A poll was recently held here at DSLR to determine the most preferred IM Clients in 2008 by DSLR members.
There were some surprises this year. Dethroning last year's winner (Trillian in a run away effort), MSN stormed back taking the title with 13% of the vote. MSN Messenger (Windows Live Messenger) is a single protocol IM Client by Microsoft.
Download: »get.live.com/messenger/overview
Last year's champ, Trillian, was edged out by 10 votes (11.5%) and finished 2nd. Trillian is a multi-protocol IM Client.
Download: »www.ceruleanstudios.com/
Rounding out the Top 3 in a very tight finish was AIM with 10.9% of the vote. AIM is a single-protocol IM Client produced by AOL.
Download: »aim.com
Yahoo IM was right behind however, with 10% of the vote itself, only 6 votes behind AIM.
Download: »messenger.yahoo.com/
Other IM Clients included in the poll:
•Yahoo »messenger.yahoo.com/
•Skype »www.skype.com/
•Pidgin »gaim.sourceforge.net/
•Google Talk »www.google.com/talk/
•Miranda »www.miranda-im.org/
•ICQ »icq.com/
•iChat »www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
•Meebo »www.meebo.com/
•Xfire »www.xfire.com/
•Adium »www.adiumx.com/
•Windows Messenger (bundled with Windows OS)
•Gadu-Gadu »www.gadu-gadu.pl/ (requires translation)
•Jabber »www.jabber.org/
•QQ »www.qq.co.za/
•NateOn »www.nate.com/ (requires translation)
•Ayttm »ayttm.sourceforge.net/
•Zango IM »www.topshareware.com/Zango-.IM-d···6592.htm
•Centericq »konst.org.ua/centericq/
•Easy Message »www.easymessage.net/
•Fire »fire.sourceforge.net/
•IM2 »www.5star-shareware.com/Windows/···r_2.html
•Instan-t »www.interactiveni.com/imsite/imfreeware.htm
•Meetro »www.meetro.com/
•Naim »naim.n.ml.org/about
•Mercury »www.mercury.im/
•SIM »developer.berlios.de/forum/forum···id=18598
•BitWise »www.bitwiseim.com/
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by Rob A  edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2008-01-29 17:43:16 |
