betanews.com— MSN and Yahoo! will link their Voice and Chat services so users of either service can contact each other. Finally a solution to the age old problem of having friends on different IM services.
Oct 12, 2005View in Crawl 4
MSN and YIM with AIM support, and yeah I use seperate clients . . . because . . . well I have them tweaked to the way I want them. Though I use Trillian for AIM . . . and I can't believe someone mentioned Powwow . . . fricken A! ICQ is nothing but a sham front end anymore for AIM . . . sadly, it used to be great. Jabber cool, but Google's got to implement the standard correctly it's actually kind of annoying. Hmmm anything else to say . . . nope. Oh doesn't AOL have a new IM service in beta right now? I can't remember it's name, but it sounded like they were positioning to ditch the current AIM network and take on YIM and MSN in the looks and features department.
I'm Canadian, and I use all three on occasion, MSN most, then Yahoo, and very rarely AIM, simply because I dislike it. I have around 50 people on all three though, so it's all in what you prefer, not what's best or who's using what.@Maagic:..don't start that war :S (and I use it thanks)
I use Trillian because its ad free and I know people using AIM, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ. So if I want to stay in touch with everyone, I have to have accounts on all of them. The built-in IRC client comes in handy too. I don't know many people using Google Talk, Jabber or Skype yet. but I have accounts on all those networks as well.I'd be nice if they all talked to each other, but it actually wouldn't effect someone like me who has accounts with every major service anyway.
Let's see........... I have friends around the world using all the services. From non company related chat rooms, most seem to use Yahoo or MSN. Several are AOL. I used Trillian in the past, the problem is that it merges all the accounts. If you add a contact, they get hit with the add request from every handle. Pretty stupid. The smileys also sucked completely. I know you could buy Pro to eliminate the combined accounts, but why buy what is already free? Maybe they have made it better in the last year, I haven't checked.MSN support is terrible.Yahoo support actually takes the time to address the problems.AIM is ad infested and as invasive as every other AOL software. They still exist because people are used to them. They are one of the oldest internet services around.And to the 1 idiot who wants to exploit the messengers.....Get A Life! If your only joy is messing up other people's PCs, then remove yourself from the gene pool. What is the point of repeating what someone else has already done anyway? Use real skill to find a new way to do something instead.
evil_doerOct 12, 2005
ive never met a single person ever that uses aim. (im in canada also)btw. any old schoolers here? anyone remember powwow? this is before icq came out.
jasonsbytesOct 12, 2005
I thought Trillian or Gaim was the solution -- no adds and works with everything.
jadewolfOct 12, 2005
MSN and YIM with AIM support, and yeah I use seperate clients . . . because . . . well I have them tweaked to the way I want them. Though I use Trillian for AIM . . . and I can't believe someone mentioned Powwow . . . fricken A! ICQ is nothing but a sham front end anymore for AIM . . . sadly, it used to be great. Jabber cool, but Google's got to implement the standard correctly it's actually kind of annoying. Hmmm anything else to say . . . nope. Oh doesn't AOL have a new IM service in beta right now? I can't remember it's name, but it sounded like they were positioning to ditch the current AIM network and take on YIM and MSN in the looks and features department.
maagicOct 12, 2005
Linux is dying because I don't know a single person here that uses it
n0ahOct 12, 2005
I'm Canadian, and I use all three on occasion, MSN most, then Yahoo, and very rarely AIM, simply because I dislike it. I have around 50 people on all three though, so it's all in what you prefer, not what's best or who's using what.@Maagic:..don't start that war :S (and I use it thanks)
Closed AccountOct 13, 2005
well at least now u only have to run aim and this client that merges the 2..
wistexMay 16, 2006
I use Trillian because its ad free and I know people using AIM, Yahoo!, MSN and ICQ. So if I want to stay in touch with everyone, I have to have accounts on all of them. The built-in IRC client comes in handy too. I don't know many people using Google Talk, Jabber or Skype yet. but I have accounts on all those networks as well.I'd be nice if they all talked to each other, but it actually wouldn't effect someone like me who has accounts with every major service anyway.
treathr4May 18, 2006
Let's see........... I have friends around the world using all the services. From non company related chat rooms, most seem to use Yahoo or MSN. Several are AOL. I used Trillian in the past, the problem is that it merges all the accounts. If you add a contact, they get hit with the add request from every handle. Pretty stupid. The smileys also sucked completely. I know you could buy Pro to eliminate the combined accounts, but why buy what is already free? Maybe they have made it better in the last year, I haven't checked.MSN support is terrible.Yahoo support actually takes the time to address the problems.AIM is ad infested and as invasive as every other AOL software. They still exist because people are used to them. They are one of the oldest internet services around.And to the 1 idiot who wants to exploit the messengers.....Get A Life! If your only joy is messing up other people's PCs, then remove yourself from the gene pool. What is the point of repeating what someone else has already done anyway? Use real skill to find a new way to do something instead.