IM CLIENT > Fire (by epicware)

[sphereboy]

Anyone out there using this IM client (FIRE)?

http://www.epicware.com/fire.html

Good? Bad? Buggy? .. looking for some feedback.

Thanks

 

[Hemingray]

Fire is an excellent client! It used to have problems with AIM, but to my knowledge it's been fixed now.

I used to use Fire before there was AIM for X, but since I only use AIM there's no huge advantage to Fire anymore (except for banners, which I close my buddy list anyway, so...)

 

[eyelikeart]

Fire is good if u must have more than one client to use at the same time...

personally....I didn't like the interface...esp. when having to go back & forth...it just gets to be too much for me to want to deal with...

so I've stuck with the basic AIM for X...

 

[edesignuk]

I've never heard of it or used it before now. But I've just downloaded it and set it up, and it seems pretty good, not dissimilar to "Proteus".

 

[AmbitiousLemon]

the best im client for aolim is adium. in fact its probably the best application for osx period.

 

[cornelius]

yeah fire is one of the best "simple" apps for mac os x out there. and even better if you have accounts with different messengers. the only downside, is that sometimes i get problems with icq's server, but aol and msn are really good.
after you learn how to customize it, it will surprise you, and since it lets u create your own groups with people from different messengers, it makes it even better and simpler to use. the las version 30b? or something like that, its way overdue, i think it needs an update, but it still good. the other app that consider to be great is sputnix, for audiogalaxy satellite

 

[cleo]

All of you still using AIM X

If all you're using is AIM (not the other protocols supported by Fire), check out Adium X (http://homepage.mac.com/adamiser). The only thing it can't do is check away messages without you actually sending an IM, but aside from that it is just spectacular.

 

[mmmdreg]

anyone care to compare it and proteus?

 

[icetraxxg5]

I hate Adium because it doesn't have ALL the features of the normal AIM, the interface looks too pain, and its ulgy looking.

 

[jelloshotsrule]

adium's the best... but it does lack features. i guess it's like how i see chimera.... i can use chimera mostly, but occasionally need ie for pages/plugs/etc..

i can use adium mostly, but sometimes need aim for file transfers or whatever.... aim for os x is total crap though. new version's better. but it still randomly quits quite often.

 

[AlphaTech]

I use Fire (latest version) to manage my AIM and Yahoo chat engines. I tried to use it with ICQ as well, but it had issues, so I just downloaded the latest ICQ for OS X and it's all good. This way, I only have two apps running for all three chat engines. I can also shutdown ICQ and not loose the others. Having both AIM and Yahoo launch when I want (when the app launches) is nice.

Since I have Fire fully configured and running without issues, I don't see the point of switching to another.