I wasn't bored... I was just wondering....

about all the IM (Instant Messenger) programs out there that I haven't plonked with for a while (or in some cases at all) and at the moment there is quite a few, more than I ever thought there would be, how some survive I have no idea but good luck and all the best to them because the famous 4 (ICQ, AIM, MSN & Yahoo!) could certainly do with a wee poke in the rear end every now and then.

I guess to a certain extent I'm stuck in a IM rut, MSN 7 is cool, Yahoo!'s latest beta is ok too, ICQ, well that's my all time favourite still and AIM, well what can I say.. it doesnt like me and I'm not overly fond it either but I will keep trying. Overall it's really hard to beat the famous four when it comes to staying in the touch the majority of your friends and with the likes of Trillian leading the charge offering all in one access it's increasingly difficult to look beyond the big boys but look I did :)

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