[citation][nom]Tyralyon[/nom]Yeah, ICQ used to be my preferred IM as well, but now I use a combination of MSN/Skype. The main reason for choosing MSN over ICQ was that "everyone" seemed to be on MSN and less and less people came online on ICQ.I always thought ICQ was very good when I used it though, and MSN is pretty bad, so maybe it's the right decision...As for Skype, you can IM with that too, and that's what I meant. The IM on Skype is actually a lot better than MSN in my opinion.[/citation]
I've had bad experiences with both msn and icq to be honest. I recently stopped using msn as they once again degraded their client and locked out older ones (like the one on my trophy phone), and I stopped using icq when the 98a client stopped working (the move to an online friends list broke my client as I had twice the max supported number of them). imo irc would be the best option though. It's open to customization and supports everything needed, although the file transfer features are slow.