You know it's horses for courses:
I think AOL has the most subscribers these days(?).
I seem to remember that ICQ at one point had the most users but I
haven't logged on to that service for years - it seems like newbies
invariably choose AOL or MSN.
I read a great review a while back of MSN's Video Conferencing so that
might sway things for you if you have or plan to get a webcam.
I always found Yahoo Chat a little clunky.
I personally use nothing but Google Talk these days as we block all
other chat protocols at work. We leave Google Talk alone (for now) as
it has no File Transfer capabilities. It is very basic but ties in to
Gmail which means you don't have to install a client if you're not at
your PC. It may be too basic for your daughter however :)
On 5/4/06, James Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alex,
Thanks! That gives me a great start. I may be asking a dumb question (but
there are no dumb questions, right?), but the IM service is independent of
the ISP? In other words, I could choose AIM even though I am not (shutter!)
an AOL subscriber?
Any favorite services or services to avoid? Just looking for a cheap way to
communicate without astronomical phone bills.
Thanks, again,
Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Davidson
>
> The big names:
> http://www.aim.com is AOL Instant Messenger.
> http://www.google.com/talk/ is Google Talk
> http://join.msn.com/messenger/overview is MSN Messenger
> http://www.icq.com/ is ICQ
> http://messenger.yahoo.com/ is Yahoo Messenger
>
> Did I miss any?
>
> You can sign up for an account at any of those sites I believe (or
> maybe even from within Trillian) and continue using Trillian for IRC
> plus chat.
> If she only uses one chat service it may be overkill to use Trillian.
>
> The question really is which one to choose and that probably comes
> down to what all of her friends and family use which brings us back to
> Trillian. That would allow her to chat on all mediums in one
> interface.
>
> On 5/4/06, James Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My daughter is heading off to college next fall and I have
> a question about
> > Instant Messenger. I have no experience with the
> software/services, etc. I
> > have been using Trilliam for IRC and understand it has an
> IM capability. I
> > have comcast cable broadband and she will be connected to the school
> > network. What would we need to be able to IM each other? TIA.
> >
> > Jim Maki
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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