Talk:List of instant messaging clients

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Odigo Messenger[edit]

It's an instant messaging service, as shown here. Didn't know which header to put it under, so it's down as unclassified, maybe someone can amend it for me. Hedley 02:49, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mercury Messenger???[edit]

This is considered a mainstream client? The article about it is almost tagged for deletion, how can this be mainstream?

Agreed. I was just about to ask the same question. I will delete the entry now. Marc K 16:31, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

removed adium from official clients list[edit]

Adium is a) not an official client and b) listed twice (now once). ... aa:talk 05:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting this page?[edit]

I believe it is better to split this page into several pages for each instant messaging network. This page then can contain links to all these pages or be removed. Thus:

All these pages then can be organised like List of XMPP client software.

(NaturalBornKiller 09:15, 19 March 2006 (UTC))[reply]

  • I partially disagree, that would be a little redundant. Better to stick with the one page of messengers, one page of protocols and a comprehensive comparison table for each. The IM space is very dynamic right now. In fact, there's a MySpace IM client/service that just came out. Does MySpace deserve major-player status right off the bat? Should there be a page of MySpace-compatible clients? If so, what about smaller networks such as meca?
Jozecuervo 08:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My bet is that there are more than 500 instant messaging clients that can be described... (the Jabber clients page alone lists already 60 clients...and I am sure that page is not complete). This will be too much for 1 page. NaturalBornKiller 14:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What about this?:
NaturalBornKiller 14:34, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And also List of multiprotocol instant messaging clients. With such a list we can prevent to list these clients multiple times and it will be easier to keep all pages up to date.NaturalBornKiller 14:47, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where is Google Talk on the list?[edit]

It does mention the now-defunct GTalkr, and Gmail Chat, but not the main Google Talk cilent. --J.L.W.S. The Special One 07:05, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Consider renaming "Mainstream"[edit]

The difference between "mainstream" and "other" is, at this point, highly subjective. This invites questionable edits by stakeholders of non-mainstream messaging clients placing their client in the "mainstream" section. I would suggest making this a more objective classification, perhaps based on the number of active users. -- Fastolfe00 17:26, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Google Talk is listed last[edit]

Why, in my opinion it should eb mainstream, especially by number of users, as everyone with a Gmail account also has Gtalk sidebar in their email...

69.221.36.244 20:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Google talk is main stream now. Mathiastck 22:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]