Messaging Application of the Year
 

Which app do you prefer to keep in touch?

--jeremy

missed Gaijm: GTK2 jabber client

ejabberd is jabber/xmpp server, not a client.

I'd like to see Gajim there too.

Gajim has been added. It should be noted that a couple of the options are servers.

--jeremy

All of the IM I have tried for multiple networks are a case of foo sucks less.


Konversation however is 100% Great for IRC :-)

These days I only use Jabber/XMPP protocol and the client I use for it is Psi.

skype is very fine, but still missing skypecast, i vote for pidgin

I second Gajim. It is a very nice application - along with the not very well-known KF.

Kadu has come a long way, but gadu-gadu protocol is not very popular

Pidgn is good, however I think right this second it should stop focusing on the number of IM severs it can connect to and work on the features of the various IMs it already has. From what I have seen though, if you are a hard-core MSN user you should use aMSN.

irssi is the one I use.

i use xchat or amsn.

Pidgin! It's nice and simple.

However, I felt a bit torn when I saw Skype in the list, too. Only because I use both quite regularily, and they're both slick in their own ways.

Yea, but Pidgin is Free Software and supports many IM types.

Kopete is well-integrated with the best desktop, and can message anyone.

I would have liked to vote Psi, but until there is either better compatability with other networks, or my contacts all switch from msn to jabber, then I have to vote Pidgin.

Please add Gabber (Jabber client) so I can vote on it. Thank you.

Please add "emesene" is fairly recent but gives very good results.

Pidgin is good. But kopete is far better. Especially in notifying user signing in and off. Buddy pounce allows adding multiple pounces for same user. This is a problem when I right click and add pounce for a user. It also works only once after adding unless I choose recurring. This is plain confusing when compared to the neat and tidy kopete visual notifications.

I am missing mcabber, but voted for Irssi though.

Pidgin! It rocks! I used to use kopete before...

I've never had a problem with that, or anything else. My vote goes to Pidgin.

Cheers

May I know how you managed it? Yes Pidgin does give notifications. But I'm having to add it for each buddy and also it gives an intrusive notification with a message box.

Am I missing something? Is there anyway to make Pidgin give polite visual notifications just like kopete.

In the Buddy List window, open the Tools -> Preferences menu and edit to your liking. It's just as configurable as any messenger I've used with Windows (AIM, MSN, Yahoo), albeit I've never tried anything else under Linux...

Cheers

I'm not able to find any option there. Actually it notifies either with a sound or with an intrusive message box. I want some notification to appear near the notification area icon. So that my current job is not disturbed.

Sorry, I failed to mention that I am using an older version- I didn't suspect that they'd remove an option from an 'upgrade'.:scratch:

:cry:

I'm currently trying Gnome as it is more polished and well-integrated in Ubuntu than KDE.

This is one of the many things I miss in Gnome

My vote goes to Kopete... Never had any issues with it and I like the feel of it...

Konversation for IRC though...

That's what libnotify is for.

How do I use it to get this configured?

messengers
 

Voted for skype, seems quite safe, but use meebo a lot on applications, ideal to put on your web page and get questions from people that don't have an IM account.
:)

i was using kopete . but i found every time i instill kopete ,i start getting problems with my desktop and some programs did not work , after while i find my desktop break down.

if no kopete , no problem.

i am using pidgin , it support many IM. and i can sign invisible in pidgin.

also use skype in voice chat..

it hard choose skype or pidgin

Are there any clients that work with Trillian/Aim secure IM? I've used other clients that have their own secure IM, but none that work with Trillian/Aim's.

pidgin. I can't stand kopete for some reason.

I use emacs-jabber but I do not see it in the list. Nevermind, I also use gajim at work ;)

emesene rocks...

I voted for Pidgin, although I'm a KDE person, Pidgin is less memory consuming and you can keep yourself invisible :)

I've recently tried out a few IM clients with a private Jabber server (ejabberd).

I like psi, gajim, kopete, gossip (another one not on the list).

I was not so happy with pidgin. Looking at the XML it transmits, it does not seem to be updating presence correctly. Also it is quite temperamental. Sometimes it will log in, sometimes not. Just doesn't seem as robust as the others in this environment.

I was impressed with JWChat. This is an AJAX (javascript) web app which runs in any browser, with the webserver acting as a reverse proxy for the jabber server. Nothing for the user to install. Still beta, so some rough edges. I would vote for this if I could as it seems such a neat trick. But not really competing with the others as it needs a special server setup.

Sameplace is a firefox plugin. Features are a bit limited and it does not seem to handle presence correctly. Also seems beta quality, but has certainly found a niche.

I've been using aMSN for a while, but once I tried Pidgin, I haven't been able to go back. I even use it in Windows (when I'm playing UT3 until the GNU/Linux bins are released).

I'm giving Coccinella a fair go.

Totally agree!

Pidgin is really good, but it should work on more features for the protocolls. In an environment without X finch is really good (actually the only text-based IM app that worked well, the others looked awful).

I also use aMSN but the fonts just looks terrible! I heard the have fixed this in CVS but I haven't tried, yet.

Kadu ! The best messaging app!

aMSN. Just because I needed something that looked like and behaved like MSN Messenger under Linux.

Damn right, it's really good

And mcabber should be added :) Or I'd just like to see it here and vote for it :)