Instant Messengers


	Trillian Trillian is a featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings. download RATING: VERY GOOD


	Pidgin Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks. Pidgin (ex Gaim) users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, typing notification, and MSN window closing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle. download RATING: VERY GOOD


	aMSN aMSN is an open source clone of MSN Messenger, with very interesting features, among which emoticons (also animate and with sounds), support of webcam and videoconferences, file transfer at maximum speed, possibility to custom the graphic aspect (through a lot of skins), many plugins that give it extra functions, and more. People who does not like to use the Microsoft client, but that is forced to use it because of friends that already utilize it, will be greatly satisfied. download RATING: VERY GOOD