenger
- AIM AOL Instant Messenger
- Gadu Gadu (almost only Poland)
- Skype (focus on VoIP)
- Jabber
- QQ (almost only in China)
- Google Talk (based on Jabber)
[edit] Web Gateways:
- Meebo AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, GTalk, 70 languages, SSL
- Meebo classic, the old version with AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, Jabber, GTalk, 70 languages, SSL
- Tjat at wap.tjat.com a wap-gateway for celphones: AIM, ICQ, MSN, 7 languages
- WAPd a wap-gateway for celphones: ICQ, MSN, IRC
- ILoveIM formally MSNger.com AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- IMUnitive AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Own: GIM
- Instan-t expess messenger AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo
- radiusIM AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- Mijn messenger AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber
- IMhaha AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, QQ
- mig33 AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- Orgoo AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- Snimmer AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk/Jabber
- eBuddy formally e-Messenger AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- communicationtube AIM, MSN, IRC, GTalk
- KoolIM AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk, Jabber
- imo.im AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
- heysan AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, GTalk
