instant messengers

[mac15]

which instant messenger do you use
I use AIM, Yahoo and ICQ
and the apps I use are adium and proteus

[mmmdreg]

I use ICQ primarily but am forced to use MSN for some people...Proteus is my app too..

[j763]

I previously used only MSN... but since the announcement of iChat, I've been trying to convert my PC friends from satan to saddam hussain -- that is from microsoft to aol... So now I'm a Proteus user -- despite all its bugs it's the best IM app i've seen.

[eyelikeart]

I use AIM primarily...but I do use MSN to talk to a couple people who are not on AIM...not sure whey they prefer it...what whatever...

I have used Fire also...but I just don't like it all that much to be honest... :o

[kishba]

eye... you need to use adium like all the other cool people!! hehehe... everyone's doing it...

adium is just the best aim client EVER, although it will not be as features rich (and by that i mean allow file transfers & view away messages) as the official aim client or even the new ichat (from what i've seen of it in thinksecret.com), i do believe i will keep using it after jaguar comes out

adium is just awesome

[SilvorX]

MSN/icq/aim right now
sometimes use my mac.com addy on aim (rarely tho)

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by kishba
eye... you need to use adium like all the other cool people!! hehehe... everyone's doing it...

ok...for the sake of open-mindedness....I'll try it out...

want a full report tuesday morning? (monday's a holiday ;))

[AlphaTech]

ICQ, AIM, and Yahoo. I refuse to get a hotmail account just to get an MSN chat account. If people want to chat, chances are they have at least one of the other three.

I use Fire to run AIM and Yahoo, and the version of ICQ for OS X. I won't be getting any other applications to manage my chat engines, so don't waste your breath... Fire does what I tell it to and doesn't backtalk me. :p

[kishba]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


ok...for the sake of open-mindedness....I'll try it out...

want a full report tuesday morning? (monday's a holiday ;))

of course... i'm sure you'll find adium awesome

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by kishba


of course... i'm sure you'll find adium awesome

ok so far it's fine...

the quawking bird & flapping wings I will have to get used to...he he he;)

so what is so great about this app??

[kishba]

Originally posted by eyelikeart


ok so far it's fine...

the quawking bird & flapping wings I will have to get used to...he he he;)

so what is so great about this app??

you can go into the preferences and turn off the sounds (like i have)... i love the way i can customize EVERY aspect of this program... from the dock icon, to fonts that i see when i'm typing my message or receiving messages

my favorite parts, though, are the notifications in the dock, the autologging, the spell checking (since it's a carbon app), and dual window mode (i love tabs!)

hope you play around with the settings

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by kishba

my favorite parts, though, are the notifications in the dock, the autologging, the spell checking (since it's a carbon app), and dual window mode (i love tabs!)

hope you play around with the settings

well kish....if I keep using it...u just may be my IM savior...;)

thanks for the info...I'll see how well I like it...

[Mr. Anderson]

I had to vote for other, since I don't use one. It would take up even more of my time, MacRumors is bad enough.....

[britboy]

When i was using instant messengers, i used MSN and ICQ (with a pinch of Yahoo thrown in for good measure). The last time i used any of them was a couple of months ago though. I'd much rather either talk to a person face to face, or just email, than chat. Chat's just seems to turn into meaningless 3-word messages, with no real content. Gets tiresome more than anything else...

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by britboy
I'd much rather either talk to a person face to face, or just email, than chat. Chat's just seems to turn into meaningless 3-word messages, with no real content. Gets tiresome more than anything else...

interesting...

when it comes to phone interaction...I'd much rather IM chat...some people just aren't phone people...I'm one of them...

I'd much prefer to talk to some people...anyway....via chat....I should say that phones are a bit more intimate than text on a computer screen...especially if it's a girlfriend or client...

[britboy]

Originally posted by eyelikeart

when it comes to phone interaction...I'd much rather IM chat...some people just aren't phone people...I'm one of them...

I'd much prefer to talk to some people...anyway....via chat....I should say that phones are a bit more intimate than text on a computer screen...especially if it's a girlfriend or client...


The phone is a big step up from instant messaging, but i still don't like that much either. I'm not much of a phone person either. If there's something important to talk about, fine. Otherwise it's just wasting money to spend ages on the phone.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the number of international calls i make? :p

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by britboy
Otherwise it's just wasting money to spend ages on the phone.

I wonder if that has anything to do with the number of international calls i make? :p

true...but this is why I got rid of my home phone & beefed up my mobile plan...thank god for Sprint PCS...he he he...:D

out of curiosity...just how "international" are the calls u make??

[britboy]

Originally posted by eyelikeart
out of curiosity...just how "international" are the calls u make??


Well, i'm in germany at the moment ('till the end of June), and most of the people i know are elsewhere. In the past month i've been making calls to Yemen (where my dad works), england (where one of my brothers lives), spain (another brother), mexico (the third one!), america, NZ, Oz and finland.

International enough for you? :D

[eyelikeart]

Originally posted by britboy

International enough for you? :D

wow!

your family is pretty spread out!!!

