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