tag:,2008:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290- 2008-09-24T12:21:35Z Comments for 2006 Instant Messaging Innovations Movable Type 4.1 tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290 2007-01-19T00:41:12Z 2007-12-16T23:16:45Z 2006 Instant Messaging Innovations Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com Carole McManus (no relation) has a great post on the Yahoo! Messenger blog about the innovations we saw in IM over 2006. She says that 2006 was a "watershed year" for IM innovation, citing a Nick Gonzalez post on Techcrunch last November. The features that Nick highlighted then were: interoperability, flexible identities, rich media chat, in-browser chat, location-based chat, and contextual chat.

Carole notes some other companies, apart from Yahoo, who are ramping up IM technology: Wablet, Meebo, RadiusIM, InCircles, Skype, and PalTalk.

Personally I now use 4 different IM apps on a regular basis - Skype (my main business client), Yahoo Messenger (great avatars!), Google Talk and AIM. I use Meebo occasionally too, if I'm on another computer or just want everything on one page. It's amazing how crucial IM has become as a business tool - although it can also be a distraction at times, of course.

What IM clients do you use - and where do you see the industry headinng in 2007? I'd like to think interoperability will be improved even further and also an 'open ID' kind of system for IM would be great. Thoughts?

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42279 Comment from Stephen Glauser on 2007-01-18 Stephen Glauser http://www.stephenglauser.com/ The only IM application I use regularly is MSN, but I live in Canada and from what I've read it's not very popular in the US. I'm planning on joining Skype right away though.

]]> 2007-01-19T01:28:36Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42280 Comment from ZOverLord on 2007-01-18 ZOverLord http://testing.onlytherightanswers.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55 Also, there is a new program for Skype that allows you to have your chat messages spoken, in 10 different languages, and translates your Skype chats in 14 different languages using 38 different language pair combinations. Think of this as being able to expand your international contacts as well as getting an answering machince for Skype chats as well. More information here: http://testing.onlytherightanswers.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55

]]> 2007-01-19T01:35:21Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42281 Comment from Glen Barnes on 2007-01-18 Glen Barnes Adium on my Mac at home and Trillian on my work PC (Windows) as I need multiple protocols. The biggest problem is that friends are on different systems so basically I need to use Yahoo!, MSN, Google Chat, AIM and Skype.

Interoperability PLEASE! Can't we all just get along?

]]> 2007-01-19T01:35:37Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42282 Comment from Alex Iskold on 2007-01-18 Alex Iskold http://www.adaptiveblue.com I used to use Trillian, but now I use just Skype.

Alex

]]> 2007-01-19T01:41:27Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42283 Comment from David on 2007-01-18 David http://www.vodkafish.com I'm a Trillian user. As my friends and business contacts use anything and everything it's really the only way to go (I do prefer it anyway).

Trillian 4 looks like it has the potential to be a great product.

]]> 2007-01-19T02:06:37Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42284 Comment from Chris on 2007-01-18 Chris http://www.veritaswebdesign.com/blog I use Skype and Yahoo! for business, and MSN for personal IM.

]]> 2007-01-19T05:15:09Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42285 Comment from Dave B on 2007-01-18 Dave B Hopefully the rumors of Google Talk and AIM integration happening this year are true. I think that will be a big boost to Google Talk.

]]> 2007-01-19T05:42:48Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42286 Comment from Marvin Chery on 2007-01-18 Marvin Chery http://reveiled.net/blog AdiumX & Skype on my mac
and Msn Messenger, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, Skype on my PC

]]> 2007-01-19T05:44:22Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42287 Comment from Emre Sokullu on 2007-01-18 Emre Sokullu http://emresokullu.com meebo. sometimes Skype too.

]]> 2007-01-19T06:16:55Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42288 Comment from Lityi on 2007-01-18 Lityi I use Gaim for MSN/Yahoo/ICQ/IRC and Skype.
Altough it misses some fancy features like webcam support, but suppports a lot of protocols and encryption.

]]> 2007-01-19T07:46:45Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42289 Comment from Maurene Caplan Grey on 2007-01-19 Maurene Caplan Grey http://www.grey-consulting.com I use Trillian as my main interface for MSN Messenger!, AIM and Yahoo! Messenger -- I IM with people on all those public networks. Also use Skype and occasionally GTalk and Jabber.

Predictions:
- RSS can work in a follow-me mode using presence. To do so, filtering will be based on tags, blog authors or specific blogs.
- Interoperability will continue to be piecemeal -- through partnerships.
- Encrypted IM will be hot.

Maurene Caplan Grey
www,grey-consulting.com

]]> 2007-01-19T11:11:12Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42290 Comment from TW Refugee on 2007-01-19 TW Refugee When I talk to the kids in my life and their extended circles, AIM is fairly ubiquitous. Personally...AIM and Google.

]]> 2007-01-19T11:56:06Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42291 Comment from Kevin on 2007-01-19 Kevin http://www.cibolomediaservices.com I also use Gaim for aim, yahoo, google talk, and icq. It may be missing some "features" but it so wonderfully integrates all my different IM accounts.

]]> 2007-01-19T19:26:25Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42292 Comment from jango on 2007-01-20 jango I use Snooggie (www.snooggie.com) for my communities an MSN messenger as my personal contact list

]]> 2007-01-20T17:41:05Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42293 Comment from Matthew Ogston on 2007-01-20 Matthew Ogston http://www.queensspeech.com My problem is that i have to use both Microsoft Messsenger and Skype to cater for two sets of contacts who work in one or the other, but not both. I do a lot of screen sharing and online presentations and have been using a mix of professional webex + skype, or skype plus Unyte. Unyte is a great product, but the service can sometimes be unreliable or slow when used in conjuction with Skype.
What's interesting is that AIM have now partnered with Webex to develop a service that delivers Webex quality 121 screen sharing free of charge through their IM client. Personally i love the relibility of Webex, but i can't bring myself to switch to yet another IM Client just to take advantage of this free deal. Now if MS, Yahoo or Skype had made the deal with Webex instead, that would have been truly amazing - and more practical to a great number of corporate users.

]]> 2007-01-20T19:56:34Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42294 Comment from Mick Liubinskas on 2007-01-21 Mick Liubinskas http://blog.tangler.com/ I'd be interested to know if people use the group chat feature much or is in mostly 1 on 1?

]]> 2007-01-21T22:04:51Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42295 Comment from Matthew Ogston on 2007-01-22 Matthew Ogston http://www.queensspeech.com Mick, if you're referring to group IM discussions on Skype, then i use it almost daily. It's very satisfying to get a quick solution to a problem through group chat.

]]> 2007-01-22T20:20:20Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42296 Comment from amanda on 2007-01-25 amanda Check out the new embedded version of Kool IM.

www.koolim.com

]]> 2007-01-25T16:38:51Z tag:72.47.210.69,2007://1.5290-comment:42297 Comment from Gail on 2007-01-27 Gail Check out this new service www.imdining.com that allows you to order take-out/delivery from restaurants via AIM.

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