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Best Messenger? Adium vs. Fire vs. Proteus?
- Thread starter GULCkid
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I like adium the most. It's so skinnable and combines all the major IM clients.
I have my duck play the violin whenever I get a new message, heehee.
I also skinned it to look like iChat.
One more vote for the Duck.
I have my duck play the violin whenever I get a new message, heehee.
I also skinned it to look like iChat.
One more vote for the Duck.
I have used all three
used fire first for like a month i couldn't stand it, but that was a year or two ago
proteus was next which i used for about a year
now i use adium and i wont be switching back to another
also remember that Proteus costs money for the full features
used fire first for like a month i couldn't stand it, but that was a year or two ago
proteus was next which i used for about a year
now i use adium and i wont be switching back to another
also remember that Proteus costs money for the full features
i tried both fire and proteus, but can hardly remember them at all now. for me, there is no substitute for adium. it is hands-down the best, most fun, most easily customizable messaging program available for the mac.
i use Adium also....and if it's a metal adium you want, well you're in luck, because i am releasing metal builds of each latest version of Adium...here's a screen shot:
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Go here for more info:
http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=2492&start=0
Go here for more info:
http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=2492&start=0
I have used all three, and Adium is the best. I expected to use Adium till the new version of ichat came out with tiger, but i have come to love it so much i can't get rid of it. To echo some of the other comments, it is the most customizable client out there. It will suit your needs perfectly.
MBHockey said:i use Adium also....and if it's a metal adium you want, well you're in luck, because i am releasing metal builds of each latest version of Adium...here's a screen shot:
Go here for more info:
http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=2492&start=0
Cool i saw your skin on the adium extras page...thanks and keep up the great work. Awesome stuff
Wow, I'm kind of surprized at the immense popularity of Adium. I didn't know it existed until a few weeks ago.
Oh, it's so good and open source and beautiful.
And if you're part of some super-secret government acency or something 0.8 features encryption.
Oh, it's so good and open source and beautiful.
And if you're part of some super-secret government acency or something 0.8 features encryption.
Adium looks pretty cool. It reminds me of Trillian, which I currently use on my Windows PC. I am going to install it next week when I get the Power Mac. I have not heard of the others, though. Sorry.
Kerry Sanders said:
It's funny how many people are always saying, is there a Trillian for the Mac or something similar, when Fire was out on the Mac before Trillian was released. In fact back then I think the only other multi-protocol messenger was a program called Everybuddy for Linux.
Anyway, I started using Fire with the public beta, and continued to use it through 10.3, but then I got sick of how much it was crashing, so I tried out Adium. I didn't really like Adiums messaging window, I liked the simpleness of Fire's, and I tried lots of skins and never found one I liked. So now with Tiger I'm using iChat and a Jabber account to connect to MSN and Yahoo.
Way back in the days I tried Proteus, Fire and Adium, Fire and Adium was very unstable so I used Proteus for a while. Then Adium X was released, which is what I expect everyone is recommending, and that was just miles ahead of Proteus so I switched instantly and has never looked back...
Another vote for Adium X...
Another vote for Adium X...
Proteus is by far the best. I have used Adium and Proteus, and it is clear far more thought and design has gone in to Proteus. Adium is the wrong choice.
Edit: spelling
Edit: spelling
Adium
Adium...with ONE reservation
The school I'm attending this server has a proxy which blocks all but port 80. However I try I simply cannot get around this problem. Thus, I have been stuck using iChat for 3 months. To see the full details of my problem go to Adium Forums Problem
Even though a bit off topic, if you have any thoughts on solving my Adium problem, I'd much appreciate them.
So...if I could use Adium, it would be my favorite messenging client without reservations.
Adium...with ONE reservation
The school I'm attending this server has a proxy which blocks all but port 80. However I try I simply cannot get around this problem. Thus, I have been stuck using iChat for 3 months. To see the full details of my problem go to Adium Forums Problem
Even though a bit off topic, if you have any thoughts on solving my Adium problem, I'd much appreciate them.
So...if I could use Adium, it would be my favorite messenging client without reservations.
The last Adium update was amazing. The only thing with Adium is, they update it so often, it's hard to keep up!
broken_keyboard said:
I disagree... I tried Proteus and it felt rather bloated/clunky and crashed on me. Also, unless Proteus has changed recently, it doesn't have near the same amount of options for customizing your buddy list window. I love the fact that Adium can turn my buddy list into a dock.
Another thing I don't like about proteus is that it uses the free open-source GAIM IM engine just like Adium does, but then Proteus' developer gets low enough to actually CHARGE for the normally free GAIM engine. That *really* sucks.
Besides, Adium is free and Proteus isn't
I'll try Proteus again when it's free.
iChat AV is the best messenger by far. Not for the text chat features but for clear video and audio chats with other pure .Mac customers.