?
To add to that, Microsoft purchased Skype in 2011, and gradually shifted over to using it as their messaging service.
Strangely, I think Yahoo Messenger is still around. Then again, Yahoo has a weird way of letting its services kick around well after most people've lost interest in them. Then again, so long as it remains integrated with their mail client, I suppose it's really more just a secondary front-end to another service.
Comment has been collapsed.
i still like yahoo messenger but its way to glitchy now days
Comment has been collapsed.
There was only ever 1 reason to use Yahoo Messenger. Adult Webcam rooms.
Comment has been collapsed.
Strangely, Yahoo is still around.
Well, actually since a few months that's in-name-only since they were bought out by Verizon, but they'd been ruining their own business for about a decade before that, and especially since 2012, with a string of unstable leadership and dodgy acquisitions.
Comment has been collapsed.
i liked yahoo, with the ability to draw together n the other stupid little things, it was nice. but after having icq\skype\aim\etc etc it started getting ridiculous for me to have them all at once
Comment has been collapsed.
icq\skype\aim\etc
You really only ever needed Trillian or a similar IM-combining service, though. I mean, Trillian no longer supports Skype, so you'd need that now as well- but unless you're using more niche (or gaming related [eg, Discord, Steam] ) messaging services, it (along with most of the alternative services to it) has always covered all the major IM/chat services available at any point since its release.
Comment has been collapsed.
Trillian was actually lower demand than many of the primary clients it integrated, especially as other clients implemented ads well before it did. Meebo was super convenient for its online login function, making it a great option if you use public, school, or work computers a lot.
These days I really just chat via Steam chat and texting, though. Even among my friends, they seem to mostly stick exclusively to gaming chat services and phone-based services that integrate into texting.
Kinda sad, knowing that we're leaving the days of early digital wonder- of being part of such a large collective of people discovering a whole new realm of communication together- behind, in favor for streamlined, taken-for-granted, less focused options.
I guess the next time we'll really get a sense of wonder from communication development is when we develop virtual reality communications, holo-communications, or teleportation. :P
Well, gaming is in the same position- every DOS-era game used to be a wonder, and with new genre variants and design concepts popping up on a regular basis, Now, it feels like we mostly just hold out for games that are especially polished or offer minor tweaks to existing concepts or technological improvements. The wonder of encountering dying of dysentry while crunching numbers upon the scorched earth within the dungeons of Persia is gone.. :'(
Then again, other than the graceful aging of classic isometric JRPGs, most early games suffered from abysmally clunky mechanics or awkwardly implemented graphics, so I can't say I miss the actual games all that much, nostalgic elements aside. :P
Comment has been collapsed.
Yeah i know (was sarcasm), always used it, miss it. :/
Forced to use skype now, but alot less.
Comment has been collapsed.
I haven't used any of those messaging services in at least 10 years so it was all news to me :P
Comment has been collapsed.
lol, AOL still exists ? Yes, its name is Windows 8.1 ^_^
Comment has been collapsed.
Oh my god. I can't believe I've never made that connection before.
Comment has been collapsed.
i will miss AIM. i remember growing up with dial up and having AOL. then after dialup died i loved AIM. so sad to see it go. i havent used it in years but still...good memories
Comment has been collapsed.
my first chat and messenger :)
and i loved all these free cds
Comment has been collapsed.
I once dated a girl I met on ICQ. That didn't end well...
Comment has been collapsed.
The end of an era.... I only stopped using AIM last spring. I switched to Discord instead.
Somebody insert a video of 'My Heart Will Go On' here.
Comment has been collapsed.
That's sad, but do they still give out those student coasters?
Comment has been collapsed.
Only ever used AIM briefly. Was more of an MSN kid. Kinda miss those days where I actually wanted to be talking to someone one on one... lol. Now I just avoid them :P
Comment has been collapsed.
AIM stole my custom away message for when playing a game. I still remember the time I created it too. I was playing Rampage World Tour on my cousins' Windows 98 computer.
Comment has been collapsed.
Ars Technica
Message
Comment has been collapsed.