Up until about a year ago, I've been using the bog standard Windows Live Messenger. I was fed up with all the bullshit features and spangly bits, so I downloaded A-Patch to get rid of a lot of the fat, but it still ran like shit and was a killer on system resources. Afterwards, I downloaded Pidgin Messenger, which I also use when I'm on my Linux machine. I find it to be extremely light, has all the options and settings you need, and has some kick ass plugins! If I was to recommend anyone an Instant Messaging client, I'd pick Pidgin over the lot. You can even use it with TOR, as well as the OTR Plugin which is badass.
So, what do you use, and why?
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On the rare occasion i need MSN on a windows box, it's Miranda IM or pidgin
I don't really see anything wrong with it yet. Sure, it can be glitchy, but a lot of people use it, and I find it easy to use, so I stick with it.
FACEBOOK IS FUCKING TAKING OVER.
You're not the first person to say that. Take my advice and delete it before something crazy happens and the government accidentally admits to using everyone's facebook information for some massive scheme or something. I'm not sure what they're up to, but something's funky about this whole Facebook craze.
But in response to the thread, if you reeeeally wanted to add your Facebook chat to an IM client then Pidgin does it well.