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47473, Which IM service do you perfer and why? Posted by 8thlight, Wed Dec-31-69 07:00 PM
Poll question: Which IM service do you perfer and why?
Poll result (43 votes) | Yahoo | (6 votes) | Vote | MSN | (8 votes) | Vote | AIM | (28 votes) | Vote | google | (1 votes) | Vote |
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47476, aim Posted by chillinCHiEF, Sat Dec-31-05 09:39 PM
because everybody else has it
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47477, have you used the others? Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 09:40 PM
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47483, yup Posted by chillinCHiEF, Sat Dec-31-05 11:06 PM
I used MSN and Yahoo back in high school for certain people that didn't know about AIM (for whatever reason). I have google talk, but I don't know anybody with it.
I also used Adium before my mac broke, since being on msn or yahoo told me if I had mail.
EVERYBODY has aim tho. Other than automatic email checking, which can be done through other stuff, I see no need for the other jawns.
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47487, I just hate that AIM is so limited. Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 11:12 PM
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August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47489, what do the others do better? Posted by chillinCHiEF, Sat Dec-31-05 11:17 PM
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47495, smilies, winks, better interface, less disconnect problems . . . Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 11:43 PM
tons of other features.
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August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47572, Hmm...I've never had any disconnect problems with AIM Posted by chillinCHiEF, Sun Jan-01-06 04:21 PM
on macs or pcs
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47479, MSN is dominant where I live Posted by The Damaja, Sat Dec-31-05 10:11 PM
it's only internet forum contacts that I ever use AIM for. I've never used Yahoo or Google in my life
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47488, are you from Canada? Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 11:13 PM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47491, UK Posted by The Damaja, Sat Dec-31-05 11:29 PM
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47497, I know MSN is pretty big in Canada also Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 11:43 PM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47825, every person i know uses msn... n/m Posted by jdee, Tue Jan-03-06 04:17 AM
n/m
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49092, prolly cuz us canadians don't have aol Posted by chin, Tue Jan-10-06 09:59 PM
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47480, adium Posted by sunchild, Sat Dec-31-05 10:54 PM
which lets me run aim, yahoo, msn and other joints all at once in one tidy lil prog
but most of my buddies are on aim
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47482, That wasn't the question Posted by Nopayne, Sat Dec-31-05 11:04 PM
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47498, i said most of my buddies are on aim Posted by sunchild, Sat Dec-31-05 11:44 PM
dumb ass
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47486, what about of the choices above? lets say your friends had all . . . Posted by 8thlight, Sat Dec-31-05 11:11 PM
of them, which would you prefer?
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47499, RE: what about of the choices above? lets say your friends had all . . . Posted by sunchild, Sat Dec-31-05 11:45 PM
aim
most of my friends on aim i dont like any of em really aim just makes it easier to connect with the ppl i like to talk to adium also takes away some of the problems that you said u have wit aim it doesnt disconnect as much you can change your smiley set and it looks better
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47502, change your smiley set? how is that? Posted by 8thlight, Sun Jan-01-06 12:05 AM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47503, it gives u sets of smilies u can choose from Posted by sunchild, Sun Jan-01-06 12:07 AM
adium is for mas os only tho
i dont know if u are on mac
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47508, naw, gateway laptop n/m Posted by 8thlight, Sun Jan-01-06 12:29 AM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47916, RE: adium Posted by Shingon, Tue Jan-03-06 10:27 PM
adium rules! it is better than all the others aside from trillian for windows.
if you've got a mac then check out adiumxtras.com
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48010, Cosign! Posted by kurlyswirl, Wed Jan-04-06 08:06 PM
>adium rules! it is better than all the others aside from >trillian for windows.
Yup...Trillian is really the only thing I missed when I switched to a Mac.
> >if you've got a mac then check out adiumxtras.com
Yeah...I love how customizable Adium is. :-)
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47500, AIM with Ichat Posted by My_SP1200_Broken_Again, Sat Dec-31-05 11:51 PM
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47524, Gaim, son! Posted by InstruMental, Sun Jan-01-06 03:51 AM
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47786, YUP, but that new beta is awful, I had to uninstall........ Posted by mc_delta_t, Tue Jan-03-06 12:13 AM
and go back to 1.5
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48030, What's bad about it? Posted by Nopayne, Wed Jan-04-06 10:48 PM
I've been too lazy to upgrade. =========================================== -Me
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48887, my main couple of gripes: Posted by mc_delta_t, Tue Jan-10-06 02:18 AM
1) the fucking thing in the fucking taskbar doesn't flash when you get a message (I like to use it with no sound so it will just light up when I get a message, for some crazy reason they took it out)
2) away message handling, it's annoying/confusing to put up an away message or save one
and a few other minor things, I'm still loving version 1.5 though
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47528, AIM // DeadAIM Posted by Nabs, Sun Jan-01-06 04:13 AM
Get File. Everyone is on it... Multiple Screen Names online @ once. Tabs. Stay hidden... _______________________________
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47787, gaim is better, and free/legal/no cracking Posted by mc_delta_t, Tue Jan-03-06 12:14 AM
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47574, AIM , son son. Posted by jose3030, Sun Jan-01-06 04:26 PM
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47586, AIM, but nothing beats Yahoo's icons. Posted by chillsm00th, Sun Jan-01-06 07:16 PM
the ROFL laughing icon =)) is something that AIM needs to copy post-haste, as well as a number of other ones. imo that's the only thing holding AIM back from being the best IM service.
