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    InSpeak Communicator

Ø    Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Ø    MUD

Ø    Pal talk

Ø    QQ

Ø    SILC

Ø    Skype

Ø    Talk

Ø    Talker

Ø    TeamSpeak (TS)

Ø    Windows Live Messenger

Ø    XMPP

Ø    Yahoo! Messenger

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     Quiet Internet Pager

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

¨      Collaborative software

¨      Instant messaging

¨      List of virtual communities with more than 100 million users

¨      LinkedIn

¨      Live support software

¨      Online dating service

¨      Omegle