Adium
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Adium, also known as Adium X, is a popular open source instant messaging client for Mac OS X.
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Features
Adium includes a number of features, including:
- Tabbed chats
- File transfers
- Graphical smileys
- Themes/skins
- Plug in architecture
- Multiple protocol support
Lacking is support for audio or video chats, which is one reason some people prefer Apple Computer's iChat.
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Protocols
A distinguishing feature of Adium is its support for a wide range of chat protocols, due to its use of the libgaim library. Some of these protocols are listed below:
- AOL Instant Messenger
- Bonjour
- ICQ
- Jabber and Google Talk
- MSN Messenger
- Yahoo! Messenger
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Alternatives
Other Mac OS X instant messaging programs that support multiple protocols include:
