Instant Messenger of choice

[Agent Proto]

Okay, let's duke it out between the Instant Messengers. There are three IM programs in use. MSN, Y!M, and AIM. Which one is your favorite?

Mine is AIM. 8-)

Poll coming up.

[fire_of_avalon]

I used all of these for a long time, but now I use only mIRC. Mostly because I don't think anyone who I used to talk with on the others use them anymore.

[Christmas]

Visitor Messages are a cute little way to leave a message for a friend without having to worry about your Mognet space or needing a reply. Don't spam them up though. Instances of Visitor Message abuse will get them deleted, your ability to post them taken away, or in very serious cases, yourself banned.

You may see in your Profile if you have any Visitor Messages, and the date of the last one received is also noted. You cannot use HTML in usernotes. Also, if you are banned from Eyes on Each Other, your Visitor Message privileges are taken away.

Finally, you will receive the ability to post Visitor Messages to other people's profiles after being a member for 7 days and having made 10 posts.

This is the best Instant Messenger ever. You dun know that Blues?

[Agent Proto]

I refuse to believe Visitor Messages are Instant Messengers.

[Christmas]

I usually reply instantly though. I think mine is a Version 4.0.4 but while you take aeons or never reply. I think yours is a bit outdated like your mind. I hope you will take time to reflect on your actions and update your visitor messages.

[rubah]

like foa, my favorite real time communication is IRC, but I draw a distinction between IRC and IM-- I can go into detail on this if anyone is interested.

my favorite IM protocol is aim. I'm not interested in voice or video very much (skype for that), and aim has the best file transfer and image sharing capabilities, as well as linking and markup

[Vermachtnis]

MSN, it's the only one I use. When I remember to sign in at all that is :P

[Shorty]

Used to be AIM, but I was conned into using MSN and now I can't stop.

I hate Yahoo, though. Can't stand it.

[Pheesh]

MSN is the one for me, it's the only one I've ever really used.

[Clo]

I have AIM right now. Not many people seem to have it; I think only three people regularly talk to me, and I have two others who occasionally come on.

AIM is a lonely place.

[NorthernChaosGod]

AIM! My IM conversations combine into one window and it's much more streamlined and easier to read.

[Pheesh]

AIM! My IM conversations combine into one window and it's much more streamlined and easier to read.

Tsk, AIM users, not too savvy with the alt+tab keys eh? /smug

[Vyk]

AIM is preferred. But all the other losers use MSN, so its hard to avoid

I actually spent some time learning how to hack AIM to let me use font color settings that aren't in its default settings. Web hexcodes for colors instead of the .... 15? or so defaults that they limit you to. Also I learned how to make my own expressions. So by far AIM is the prettiest most customizable chat program for me. Although I use an ancient version 'cause AIM 6+ was just an ugly abomination regardless and it just kept getting worse so I have my doubts the newer versions are any better

AIM lets you pause and/or resume downloads, so when a transfer fails its not a complete waste of time

All-in-all I really don't know how it is that it's not -everyone-'s preferred chat client. But maybe versions 6+ can be blamed for that xD

[Raistlin]

I've been using AIM more than anything lately, though before that I used mostly MSN.

[Bunny]

I prefer AIM, even though it still sucks.