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Which messenger service?
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Holger
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I am using ICQ since it started and I am very happy with it.
Hint:
Register with ICQ and then use a software called "Trillian". It bundels all your buddys, no matter what service they use. It is compatible with ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN and so on.
Check it out here
/Holger
Hint:
Register with ICQ and then use a software called "Trillian". It bundels all your buddys, no matter what service they use. It is compatible with ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN and so on.
Check it out here
/Holger
WoundedThorns
New Member
ICQ? wow i haven't used that in years. wasn't it out pre-AIM? i remember it was annoying with those ID numbers.. never remembered mine let alone someone elses
yahoo.. none of my friends have it, so it just wasted space on my computer. i had it when i had a yahoo email account
MSN never fails for me while remembering emails is annoying. its a better layout and doesn't suddenly close like AIM does for me. i think it'd be more successful [popularity wise] if it had a screename system. i also like MSN's icons a lot better - plus theres a sheeep.
yahoo.. none of my friends have it, so it just wasted space on my computer. i had it when i had a yahoo email account
MSN never fails for me while remembering emails is annoying. its a better layout and doesn't suddenly close like AIM does for me. i think it'd be more successful [popularity wise] if it had a screename system. i also like MSN's icons a lot better - plus theres a sheeep.
Wolhay
New Member
Why do you think that MSN is the best? It doesn't allow messages to be sent to users that are offline and the file sending system is horrid as it doesn't get a window of its own and doesn't continue transmission from where they've been interrupted.SFG75 said:
And it's stoopid to keep e-mail adresses as a login.
direstraits
Well-Known Member
I dislike MSN for the same reason as Wolhay, but a lot of people who matter to me use MSN. I use Yahoo personally, it's more full featured.
(But I thought using email addresses as login is a brilliant implementation.
)
There was an announcement recently about Yahoo and MSN will work together to implement a common protocol - YM will be able to see MSN and vice versa.
Can't wait...
ds
(But I thought using email addresses as login is a brilliant implementation.
)There was an announcement recently about Yahoo and MSN will work together to implement a common protocol - YM will be able to see MSN and vice versa.
Can't wait...
ds
Sitaram
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AIM does not require AOL
Anyone may download and use AIM, and register a screen name of their choice (if not already taken).
I have AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ running simultaneously.
I find Yahoo email to be the most pleasant to use. I used ICQ 6 years ago, and it was more prone to hacking then. I went for several years without using it. I started using it again 6 months ago. I have AVG antivirus and Pestpatrol and one other antivirus running, and have not experienced problems related to the messengers. Where I do catch an occasional trojan is from some website. I once searched on a very obscure scholarly topic (e.g. not porn or cracks or warez, which are invested with trojans), and when I visited the site, it tried to load a trojan on my system.
6 years ago, I could use ICQ search engine to bring up users on line in a given city, such as Chennai or Mumbai, and message them and make some new friends who share my interests. Once, in this random activity, I actually succeeded in messaging a minor rock and roll star in India. He was astounded, thinking I am a fan who had hunted him down. I explained that I am an elderly man in America with hearing loss who never listens to any music, and would not know a rock star from this country, if they mugged me, much less a rock star from overseas. (I explained myself in different and more cordial terms, but the above expresses the bottom line.)
The same search engine is still available in ICQ, but greetings to 100 people will be lucky to yield one response.
I like yahoo the best for my purposes, because of the chat rooms, and the buddy list, and good email. Oh, by the way, you can not visit your email for a year, and it shall still be there. Other hosts will delete you if you do not visit every month.
I spent one year in IRC, in undernet #philosophy mostly , to have discourse on topics that interest me. But IRC seemed a wasteland, with only a few active interesting chat rooms. A retired teacher named Skept was founder of #philosophy. He and his crew of moderators ran a tight ship. They were kind of a good ole boy club of exclusivity, and they would boot or ban at the drop of a hat. They hated anything religious. Once, I mentioned St. Pauls verse on "Fear and Trembling" (hey, it is Kierkegaards topic, which IS part of philosophy and existentialism)... well skept booted my hiney. When I private message him, he said they have no need for comments such as mine. Oh well. IRC was excellent for certain programming support like PHP. But again, the good ole boys could be cliquish and harsh to newbies, who had to sometimes humbly beg for an answer to something which they deemed obvious.
Of course, I am recommending yahoo because of my particular interests in meeting people for discussions. I know that online-literature.com/forums uses MSN once a month to have a group conference on their book of the month club reading club.
All the messengers offer conferencing.
I will say that ICQ seems the most cold and distant. No one ever seems to contact you out of the blue. I often get cold calls on AOL and Yahoo, from people who have read a post somewhere and take an interest. Once or twice, during the past 8 years, an author contacted me through hotmail and MSN.
I am fascinated by the info on Trillion. Although, since I already run 4 messengers, then the "if it aint broke, dont fix it" wisdom kicks in.
Last week a woman in Italy recommended skypes to me for free phone around the world over the internet. Two hours later a business man I know in Tampa (elderly) started raving about it. I have downloaded but not yet installed. I get the impression that skypes also has a messenger capability, and a way to locate and meet people with similar interests.
Anyone may download and use AIM, and register a screen name of their choice (if not already taken).
I have AIM, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ running simultaneously.
