IM Instant Messaging

Instant messaging (IM) (aka  chat) is a form of  real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text using the Internet.   Great if you like to type. I don’t. I prefer using voice-based web-cam.

Sites that offer IM software to download:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/
http://www.google.com/talk/
http://www.aim.com/download.adp
http://www.myspace.com/myspaceim
http://www.jabber.org/
http://download.live.com/messenger

Or you can sign in from your web browser using one of these links:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/web/
http://www.aim.com/aimexpress.adp
http://webmessenger.msn.com/

If you IM  frequently and with many people, you’ll  find that your online friends use different messenger software.            You can log into several different IM platforms  or…

you can download free IM aggregator software:

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
http://www.pidgin.im/
http://www.digsby.com/

or use these browser-based IM aggregators:

http://www.meebo.com/
http://www.radiusim.com/