Messaging Application of the Year

danos_p · 01-18-2011, 02:31 AM

Pidgin at first place for the number of protocols supported - even Gadu-Gadu
Ekiga at the second for ability to talk to NetMeeting (still using it)

FeyFre · 01-18-2011, 04:46 AM

Miranda + Wine

And it is better than all other native IM-clients I have tried. Nothing personal, but it is true;

Last_Sioux · 01-18-2011, 06:41 AM

Often this is not our-only choice, it depend on witch service other people use that we are in contact with.
So Skype for me.

eveningsky339 · 01-19-2011, 02:30 PM

I have found Ekiga to be an adequate FOSS replacement for Skype.

corp769 · 01-19-2011, 05:06 PM

Xchat for me because all I go on is IRC anymore....

portamenteff · 01-20-2011, 01:13 AM

Sorry open source hard-cores out there. Skype just has the features I like.

MorderVomUbel · 01-20-2011, 01:41 AM

Psi for me. I used to use Pidgin, but got tired of having so many accounts to move from PC to PC, and metacontacts to make, and multiple accounts getting disconnected there and there. So I went with Psi and transports for the other protocols. Then I realized that I didn't even want to talk with most of the people who didn't have a XMPP account anyway... so now just pure XMPP, with Gmail friends.

Still using Pidgin for Xfire, though =(. It's too bad goim's xfire transport is out of date. I'd work on it myself, but I'm a little short on time/energy atm.

Regarding the comments on Twinkle/ekiga... Ekiga is nice, clean interface, and current, but I've had problems with it when registering to certain gateways. Twinkle also has a lot more features and settings than Ekiga, and works with multiple accounts, and actually registers to most of the accounts that Ekiga flops on (callcentric.com, didww.com, to name two). Twinkle could use some pulseaudio support and updated address book integration, but it's really smooth otherwise. I have to admit that Ekiga DOES have video support, though, which makes Ekiga a better Skype replacement IMHO.

divyashree · 01-20-2011, 02:16 AM

pidgin is the best

corp769 · 01-20-2011, 09:32 AM

Pidgin is good too. I almost voted for that...

tallship · 01-22-2011, 03:57 AM

Wall, and Talk

MorderVomUbel · 01-23-2011, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tallship

Wall, and Talk

You are just too funny

But seriously, do you actually use those? Most people got annoyed when I messaged them with those programs in shell.

Yeah, I think you just made my day

aterm · 01-23-2011, 08:34 AM

Irssi for me. I've been using it for years, and can't see myself using anything else. Nothing just matches up to it.
Btw, Irssi + bitlbee is an unbeatable combination

Kenny_Strawn · 01-23-2011, 10:09 AM

Either Empathy or Gwibber, as both of them are Natty Narwhal defaults...

Bradj47 · 01-23-2011, 05:38 PM

Pidgin is the best unless you use IRC. Its interface for IRC is terrible. Since I don't use any protocol except for IRC (and occasionally Skype) anymore, I think weechat is the best. But it isn't in the list so I can't vote.

Mark7 · 01-23-2011, 10:15 PM

Chatzilla + BitlBee