Alternative Messaging Software instead of MSN Messenger

[prescott28]

Well, the title says it all. I want a straight forward text based approach instead of all the graphics, backgrounds and so forth. Anyone got any suggestions please?

 

[kidloco]

have you tried trillian

 

[uv]

I'm currently using miranda, you can run it stand alone across installs, and it can use a large number of protocols

 

[Greenlizard0]

Except for Skype

 

[bledd]

have you run apatch on msn messenger? it removes all the ads and crap from it, makes it a lot more slender

also, go into Tools, Options, Tabs hide/remove tabs -in the standard msn window options

 

[Outcast]

Pidgin

or..
FINCH

What is Finch?

Finch is the text-based version of Pidgin. It supports the same IM networks, but you can run it in a console window. You can use it on Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.

LINKEEPOOZ

 

[prescott28]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have Trilliam running at *** moment so I'll see how it goes. It is interesting to see that these alternative programs can manage to cope with multiple messaging services and that is a bonus.

 

[Schnippzle]

I use Miranda atm, simple, sleek and it works Have used trillian before but found it too "busy".

 

[MarcLister]

Pidgin.

 

[Teki187]

Didn't trillian come with spyware at one point?

 

[Sp!ke]

Another vote for Pidgin, although I've not used it under windows only linux.

Supports:
AIM
Bonjour
Gadu-Gadu
Google Talk
Groupwise
ICQ
IRC
MSN
MySpaceIM
QQ
SILC
SIMPLE
Sametime
XMPP
Yahoo!
Zephyr

Super program...

 

[Paul11]

have you run apatch on msn messenger? it removes all the ads and crap from it, makes it a lot more slender

also, go into Tools, Options, Tabs hide/remove tabs -in the standard msn window options

what a great find. thank you thank you

 

[Craigius]

I use A patch too really good if you use MSN Messanger

 

[Charlie Bravo]

Another vote for Pidgin.

 

[Tracker]

Pidgin gets my vote