AtariCrossover
Chieftain
I'm so sick and tired of the MSN version of Messenger (and I'll never ever use Windows Mess.) I've heard that it's a Yahoo version and AOL version, but are these for free? I would like to keep my hotmail address..
Got any other alternative to MSN Messenger?
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RoddyVR
Veteran Board NESer
AIM (Aol Instant Messenger) is free.
When you say "would like to keep my hotmail address" do you mean you dont want to get a new email address or that you want to keep the @hotmail thing for whatever new Instant Message program you get?
cause if its the latter one, you're out of luck.
if its the former then there's no reason to get rid of your email address to get AIM. it dont even come with an email account, so no confusion that way.
When you say "would like to keep my hotmail address" do you mean you dont want to get a new email address or that you want to keep the @hotmail thing for whatever new Instant Message program you get?
cause if its the latter one, you're out of luck.
if its the former then there's no reason to get rid of your email address to get AIM. it dont even come with an email account, so no confusion that way.
GrandAdmiral
Deity
Yes they are free and so is ICQ. Whats your problem with MSN messenger? None of the IM programs are all that different in my opinion and I have never has any problems with them. If its the software you don't like you could always download trillian and keep the existing account.
Homie
Anti-Lefty
Get yahoo messenger, unfortunately not nearly as many use it, and you will have to convince your friends to use it. I tried and gave up, I now use MSN Messenger.
AtariCrossover
Chieftain
Well, I guess there's no problem with MSN, but I've just got sick and tired of MSN... I didn't know there was other mess. programs...
I like Trillian on Windows, and Kopete on Linux. Both work with MSN protocols, so you can chat with all your MSN friends (and with AIM friends, and Yahoo friends, and ICQ friends, etc. all at the same time!) 
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marshal zhukov
good economist wannabe
Cool trillian. I will try that one.
What about Google Talk? That is a promising program. I've downloaded but none of my friends use it.
What about Google Talk? That is a promising program. I've downloaded but none of my friends use it.
I use trillian myself.
But I'm still on 0.74i. 3.0 is okay, I just like the older version.
But I'm still on 0.74i. 3.0 is okay, I just like the older version.
MarineCorps
Explosion!
marshal zhukov said:
It's rather lacking at the moment. No group talk no and no smiley for starters. However it does allow for VOIP.
vbraun
Raytracing
And no one uses GoogleTalk so its kind of useless..
Meleager
Stoned as a Statue
I know many people who use google talk.
MarineCorps
Explosion!
vbraun said:
You dare to say horrible things about your god?
vbraun
Raytracing
Its not god of IM, yet. 
Genocidicbunny
Bug squasher
I use googletalk, mostly just for the e-mail notifier though
MarineCorps
Explosion!
vbraun said:Its not god of IM, yet.
I meant god period. Not just of IM. See the people who belive in god say he is all knowing and google is all knowing(at least it will be completely in 300 years) ergo google is god.
