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hoyboydre8
23rd May 2008, 08:02 PM
are there any free IM's for yahoo messager that will alert you when you get an instant message?
Boomstick
23rd May 2008, 08:10 PM
mmmmm Instant massages.
Boomstick
23rd May 2008, 08:11 PM
Did you try Fring?
kstoney
25th May 2008, 06:51 PM
I am using Palringo. It's free and does some nice things, can quickly capture and send a picture (url to it), send voice files.
It also supports Google Talk, Hotmail (i think?).
NytRyda
30th May 2008, 09:07 PM
goto beejive.com and try jivetalk. its a little buggy alpha but still pretty good.
crobs808
30th May 2008, 11:36 PM
the best one is Agile. it does all the messaging services, it has been around a LONG time, no bugs, very trimmed down but supports video, voice, and it's free...here's a link: http://www.agilemobile.com/ (http://www.agilemobile.com/)

later
crobs808
30th May 2008, 11:38 PM
mmmmm Instant massages.

no, that's what girlfriends are for. ;)
Big Dawg 23
1st June 2008, 10:30 PM
Agile is not free it is $40
c@rL0$
1st June 2008, 11:48 PM
i use IM+, but it's not free.
ranmasaotome510
2nd June 2008, 06:05 AM
there's also Slick, which is free.
defaultdotxbe
2nd June 2008, 03:40 PM
Agile is not free it is $40
i believe the java version is free, but i could never get it work

i use IM+ myself
crobs808
2nd June 2008, 05:40 PM
i believe the java version is free, but i could never get it work

i use IM+ myself

i must have downloaded an already regg'ed CAB file then, cause ive used mine for over 2 months.
kstoney
3rd June 2008, 01:36 PM
#10, thanks for the info on Slick. I've been using it for a few days and I like it.
Best of all, for me at least, it supports custom status messages and "Idle" time on Yahoo.

Thanks again, I didn't come across it when I was searching for IM clients.
thepiecesfit
3rd June 2008, 10:31 PM
Id use slick but it has problems with away messages and does not play nice with clients such as trillian or pidgin. People dont receive your messages at all. IM+ seems to be the best solution. I tried jivetalk it crashed too much. Palringo was okay but did not support tabbed ims . My only gripe with IM+ is the screen flashes as you hit enter during typing. Almost like flickering. Slick or the others didnt do that.

But IM+ feature wise is very good, and has a today plugin for listing new received ims.
NotLutzik
3rd June 2008, 11:41 PM
IM+ .Parlingo. Both very good programs.
defaultdotxbe
4th June 2008, 01:59 AM
Id use slick but it has problems with away messages and does not play nice with clients such as trillian or pidgin. People dont receive your messages at all. IM+ seems to be the best solution. I tried jivetalk it crashed too much. Palringo was okay but did not support tabbed ims . My only gripe with IM+ is the screen flashes as you hit enter during typing. Almost like flickering. Slick or the others didnt do that.

But IM+ feature wise is very good, and has a today plugin for listing new received ims.
my one gripe with IM+ is that when the person you are talking to is using the "official" AIM client it will randomly lock up when they send you a messege
crobs808
4th June 2008, 06:52 AM
i love that i can do voice chat over agile. it rocks. glad i downloaded a free version on accident, lol. works like a charm.
ponicg
4th June 2008, 11:07 PM
Id use slick but it has problems with away messages and does not play nice with clients such as trillian or pidgin. People dont receive your messages at all. IM+ seems to be the best solution. I tried jivetalk it crashed too much. Palringo was okay but did not support tabbed ims . My only gripe with IM+ is the screen flashes as you hit enter during typing. Almost like flickering. Slick or the others didnt do that.

But IM+ feature wise is very good, and has a today plugin for listing new received ims.

I've been using slick 0.38. I can explain to you how to uninstall .42 and install .38(it involves a reg edit). PM me if you want, or someone reply here if there's enough interest and I'll write up a quick doc for it.
Boomstick
5th June 2008, 11:02 PM
On a more serious note. I am using Fring. But memory consumption is a problem.

Does anybody out there know if there is a way for you to be offline, and shown in your buddies contact list but in away mode, and then when they send you a message maybe it pops up a message on their contact list saying that you are currently away but if they would like to page you that the program would call your phone with an sms message to jump online and log into your IM program?

Confused yet? Me too.
Boomstick
23rd June 2008, 08:52 PM
On a more serious note. I am using Fring. But memory consumption is a problem.

Does anybody out there know if there is a way for you to be offline, and shown in your buddies contact list but in away mode, and then when they send you a message maybe it pops up a message on their contact list saying that you are currently away but if they would like to page you that the program would call your phone with an sms message to jump online and log into your IM program?

Confused yet? Me too.

I have uninstalled Fring and am now using Palringo. Much happier. The memory footprint is way smaller. I like the threaded messages and the ability to send recorded voice messages and photos thru IM. I dont use Skype so Fring is just more program than I need.