Alternatives to Yahoo Messenger for Windows

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I'm looking for alternative programs other then the offical client to use with Yahoo messenger on Windows.

What options are there? Preferably free and with no ads/spyware.

The question should be tagged with _windows_. – apaderno Aug 28 '10 at 22:10 — apaderno, Aug 28 '10 at 22:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '10 at 21:53

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You can try Digsby. Direct download here: http://update.digsby.com/install/digsby_setup.exe

Or Trillian, though there is the option of a paid version of this one.

answered Aug 28 '10 at 21:53

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studiohack · Answer 2 · 2010-12-22T18:35:18.187

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I know that @Force Flow already mentioned Trillian, but I'm going to expand on this...

Trillian is the best all-in-one solution I have ever seen. It handles Yahoo Messenger and your contacts, etc extremely well.

From Wikipedia:

It can connect to multiple IM services, such as AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Bonjour, XMPP, and Skype networks; as well as Social Networks, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace; and email services, such as POP3, IMAP, Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail.

I have used Trillian myself (the free version), which works extremely well, and does what I need it to do...

If you decide to accept Trillian as your accepted answer, give the checkmark to @Force Flow, since he mentioned it first.

edited Dec 22 '10 at 18:35

answered Aug 29 '10 at 00:51

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make-or-break question here, is it skinnable? – MiffTheFox Sep 01 '10 at 19:34
@MifftheFox: in a word, **YES!** – studiohack Sep 01 '10 at 22:42
Thank you for this information. I've accepted Force Flow's answer as you specified. – MiffTheFox Sep 04 '10 at 00:04
@MifftheFox: thanks! hope it works well for ya! :) – studiohack Sep 04 '10 at 00:10

Kvisle · Answer 3 · 2010-08-29T13:40:05.563

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I suggest that you have a look at Pidgin. It's an open source messaging client which support a wide range of protocols. (Open Source programs are usually free for ads and malware, and this applies to Pidgin as well)

Pidgin

For a more comprehensive list of the alternatives out there, check out this article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_instant_messaging_clients

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answered Aug 28 '10 at 20:17

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I've had bad experiences with Pidgin's installer, but I'll take a look at aMSN. Open source is always a plus with me. – MiffTheFox Aug 28 '10 at 20:32
Pidgin's installer occasionally fritzes out, but a restart usually works. Once you have it installed, it works great. – ssube Aug 28 '10 at 23:16
Looking at aMSN's home page, it doesn't seem to support Yahoo accounts, only MSN. – MiffTheFox Aug 29 '10 at 00:48

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 28 '10 at 21:00

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Pidgin - multi-platform, multi-protocol. Works flawlessly under Windows/Linux.

answered Aug 28 '10 at 21:00

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Alternatives to Yahoo Messenger for Windows

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