Pidgin - multi-platform instant messenger polyglot

previously working in Linux, I have not met a native to this environment messenger PidginWhich, by the way, I have inherited a functional native messenger for the GNOME windowing environment - Gaim. My acquaintance began with a visit to the office to the other, the Java developer who is very smugly told that finally found program that supports IM from the Lotus, in which they operate, - Lotus Sametime, that in such a very large class of programs rarity!

Besides Sametime, Pidgin supports more familiar to our protocols to the user like: AIM, ICQ, Jabber / XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC and a little more exotic: Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr, Bonjour. All this is not the best way affected the size of the Windows distribution (and who is not native to Windows library GTK interface for Pidgin) - more than 11MB. At installation, you are prompted to install another spell check - there is a check Russian and Ukrainian. By the way, I am here, and Russian interface.

The window looks very ascetic conversationsThat someone scare, but someone on the contrary draw, especially after monstroidalnyh windows from the native ICQ client with banners m mass of "useful" and tools.

Fair to say that the history of Pidgin conversations stored in a readable HTML log.

A very useful feature is the customer support meta-contactsIe, if you use multiple protocols, but some users have in your ICQ, MSN, GTalk and something else, then you can build his contacts in one meta-touch for intuitive display and easy communication.

Pidgin supports a lot of plugins and works on all common operating systems, So if you have a lot of messengers, and a large number of contacts in the cross-protocols, the - Pidgin become an indispensable tool for you!