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 Best Instant Messenger 

What instant messenger do you prefer?
MSN 44%  44%  [ 14 ]
YIM 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
AIM 44%  44%  [ 14 ]
ICQ 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I don't use any of those 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 32

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Teh Mexican
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MSN!!!

i dont like AIM, its weird!


Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:35 pm
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MikeQ. wrote:
MSN
- Everyone I know here (where I live) uses MSN. It must be a Canadian thing, because I don't anyone who uses AIM.
- MSN is the most practical IM service, in my opinion. Good design, awesome options, and easy to just chat.
- I find it has the least problems. I had ICQ eons ago, and it was horrible, and I had downloaded AIM, but a combination of me not liking it and nobody using it caused me to uninstall it.

PEACE, Mike ;)


not many canadians have aol thus they don't really know about aim that well. So that's my reason as to why canadians use MSN more then anything else.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:38 pm
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rusty wrote:
MikeQ. wrote:
MSN
- Everyone I know here (where I live) uses MSN. It must be a Canadian thing, because I don't anyone who uses AIM.
- MSN is the most practical IM service, in my opinion. Good design, awesome options, and easy to just chat.
- I find it has the least problems. I had ICQ eons ago, and it was horrible, and I had downloaded AIM, but a combination of me not liking it and nobody using it caused me to uninstall it.

PEACE, Mike ;)


not many canadians have aol thus they don't really know about aim that well. So that's my reason as to why canadians use MSN more then anything else.


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Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:41 pm
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Sun Jan 30, 2005 5:59 pm
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Trillian is free. I use it for one of my AIM accounts and ICQ (I have tow AIM accounts and I refuse to download ICQ....it's that bad. I just use it because it's there). They just released version 3, and it is more sleek and easier than it has been in the past.

I don't use GAIM. I'm too lazy to go download it and set it up. I think it is better than Trillian though.

As for the normal ones:

ICQ is awful. Bloody awful. If you've used it, you know why.

Yahoo! is average. I don't use it enough, I guess. IT really takes a back seat to the other two.

AIM is actually a pretty bad program IMO, but I like it more than Y! because mroe people use it. Because half of the country uses AOL. Because they are stupid.

MSN is the best. It's more sleek. It's easier to use. It has a large installed userbase. It's easiest to use.

IRC beats them all, even though it's really only used by itnernet junkies :(

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IRC is good since we all use it, but it's very plain. I hardly use it.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:15 pm
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It depends on which program you use to connect with IRC. BitchX is regarded by many as the best, but fairly hard to use. mIRC is the easiest and most customizable to use for me, though.

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IRC is really for interent freaks like us, no one else uses it.

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Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:09 pm
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I would have to pick AIM. It's so simple, and runs very smoothly on my computer. Yahoo is also very good, but sometimes can be annoying, same with MSN. Most of my friends are on AIM too, so that definitely influences my vote.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:12 pm
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Ive got maybe 30 people on my AIM list, on MSN ive got 123, so yeah i use it more.

Plus everyone from my school and college has MSN. Its file transfer sucks, but it feels more neutral than AIM.

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Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:13 pm
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Trillian is evil btw, it like, conflicts every other week.

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Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:14 pm
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Michael wrote:
Trillian is evil btw, it like, conflicts every other week.


I don't like Trillian either, its seems ghetto.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:17 pm
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YIM. Their smily's are a lot better than AIM, but I use both.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:48 pm
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Chris wrote:
YIM. Their smily's are a lot better than AIM, but I use both.


Yeah, their smilies are much better. I wish AIM would upgrade, and add some new smilies, that are animated.


Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:03 pm
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I use Trillian Basic. It is not ad-supported by the way.

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msn is my my favorite, but l use AIM most, cuz most people seem to...:o

yim is the worst...


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YIM is the best. It has the best smilies and the IMVironments are cool. I use AIM the most though because most people i know use it.


Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:48 am
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Hmmm....zero votes for ICQ so far...must bery very-well liked :lol:

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Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:14 pm
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Pinkpanther wrote:
Chris wrote:
YIM. Their smily's are a lot better than AIM, but I use both.


Yeah, their smilies are much better. I wish AIM would upgrade, and add some new smilies, that are animated.


What is with the obsession with smileys! Between the overuse of smileys and shorthand, aot of onlien conversations or totally unreadable to me.


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MSN is the one I prefer even though the problems sometimes make me want to strangle its creator.


Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:29 pm
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That's it....MSN sucks.

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Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:17 pm
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msn has been totally shit the past 3 days...

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Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:26 pm
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i hate smileys in IM. I have all of mine disabled.


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I love smilies.

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argghh MSN aint working....AGAIN

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