On first download, Adium X appears to be rather boring, but underneath the hood hides a variety of excellent features and customization options that makes Microsoft Messenger incredibly jealous. Adium XĪ brilliantly customizable IM application that supports AOL, Jabber (Google Talk etc), MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu and Bonjour protocols and the more business aimed networks such as Lotus Sametime and Novell Groupwise. I’ll do my best to squeeze in the best of those features from each of the three applications I’ve listed below. It’s more down to how you want your IM app to behave and what features you want. So if you’re an IM user wanting to use various chat networks on one application, which is best? In truth, the ones listed below are all fine for chatting to friends and sending/receiving files. I didn’t fancy using Microsoft Messenger and Yahoo Messenger because they are both virtually non-customizable, have a sort of “chunky” feel to them, especially Microsoft Messenger, and are both practically featureless (although kudos to Yahoo for including web cam support). A few questions I had to ask people before buying my first Macintosh included, “Will I be able to use similar software that I’ve been used to on a PC?” and “Can I still talk to my friends over MSN and Yahoo?” Everyone will know the answer to both those questions already, but for a time, since migrating over to the OS X system, I was a little confused over which IM application to use, especially as I really wanted one that handled all the major networks.
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