decent substitute for MSN or yahoo messenger?

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can someone recommend a decent substitute for MSN or yahoo messenger for video (webcam) chat on winxp to winxp?

getting bloody sick of both of them!
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Ocean Moves wrote:can someone recommend a decent substitute for MSN or yahoo messenger for video (webcam) chat on winxp to winxp?

getting bloody sick of both of them!
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scotty wrote: Heartland PMs :innocent:
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EasyMessage does only what a chat proggie should do. You can chat with it and you can send files with it. You cannot use webcam tho, but I only use it because some people want me to use a chat-proggie from time to time.
And it is quite handy to send huge files around while in a couple of musical projects...

And it is only 240K big...

http://www.easymessage.net/

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skype is cool, but a large file :?
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paint it black wrote:skype is cool, but a large file :?
Skype is uber cool for free pc to pc phone calls to those in the far flung corners of the galaxy. 8)
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The only alternative messengers I can think of are Google Talk and Aim, I'm not a fan of Google Talk and I've never tried Aim.

A friend of mine uses Aim for webcam shenanigans though, he says it's quite good.

I really don't know though, because I've never used a webcam. I use instant messaging to trade MP3s.
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nick the stripper wrote:webcam shenanigans
:eek: The mind boggles.

I'd second Ez and Mr. M... Skype does the job just dandy...
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Up here we useImage

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boudicca wrote:
nick the stripper wrote:webcam shenanigans
:eek: The mind boggles.

I'd second Ez and Mr. M... Skype does the job just dandy...
I'll jump on the Skype bandwagon. No video support yet though :?
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hallucienate wrote:I'll jump on the Skype bandwagon. No video support yet though :?
But will have soon
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Hasn't Skype recently been bought by...by....google/ebay/lycos somethink or other??

Wonder how long it'll carry on being fer free?
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hallucienate wrote:
hallucienate wrote:I'll jump on the Skype bandwagon. No video support yet though :?
But will have soon
Does that mean I won't be able to pull faces at you anymore when we're chatting? :innocent:
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