instant messengers - a thought or several

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Aladinsaneuk · #1 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:27 am

much to my disgust, i am increasingly more reliant on instant messengers - IM's

but, different friends are on different networks - yahoo, microsoft live messenger etc

and all the different clients make it a pain to try and stay on top - far too many windows open and of course you cannot send a message to an AIM account from MLN etc

so - i started to look around and look at the multi messenger clients

remit was simple - i wanted something that i could access anywhere - be it on my mac, macbook, windoze pc, iphone, ipad or what ever

so - nothing major!

oh - i also wanted something free!

being a mac user, i first looked at adium - http://adium.im
this is a mac specific client and i have to say I am very impressed - like most mac apps, it just works.
Downside is that it does not remember across multiple devices - that does not sound much BUt - having used that facility in trillion....

so - http://www.trillian.im
this comes in two flavours - free, but occassional advert, and paid for at 12 usd per year that is advert free.

this is available on just about all the main formats - windows, mac, iPhone, android and blackberry as well as a web version - ie get on it anywhere.
I prefer this app - i log in to my (free) trillian account and it remembers all my im accounts - it also remembers the conversations - so if i am out on the iPhone, when i get back home I can carry on the same conversation

that is a lot easier :)

nice thing - i can use this for facebook chatting, twitter as well as a couple of other chat with old friends ....

now the downside - these apps eat battery power.... if you use them a lot, watch the battery life !

so - just thought i would share

Falcopops · #2 Post by **Falcopops** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:53 pm

Dammit Pete, you're old and supposed to leave all that techno shit to the youngsters. Wassamatter with a piece of paper and a pencil or just shouting, doesn't anyone shout anymore, harrumph.....

BikerGran · #3 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:12 pm

I got my head round MSN which is now Windows Live Messenger - and now hardly anyone uses it! So I decided, people can phone, text, or email me - if that's not good enough, too bad!

#4 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:29 pm

IM is shit - it's official. The only place it has value is at work. If IM rules your life, you are a crippled soul.

I realise this may not be a popular view in some quarters...

flatlander · #5 Post by **flatlander** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:03 pm

mangocrazy wrote:... If IM rules your life, you are a crippled soul.

...

LOL I may use that as my skype tag

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:17 pm

i have to agree - BUT

sometimes i do need to be able to respond to some events quickly - even when I am off duty, i remain and always will be a nurse - sometimes i nurse people who are not my official patients... i think that makes sense :)

one other thing to consider, not all of us work, or have full health - and our world may just be friends that we can no longer see in the flesh and can only chat with in cyber space....

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:37 pm

IM is good for non-work stuff too. I find it particularly useful to keep in touch with the family when I'm away on business (sometimes I skype with voice other times I use MSN or FB messenger)

What I don't need is one that covers a plethora of social networking thingies.
I'm not a Twitter-twat and am firmly Linked-out.

Gio · #8 Post by **Gio** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:20 am

I can remember (just) when everyone on here had msn and used it. nowadays its all crappy facebook and twitter.

I can't even remember my msn log in now its been so long.

#9 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 1:34 pm

D-Rider wrote:
What I don't need is one that covers a plethora of social networking thingies.
I'm not a Twitter-twat and am firmly Linked-out.

Leave Linked in out of it! its more of a career networking tool than a 'social network' in the same manner as the others. It's about the only one that has any real value.

I agree with Gio about old RS and the use of MSN, however it was as good as the chatroom we had on here.. kept crashing, etc

BikerGran · #10 Post by **BikerGran** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:46 pm

D-Rider wrote: I'm not a Twitter-twat and am firmly Linked-out.

It's driving me nuts that TV people keep telling us what's being said on Twitter - IF I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS BEING SAID ON TWITTER I WOULD BE ON THERE!

Phew, that's better!

Gio · #11 Post by **Gio** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:57 pm

BikerGran wrote:
D-Rider wrote: I'm not a Twitter-twat and am firmly Linked-out.
It's driving me nuts that TV people keep telling us what's being said on Twitter - IF I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS BEING SAID ON TWITTER I WOULD BE ON THERE!

Phew, that's better!

We should rename it....................TWATTER.