Do you use a messenger to chat on line?

I use Yahoo messenger, solely, coz this is what all my friends use. If your circle of friends use MSN, then you have to go by that. There are several 3rd party multi-platform messenger chat apps available for use with MSN that you may want to lok at. Here’s one with good ratings: http://download.cnet.com/Integrity-Messenger/3000-2150_4-10142374.html?tag=mncol

I hate MSN’s messenger. I only had one friend who I talked to on there & we now talk on Facebook’s chat. So I’m done with it. I also use Yahoo. I IM a lot & it’s easy to use.

I use Adium for the few times I do chat. I’ve used Google Chat and Yahoo in the past, and for as little as I chat they were fine also.

I use YM through Adium on my laptop and the iphone YM app from my phone; I can’t recall anytime I had my settings switched without my knowing and the update frequency seems reasonable to me.

FWIW I tend to avoid the clients altogether since my uni blocks the ports jabber uses for some unknown reason. Meebo FTW.

I have most of them, but generally only use AIM and Y!

They update because they have new features and bug fixes, not to annoy you.

I use MSN pretty often, but not as often as I used to. I don’t really mind updates all that much. Changes happen.

I marvel at the technology, but me, I’d rather talk to people in person. I mean, how do you pat a friend on the back with IM???

OK I hate the up dates because they keep changing my privacy settings . We kid around and take silly family pictures which we save for us. They want me to show them to everyone. Also updates come up when I am turning off the computer or working on line.
I usually delay it.
Why do they keep changing my settings ? Can I stop this permanently ?
Most of my friends are on Yahoo but MSN links us together.

I haven’t used a messanger or ‘chatted’ online for years and years and years.

I use AIM occasionally; it’s not too annoying. I use it because my kids are on it.

@Owl ~pats on back~

I use Yahoo regularly, if I have a long time friend that prefers another I will download that. I use MSN occasionally and I have used AIM, but I tend to delete anything that has to do with AOL. I also use ICQ but just about the only people I chat to there are family. And that is because it is the only one my 80yo father knows how to use. Even if I don’t say anything to him first thing in the morning it is comforting to see him sign on. ICQ used to have a feature called “Find a Friend” that was just to find a random party around the world willing to chat to strangers. My oldest ICQ friend I started chatting to on the random chat over ten years ago. We still chat regularly, when we first started chatting she was 14 and I was 44 I have kind of watched her grow up as we swap pics regularly. Now she is married and has a new baby. If I ever make it to Australia she and her hubby will be two folks I have to visit.