I'm about to head out of here but I'm curious to find out more about why u are in Germany...and why everyone is elsewhere...

maybe a thread dedicated to locations & such in Community Discussion could do the trick?

[britboy]

Originally posted by eyelikeart

maybe a thread dedicated to locations & such in Community Discussion could do the trick?


i'll respond to that mit Vergnügen! (wiv pleasure)

[Backtothemac]

I use MSN when under 10.1.4. I hate Microsoft, but the thing is easy to use, so that is good for the wife. She likes the style of the emoticons under MSN :rolleyes:

Now, under 10.2 WWDC, I am using iChat, and I have to say that it is very nice, and I cannot wait for the final release of it. It should be very interesting to see what unfolds between the current .75 build, and the 1.0 build.

[kishba]

Originally posted by Backtothemac
Now, under 10.2 WWDC, I am using iChat, and I have to say that it is very nice, and I cannot wait for the final release of it. It should be very interesting to see what unfolds between the current .75 build, and the 1.0 build.

i guess i don't understand why apple is making ichat... what problem are they "solving"?

with idvd, imovie, itunes, and iphoto they made a certain process simpler... what does ichat offer that other programs don't?

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by kishba


i guess i don't understand why apple is making ichat... what problem are they "solving"?

with idvd, imovie, itunes, and iphoto they made a certain process simpler... what does ichat offer that other programs don't?

Well, it is easier than most that I have seen, but the neat thing about it is that you can use AIM, or your iTools name. I think it is part of a bigger picture with an iTools pro that has been rumored about.

Can't wait to see.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by kishba


i guess i don't understand why apple is making ichat... what problem are they "solving"?

with idvd, imovie, itunes, and iphoto they made a certain process simpler... what does ichat offer that other programs don't?

You must have missed the thread a while back when iChat was first announced. As a non instant messenger user, I might actually use this one. With the inclusion of QuickTime6, you'll most likely be able to have instant video chat, that will be amazing and very cool. It will redefine what intant messaging can do, just think of all the possibilities.....

[kishba]

Originally posted by dukestreet


You must have missed the thread a while back when iChat was first announced. As a non instant messenger user, I might actually use this one. With the inclusion of QuickTime6, you'll most likely be able to have instant video chat, that will be amazing and very cool. It will redefine what intant messaging can do, just think of all the possibilities.....

the video chat thing would be cool but is there any sign of this in the current betas?

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by kishba


the video chat thing would be cool but is there any sign of this in the current betas?

The area where you could even remotely attempt to change settings for this, is greyed out. Also, Steve gave us a preview of 10.2, he did not lay all the cards on the table..... So that being said, look not only for iChat, but iConference as well.

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Backtothemac
Steve gave us a preview of 10.2, he did not lay all the cards on the table..... So that being said, look not only for iChat, but iConference as well.

I totally see this happening. When Apple roles out QT6, they're going to do it with as great a 'gee wiz', knock you off the seat, OMG as they can. MPEG-4 is going to have far reaching effects we won't even realize at first, I just hope Apple can get the ball rolling before someone else comes along and does it before them.

[Backtothemac]

Originally posted by dukestreet


I totally see this happening. When Apple roles out QT6, they're going to do it with as great a 'gee wiz', knock you off the seat, OMG as they can. MPEG-4 is going to have far reaching effects we won't even realize at first, I just hope Apple can get the ball rolling before someone else comes along and does it before them.

Actually, I think this is what is holding up 10.1.5 and 10.2. I don't think it is MS. I think QE 6 was going to be part of the 10.1.5 update. I think that the whole licensing issue is the problem, and whille have to be fixed before 10.2 comes out. The WWDC of 10.2 had QE 6 in it, and it seems really, really friggin strong.

[boobers]

with a white board for on line collaboration! and maybe a hand held device to video conference from anywhere! This sounds like a revolutionary device to me. Not that certain phones don't exist but Apple would make it specifically for this purpose. There by reinventing the cell phone. Does anybody else share this sentiment? BTW, Proteus is my choice. Very tight app.

[Backtothemac]

I would like to see an Apple branded Cell phone, but I don't think they are going to dive into that arena. Now a conferencing app built on MPEG-4, that is a different story all together. It would allow them to jump into a world that they have over looked. The future of corporate American, as well as the world is in Video Conferencing. If the streams are good enough to support VHS quality video, then man, it would open many new doors.

[FelixDerKater]

Does the upcoming iChat program from Apple and the "partnership" between Apple and AOL on this mean that AOL will stop developing their own AIM client? I hope not, since I prefer the present AIM to what I have seen of iChat... Anyone know? Post away...

[GeeYouEye]

I'm a Yahoo guy, and, now that Yahoo FINALLY released an OS X version of messenger, my days using Fire (Proteus crashed my system and I don't use AOL enough to use Adium) are numbered. On one hand.

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by GeeYouEye
I'm a Yahoo guy, and, now that Yahoo FINALLY released an OS X version of messenger, my days using Fire (Proteus crashed my system and I don't use AOL enough to use Adium) are numbered. On one hand.

Do a lot of one handed typing do ya??? LOL