Best messenger for mac

[Antarjot]

I am a new mac user, whats the best messenger for mac. I am unsure on what program to use for messenger. Which messenger gives wide range of features and same functionality as Windows-based client. Thanks for any help and best to all!

[Calvin K]

iChat does great video and audio. no line drawing stuff, but can apply wacky effects and backgrounds with addins. iChat (formerly iChat AV) is an instant messaging software application by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. It has audio, video and screen-sharing capabilities as well as text messaging.

[Lillebror]

Adium is a best messenger for mac and it's open source multi-protocol instant messaging client for Mac OS X, Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 offers a wide range of features made popular by their Windows-based client, Swap photos and monster files (up to 2GB) in real-time. Plus enjoy voice calls and webcam video including free text messaging, Yahoo! Chat, free PC-to-PC calls. Quick Access to the latest news, including local news for U.S. locations. Weather, Emil Notifications. Web Search, images or videos.Yahoo Insider.

[Wynn]

I personally use Adium for accessing MSN and many other IM services, you have another options Fire, it's a free Instant Messaging client for Mac OS X. It supports the seven most popular Instant Messaging . Adium feature : Combined Contacts: Merge your contacts so that each one represents a person, not an account, Support for a wide range of different Instant Messaging services. Adium and Fire are the best messenger for mac.