I find Yahoo email to be the most pleasant to use. I used ICQ 6 years ago, and it was more prone to hacking then. I went for several years without using it. I started using it again 6 months ago. I have AVG antivirus and Pestpatrol and one other antivirus running, and have not experienced problems related to the messengers. Where I do catch an occasional trojan is from some website. I once searched on a very obscure scholarly topic (e.g. not porn or cracks or warez, which are invested with trojans), and when I visited the site, it tried to load a trojan on my system.
6 years ago, I could use ICQ search engine to bring up users on line in a given city, such as Chennai or Mumbai, and message them and make some new friends who share my interests. Once, in this random activity, I actually succeeded in messaging a minor rock and roll star in India. He was astounded, thinking I am a fan who had hunted him down. I explained that I am an elderly man in America with hearing loss who never listens to any music, and would not know a rock star from this country, if they mugged me, much less a rock star from overseas. (I explained myself in different and more cordial terms, but the above expresses the bottom line.)
The same search engine is still available in ICQ, but greetings to 100 people will be lucky to yield one response.
I like yahoo the best for my purposes, because of the chat rooms, and the buddy list, and good email. Oh, by the way, you can not visit your email for a year, and it shall still be there. Other hosts will delete you if you do not visit every month.
I spent one year in IRC, in undernet #philosophy mostly , to have discourse on topics that interest me. But IRC seemed a wasteland, with only a few active interesting chat rooms. A retired teacher named Skept was founder of #philosophy. He and his crew of moderators ran a tight ship. They were kind of a good ole boy club of exclusivity, and they would boot or ban at the drop of a hat. They hated anything religious. Once, I mentioned St. Pauls verse on "Fear and Trembling" (hey, it is Kierkegaards topic, which IS part of philosophy and existentialism)... well skept booted my hiney. When I private message him, he said they have no need for comments such as mine. Oh well. IRC was excellent for certain programming support like PHP. But again, the good ole boys could be cliquish and harsh to newbies, who had to sometimes humbly beg for an answer to something which they deemed obvious.
Of course, I am recommending yahoo because of my particular interests in meeting people for discussions. I know that online-literature.com/forums uses MSN once a month to have a group conference on their book of the month club reading club.
All the messengers offer conferencing.
I will say that ICQ seems the most cold and distant. No one ever seems to contact you out of the blue. I often get cold calls on AOL and Yahoo, from people who have read a post somewhere and take an interest. Once or twice, during the past 8 years, an author contacted me through hotmail and MSN.
I am fascinated by the info on Trillion. Although, since I already run 4 messengers, then the "if it aint broke, dont fix it" wisdom kicks in.
Last week a woman in Italy recommended skypes to me for free phone around the world over the internet. Two hours later a business man I know in Tampa (elderly) started raving about it. I have downloaded but not yet installed. I get the impression that skypes also has a messenger capability, and a way to locate and meet people with similar interests.
Darren said:
Sitaram
kickbox
Postscript on Yahoo
You can feel free to try them all, since you can uninstall (hey, that rhymes).
Except, MSN seems to be pesky about uninstalling, as I remember.
A word to the wise regarding Yahoo. If you ever sign up for anything at yahoo, then file a hard copy print out of everything you answered regarding zip code, date of birth, secret question and secret answer, since, if 5 years later, you have some reason to contact Yahoo, they will not even speak to you unless you have that info. This pertains to email, egroup, geocities websites, and whatever else they offer, such as blogs.
Eight years ago, I did not have the foresight to save such information, and I learned the hard way.
All such giant companies as Yahoo, AOL, MSN, are difficult to deal with and impersonal. I found a website host for example at minnesotashopper.com and I have been dealing with the same person , by name, for two years. I searched in google on : internet provider host "in business for " years
with the notion that whoever was in business the longest would be more stable, even if higher priced, than some fly by night 3rd world provider crawling with unsavory sites, for 3 dollars a month. You get what you pay for.
Obviously, this will not help you with a messenger client, since there are no small providers of such, but I thought I would make mention of the advantages of dealing with small reliable organizations that offer more personalized service, whenever feasible.
You can feel free to try them all, since you can uninstall (hey, that rhymes).
Except, MSN seems to be pesky about uninstalling, as I remember.
A word to the wise regarding Yahoo. If you ever sign up for anything at yahoo, then file a hard copy print out of everything you answered regarding zip code, date of birth, secret question and secret answer, since, if 5 years later, you have some reason to contact Yahoo, they will not even speak to you unless you have that info. This pertains to email, egroup, geocities websites, and whatever else they offer, such as blogs.
Eight years ago, I did not have the foresight to save such information, and I learned the hard way.
All such giant companies as Yahoo, AOL, MSN, are difficult to deal with and impersonal. I found a website host for example at minnesotashopper.com and I have been dealing with the same person , by name, for two years. I searched in google on : internet provider host "in business for " years
with the notion that whoever was in business the longest would be more stable, even if higher priced, than some fly by night 3rd world provider crawling with unsavory sites, for 3 dollars a month. You get what you pay for.
Obviously, this will not help you with a messenger client, since there are no small providers of such, but I thought I would make mention of the advantages of dealing with small reliable organizations that offer more personalized service, whenever feasible.
Toadal
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http://meebo.com might be of interest to people for IM purposes.