AIM vs ichat

[FuuFuu]

Lets debate on which form of instant messaging is better.

Which is better, AIM or iChat?

Why?

Go
(i apologize if this has already been posted.)

 

[MacDawg]

Adium

End of story

Woof, Woof – Dawg

 

[Mac In School]

iChat if you only need to talk with AIM and MobileMe users.

Adium if you need to talk with everyone.

The AIM client isn't even a consideration for me.

 

[11800506]

The AIM client hasn't been updated in years simply because there is no need with iChat. With Leopard, iChat now supports AIM and Google Talk which is all I need so I like it.

 

[FuuFuu]

one aspect i like about aim is how you can have multiple chats grouped. where as ichat has a separate window for each conversation.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I prefer iChat over AIM any day. However, Adium is much more fully-featured. Shame it doesn't support audio and video chatting. Due to that limitation, I must use both iChat and Adium.

 

[JDR]

one aspect i like about aim is how you can have multiple chats grouped. where as ichat has a separate window for each conversation.

You can have iChat chats grouped:
Preferences -> Messages -> check "collect chats in a single window".

 

[AJsAWiz]

The AIM client hasn't been updated in years simply because there is no need with iChat. With Leopard, iChat now supports AIM and Google Talk which is all I need so I like it.

I didn't know that iChat supported Google Talk. Thanks for the info!