Nostalgia for Multi-IM Clients
Users reminisce about the era of fragmented instant messaging services like ICQ, AIM, MSN, IRC, and the multi-protocol clients such as Trillian, Pidgin, and Meebo that unified them.
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This reminds me of using Trillian to connect to AIM, MSN, ICQ, etc. back in the day.
As someone who used to use multi-IM clients (Pidgin, Trillian, Meebo) back in the MSN/AIM/ICQ days, I have to say, it's surreal to see how the conversation has shifted to the point that this is now a reasonable-sounding comment.
Sounds like ICQ circa late 90s :)
Reminds me of Trillian back in the days of AIM and Yahoo! Messenger.
End of an era.Back in the days there was AIM, ICQ, MSN, YIM and IRC and everyone had their own preferences.I started with ICQ, because it was the thing gamers used and the shorter your UIN, the cooler you were!Later I had to install MSN and AIM, because all the girls were using them.Then there were the occasional YIM contact, hehe.Most of the day I was in IRC, but this was a whole different beast.2005 or so I finally found Trillian to end the mess.Today I only use WhatsApp a
AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, Skype. There were as many options when I grew up.
ICQ was the messaging service everyone around me used in the late 00s. The two most popular clients were QIP and Miranda. Then VKontakte introduced instant messaging and ICQ was quickly forgotten. Then, around 5 years later, people started gradually switching to Telegram. Today almost everyone I chat with uses Telegram.
Yeah, it was irc or icq something, like 15 years ago :)
I used it back in the days with MSN, AIM, and ICQ. But it didn't work as good with the switch of communication to mobile and the rise of WhatsApp and FB Messenger.Anyone got fresh experience?
They relied on AOL Instant Messenger too...