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47654, that's the shit I like the emoticons! I hate those limited options . . . Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 01:02 AM
on AIM. I love using the winks, buzzes and nudges to get someone's attention.
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47663, g-aim Posted by Kungset, Mon Jan-02-06 02:35 AM
i love it
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47664, AIM (iChat client)... Posted by jetblack, Mon Jan-02-06 02:35 AM
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48976, does iChat allow invisible login? Posted by BreezeBoogie, Tue Jan-10-06 01:32 PM
sometimes you don't wanna be seen.
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47665, i use trillian so i dont' have to decide Posted by exactopposite, Mon Jan-02-06 02:48 AM
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47929, ditto n/m Posted by BlacKnightSC, Wed Jan-04-06 01:58 AM
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47679, does this matter at all . . . Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 08:59 AM
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/oct05/10-12MSNYahooMessengerPR.mspx
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"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47688, it does if you prefer aim Posted by exactopposite, Mon Jan-02-06 12:40 PM
************************************************************ "Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today." Malcolm X avy by okp soulgyal
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47689, how so? Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 12:54 PM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47691, ok maybe i misunderstood your question.......... Posted by exactopposite, Mon Jan-02-06 01:07 PM
i thought u were pointing out the contents of that link and saying it didn't matter which one people prefered anymore.
now i see u are really asking if the msn/yahoo thing in the link matters.
i say yes it does
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47728, I hop they get that up and running soon. Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 04:57 PM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47694, The only real reason is "Cuz all my friends are on it" Posted by Triptych, Mon Jan-02-06 01:26 PM
MSN is domininant in Europe in Canada. AIM has US on lock. Yahoo has markets as well I assume. IM adoptance is truly viral.
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47727, I was focusing on which IM is better, not most popular . . . Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 04:56 PM
I realize that your answer is the "only" answer, but I was talking about if all buddy lists were equal.
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47735, exactly Posted by HighVoltage, Mon Jan-02-06 05:37 PM
whats the point if all your friends are on AIM and not the other?
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47740, the question was about performance and function . . . Posted by 8thlight, Mon Jan-02-06 06:30 PM
what if your friends had all three?
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47788, lol, then what's the fucking point of the question? Posted by mc_delta_t, Tue Jan-03-06 12:15 AM
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47790, its about features and function! Posted by 8thlight, Tue Jan-03-06 12:23 AM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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47794, but you cant use the features and function... Posted by HighVoltage, Tue Jan-03-06 12:41 AM
if you got no one to talk to.
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47802, that's why I said let's assume your buddies have all 3 Posted by 8thlight, Tue Jan-03-06 12:57 AM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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48014, ok, well, initially MSN had much better features I think Posted by The Damaja, Wed Jan-04-06 08:35 PM
such as, easy multi user chats (you just 'invite' someone else), buddy lists stored on the server so it's there no matter what computer you log in with, and the feature to tell you when the other person is typing a message
AIM had better text formatting
nowadays they're probably completely equal
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47900, AIM only cause it's more popular... Posted by queenisisdivine, Tue Jan-03-06 06:05 PM
amongst my circle of friends. But yahoo is a lot neater.
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47935, None of the above. Posted by SmoothAtlSweet, Wed Jan-04-06 08:54 AM
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47993, AIM is the most popular Posted by PantherX20, Wed Jan-04-06 04:46 PM
and has all the features that I need, so I use that one and that one only ------------------------------ Soulseek Name = Purevidence786
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48027, RE: Yahoo is the best and then MSN Posted by GiantShortee, Wed Jan-04-06 10:38 PM
Yahoo seems to be more reliable to me for video, voice and just plain IMing. There has been several times where I can't log on to AIM. I hate upgrading with AIM because they keep adding more features (ADS) than I need to see. I keep having to change my preferences with AIM.
I like Yahoo's emoticon, the buzz, and animation stuff. You can do so much more on yahoo like customizing it per person versus for everyone. I also like the busy icon and how you can change it. There isn't one advertisement on the window. I can go on....
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48938, my thoughts, exactly Posted by 8thlight, Tue Jan-10-06 11:52 AM
<<< He pops his collar and swings his chain!
"Smacking people on Tuesdays at 2pm, that's just what I do." - Socially Inept
August 26th is National Fuck a Black Nerd Day
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48977, Yahoo video is USELESS... AIM kills it Posted by BreezeBoogie, Tue Jan-10-06 01:40 PM
Yahoo's framerate is so effectively slow, it's useless.
AIM video fullscreen at real life speed with up to 4 party group video chats. Can't beat it. Then again, maybe these are only advantages on a Mac.
>Yahoo seems to be more reliable to me for video, voice and >just plain IMing. There has been several times where I can't >log on to AIM. I hate upgrading with AIM because they keep >adding more features (ADS) than I need to see. I keep having >to change my preferences with AIM. > >I like Yahoo's emoticon, the buzz, and animation stuff. You >can do so much more on yahoo like customizing it per person >versus for everyone. I also like the busy icon and how you can >change it. There isn't one advertisement on the window. I can >go on....
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48032, aim Posted by RECOR, Wed Jan-04-06 11:02 PM
mainly because everyone got it i dont kno anyone without it
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49188, Trillian Posted by jrocc, Wed Jan-11-06 02:53 PM
talk to everyone at the same time.
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49226, Let's be real, Aim is running shit Posted by OminousEther, Wed Jan-11-06 07:18 PM
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