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 Mashable has established a +90 list of most Instant Messaging (IM) tools available with respectively
- 30 single IM system clients
- 15 Multi-Networks applications
- 20 Web-based solutions (ideal to bypass corporate firewall ?)
- 15 IM solutions for mobile terminal running on Symbian, Windows Mobile and even iPhone.
Despite of a large quantity of different software to be used on most common IM network, it is interesting to notice that most multi-network solutions provide access to most popular IM networks (Yahoo, MSN, GoogleTalk, ICQ) but only very few have added Skype in their supported network list.
In resume difficult to sort out 2 or 3 solutions which would make a real difference with others. For my own use, I would narrow my final selection on some of the following ones:
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 I found an interesting review made by ExtremeTech about some of currently available multi-services Instant Messenger (IM) clients supporting at least all 3 majors IM services (MSN, Yahoo, ICQ). While the option for Mac users is limited to Adium, it exists few Web 2.0 based solutions such meebo and eBuddy and a bunch of classic software for Windows-based computer. Etremetech's prefered choice is the long existing Trillian Pro version (25 USD) but they also speak about PC-World prefered SightSpeed (also for MacOS) and the Swiss Army knife-like Raketu (I plan to test both of them in the coming days).
The list will grow up again with soon release of Orgoo, which aims to integrate email, IM, chat, SMS, and video messaging into one interface.
To sum up the six services in this review roundup, here's a table comparing their features:
| |
Adium |
eBuddy |
Meebo |
Meetro |
Pidgin |
Trillian |
| |
| Services supported: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AIM |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MSN/Windows |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Yahoo |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ICQ |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IRC |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jabber/Google |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes** |
| Bonjour/Rendezvous |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes** |
| |
| Multiple simultaneous service login |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ad free |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Tabbed message window |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Contacts in groups |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Message history |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text formatting |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes/skins |
Yes |
No |
Just colors |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Group chat support |
Only join existing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Only join existing |
Yes |
| Buddy icons |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audio chat |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
| Video chat |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes** |
| Mac/Windows |
Yes/No |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes/Yes |
Yes*/No |
No/Yes |
| Web-based |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Plugins |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, but only 2 available |
Yes |
Yes |
Source : ExtremeTech
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