Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Common chat programs



The following are common chat programs:

Ø    AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
Ø    Camfrog
Ø    Campfire
Ø    Gadu-Gadu
Ø    Google Talk
Ø    I2P-Messenger (anonymous, end-to-end encrypted im for theI2P network)
Ø    ICQ (OSCAR)
Ø    Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Ø    MUD
Ø    Pal talk
Ø    QQ
Ø    SILC
Ø    Skype
Ø    Talk
Ø    Talker
Ø    TeamSpeak (TS)
Ø    XMPP

Chat programs supporting multiple protocol:
v     Adium
v     Digs by
v     Google Talk
v     IMVU
v     Kopete
v     Lotus Sametime
v     Miranda IM
v     Pidgin
v     Trillian

Web sites with browser-based chat services (also see web chat):
¨      eBuddy
¨      Envolve
¨      Facebook
¨      FilmOn
¨      Gmail
¨      Jemga
¨      MeBeam
¨      Meebo
¨      Mibbit
¨      Omegle
¨      Tokbox
¨      Trillian
¨      Chat room
¨      Chat roulette
¨      Instant messaging
¨      LinkedIn
¨      Omegle