Meebo–All In One Online Instant Messenger

[Arzaan]

We are almost addicted to messengers, may it be Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk or any other. As you know, there are many third-party messengers available which can be used to login any messenger services. So, what about online messenger services? With Meebo everything is possible online now. That is, you need not install any messenger program offline to chat with your friends or family.

Meebo is an Ajax site that lets you chat online with your friends that use Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ and Jabber (including Google Talk). You can log into all the IM networks simultaneously from your browser. If you don't want to create a Meebo account, you can get into one IM network at a time.

Meebo has nicely designed and user friendly interface which makes it look very similar to other desktop messengers. As long as you are on broadband you should not feel any speed difference between Meebo and other desktop messengers like Yahoo messenger or MSN. I have tested it out on 128 kbs (which is very low) broadband connection and did not expereince any lag. I did not try it on dial up but can tell you for sure that it is not a good idea.

The move is interesting for a number of reasons. First, it sheds a little more light on how developers will be using Facebook Connect, which the company hopes to use to magnify Facebook’s influence across the Internet. For now, Meebo users will be able to conduct instantaneous text chats with their Facebook friends off the social network, and to browse the status updates of all their Facebook friends.

If you don't use VOIP or video chat features from the desktop clients, if you think they use too many resources and you don't like Gaim and Trillian, Meebo is the way to go. If you are at a public PC or at a computer that doesn't have Yahoo Messenger or the other IM applications or if the firewall blocks them, Meebo can help you get in touch with your friends.

Just go to meebo.com to chat with your buddies on every major IM network in a single buddylist. Login with the IM account you already have, there’s nothing to download or install, and it’s totally free.

[Arzaan]

Meebo is a quick and simple way to connect to multiple Instant Messaging services from a single browser window. It supports Yahoo!, MSN, Google Talk, Meebo, Facebook, MySpace, Aim, Icq, Jabber, Flixster services and also doesn’t require any Meebo account, making you sign in to your favorite one directly.

Some worth mentioning features include:

(1) Login with one user ID (meebo account) and access all of your mssaging accounts simultaneously.


(2) Rename your contacts as you want them them to appear on your Buddy list. I have more then 100 contacts and it is quite annoying when people change their nicks very often. With this feature you decide what name will appear for any of your contacts.

(3) Access chat history for any of your contacts online.

(4) Some of the popular all-in-one home page services like Netvibes (my favorite) lallow you to inegrate Meebo directly into your home page. This way you can access all IM programs right from your Netvibes page.

MeeboMe provides a simple way to chat with people on your site and is supported in several languages.

[aalbaiz]

All in one, this sounds great. Stat instant messaging in one single browser. No need to download just go to http://www.meebo.com/.

[Namchan]

Play games, video conference, transfer files, and so much more, all from your Web browser. Meebo gives you oodles of fun, exciting ways to interact live with your friends. Just click the shiny rocket ship in your Meebo IM window and select any application to launch with your buddy.