About instant Messengers

AOL Instant Messenger by America Online

An easy to use Instant Message program is AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). It allows you to have conversations with people who are also online, in real time, one on one, in a chat room, all across the globe. All you have to do is type what you would like to say. With this program you can keep track of your friends and even organize them into different groups. This way you can stay in touch with friends, family, and even coworkers.

MSN Messenger & Windows Live Messenger by Microsoft

MSN Messenger (known as MSN) is a program used to communicate with other MSN Messenger users in real time.
Each user is required to have a passport account, which is linked to an email address that they can log in with. All Hotmail accounts are automatically Passport enabled. You can add users to your contact list by clicking the appropriate button and typing in their Passport Registered email address. You will only be able to send messages to this person when they are online and have selected to allow you to communicate with them. MSN Messenger is a Microsoft Product.


Yahoo! Messenger by Yahoo!

Yahoo! Messenger, also known as YIM, also known as Yahoo! Instant Messenger and also known as Yahoo! Pager is of course, an attempt by Yahoo! to compete in the Instant Messaging game

ICQ by Mirabilis

ICQ (I Seek You) is the first Instant Messaging program. It was invented by two Israeli Students in Tel Aviv and AOL currently owns ICQ.

Google Talk by Google Inc.

The newest of all messengers is Google Talk. It is a messaging and voice program that does not have avatars, smilies annoying typing sounds, colorful or large chat text or anything I never liked about most messengers.

Trillian by Cerulean Studios

Trillian is a pretty heavy piece of software for a Chat client. Keeping in mind that it supports connections from AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, IRC and probably a lot more, Trillian seems pretty light to be carrying all that around.


Skype by Skype Technologies S.A.

I kept seeing the code callto://name on an increasing number of sites and blogs, some even with a "Skype Me!" button. This URL syntax was used for Microsoft Net meeting calling and hardly seen online, but had re-emerged with the more popular software called Skype - now with over one hundred million downloads.

Gaim (Now Pidgin) by Gaim

I guess I wasn't hip enough to know about one of the most popular new messengers. I had to be told about Gaim.

Miranda IM by Miranda

Miranda IM used to be down as Miranda ICQ.


mIRC by Khaled Mardam-BeyChat

mIRC is the most popular piece of software used to access IRC. IRC, which stands for Internet Relay Chat, is even older than the World Wide Web.

iChat AV by Apple

iChat is the chatting service that comes exclusively with an Apple computer. iChat uses the latest H.264 video technology to bring you a sharp picture full of natural color. A unique 3D view for video chatting makes you feel as if you were sitting around a conference table with your buddies. You can also audio conference with up to ten people and sound-level meters will let you see as well as hear who is speaking. iChat AV also has instant messaging capability, emoticons, text effects, and more to make Apple a quality chatting experience.Apple does not have pc-to-phone calling, chat rooms, or a customizable interface and runs only on Apple computers.

Qnext
by Qnext Corp

Qnext Unifies Communication, Broadcasting and Media Sharing
ALL IN ONE SOLUTION for Windows, Mac, and Linux.