Instant Messaging

In this day and age of instant gratification and ADD, nothing adds more fuel to the fire than IM. So here are my best IM options available:

On the Mac:

• AdiumX – The best IM client I have seen with the best selection of creative skins. Build on the Gaim platform. Download.

On Windows:

• Gaim – A useful and clean IM client, open-source and ad-free. Download.

On Anything:

• Meebo – A very nice Web 2.0 web based client. Should be handy if you don’t have admin access on a computer to install apps. Nothing to download.

But my big wishlist item : one account that can send to the different systems, so that you don’t have to create accounts on Yahoo, AOL, Google, etc.

I use Gaim since I’m on the PC, and the Plugins I use are:

• System Tray Icon
• AutoProfile – which allows me to keep my Away message updated to whatever I am listening to in iTunes.

Now as far as which IM system is better, I don’t think it matters much. You are pretty much stuck with whatever system your friends happen to use, and if you use one of the aggregators above you can communicate with them all… once you setup accounts on each.

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