whats the messenger you use and what do you like about it ?

[imgkg]

i am using pidgin and kopete, pidgin doesnt support webcam so have to use kopete any one with some other suggestions are most welcome, empathy i tried but wasnt able to sign into my accounts so dumped it, i guess pidgin is sweet and simple but lacking some features

[liquidfunk]

Galaxium.

[OutOfReach]

Emesene, nice clean and simple, nothing complex.

[LaRoza]

finch, a terminal client.

I like its simplicity, small size and support for many protocols (it uses libpurple, what pidgin uses)

[RATM_Owns]

Galaxium

[loell]

being biased, i use gyachi not just because i'm closely involve with the project, but because i use Yahoo protocol specific garbage ie( webcam , photosharing, voicechat) :lolflag:

[~LoKe]

CenterICQ, because it's clean and simple.

[cb951303]

now that pidgin has custom emoticons and offline messaging, I completely removed emesene.

[cespinal]

emesene here... light and simple

[doorknob60]

Kopete vecause it supports lots of protocols and it's KDE native. Pidgin I use on my non KDE boxes and Windows though.

[imgkg]

has anyone tried their hands on empathy

[LookTJ]

has anyone tried their hands on empathy

Yes, but it's still buggy in my opinion.

[Skorzen]

gossip (https://launchpad.net/gossip).

[tel93]

i am using pidgin and kopete, pidgin doesnt support webcam so have to use kopete any one with some other suggestions are most welcome, empathy i tried but wasnt able to sign into my accounts so dumped it, i guess pidgin is sweet and simple but lacking some features

CenterICQ on MSN mode.

[m_duck]

I generally use pidgin, but sometimes use finch or kmess.

[Bölvaður]

Pidgin because of the plugin for xfire (gfire).
Used aMSN before I found gfire.

[SuperSonic4]

kmess 2 alpha 2

I like the classic interface and the ability to see what clients my contacts are using

[aaaantoine]

Pidgin. It comes preinstalled, is easy to set up, and does everything I need it to do.

[adamogardner]

i'm promoting skype to everyone I know. Excellent sound quality, nice messenger and gui, and it's secure.
for my friends who refuse to use, I will message them with pidgeon.

[diskotek]

Amsn
really slugish like msn messenger :D better than the original...

edit: hmmm galaxium seem quite nice.

[aaaantoine]

i'm promoting skype to everyone I know. Excellent sound quality, nice messenger and gui, and it's secure.
for my friends who refuse to use, I will message them with pidgeon.

I've heard that it is actually not secure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype#Security_concerns).

Then again, Pidgin stores your password as plain text. So...

[Dr Small]

I use Gajim for Jabber and it supports GPG encryption to clients that support it also. So that is generally all of my contacts list :D

[hellion0]

Adium on my Macs, Pidgin on my Linux/Windows machines.

Versatility above all else.

[andrek]

Pidgin, as it's nice, quite stable, it has many plugins and it supports both Gadu-Gadu and Jabber protocols, which I use.

[quinnten83]

aMSN. because most of the people I know are on MSN.
and because it supports webcam, plus has a host of other tools which I like.
Now if they can implement use of voice and better support for winks, it will be perfect.