Instant Messengers You May Have Not Known About

Are you an AIM or MSN user that is tired of your instant messenger? Well don’t worry because there are many new messaging programs out there for you to get your paws on. Why would you want to go through all of the hassle to switch though, and do these programs offer anything truly different? This article will list a few instant messaging programs you may have not known about and why they’re worth your time.

* Pidgin- This program, which was formerly known as Gaim, flies under the name Pidgin. Pidgin is an open source instant messaging program that seeks to combine all of your other messengers. Do you have friends on both MSN and AIM? Well that’s no problem because one of Pidgins defining features is its ability to important your friends from both AIM and MSN and let you talk to them simultaneously! Being open source, Pidgin is completely free and has an army of mod developers who are constantly developing upgrades that you can optionally download. Pidgin is compatible with either a Windows of Linux OS.

* Trillian- One of the first cross-networking instant messaging networks, Trillian is still a favorite that’s slowly losing popularity, but it’s not dead yet. Trillian is expecting a huge rebirth with the release of Trillian Astra which boasts to have over 400 new features for its users. Coupled with the fact that Trillian is completely free of cost this creates for a powerful incentive to use Trillian. Trillian is currently available for Windows and will soon be starting its beta testing for Mac OSX.

* Digsby- The newest competitor the instant messaging front, Digsby is bringing something a little different to its users. Digsby has integrated Facebook, as well as Myspace into its instant messaging service while also including email capabilities. Wouldn’t it be nice to have one program for messaging, social networking and emailing? Digsby thinks so. Digsby currently has a Windows release out and is working on both a Mac and Linux release.

* Adium- What list would be complete without mentioning at least one messaging program that is native to OSX? Adium is extremely similar to Pidgin because you can develop plug-ins for it creating a very heavy mod community. Also like Pidgin, Adium strives to sync all of your favorite instant messaging programs together by offering you one networking solution. Adium is currently only available to Mac OSX users.

While these products may have not reached any highly publicized success, they’re gaining popularity by the minute because they’re so much more effective than AIM and MSN. You owe it to yourself to try these instant messaging programs because they’re completely free, and I guarantee that you will like them more than your other messenger.

Photo Credits: adria.richards

Originally posted 2009-10-27 03:39:25.

This post involves:

adium, beta testing, competitor, hassle, instant messaging, instant messenger, linux release, mac osx, messaging programs, messaging service, messengers, mod developers, msn user, myspace, new features, paws, pidgin, rebirth, social networking, trillian astra

... and focuses on:

Computer Programs and Software, Internet and Email

Posted by How To Computer on January 1, 2012 in Computer Programs and Software, Internet and Email. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.