Adium X 1.0.5 Specifications

By Matt Asay on 31/07/2007

More Adium reviews , RRP: Free

The good:

  • Allows you to combine nearly all of your IM services (Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Jabber, etc.) into one client.
  • Near-infinite tailoring of the UI to match your tastes.
  • Features a refined, tabbed interface.

The bad:

  • Doesn't support Skype IM
  • File transfers fail, on occassion.
  • Only available on Mac
  • Doesn't offer audio or video chat

The bottomline:

Adium is quite simply the best instant messaging (IM) client available. Period.

Buying choices:

Editors' rating:

8/10

Platform

  • Mac
  • Yes
  • Windows
  • No
  • Web-based
  • No
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