People no longer see flashy user-interfaces, and extra features offered by individual chat clients to be essential. Instant Messaging (1M) has reached the point of focusing on getting work done efficiently, with low memory usage, and a multinetwork 1M client is seen as a valuable addition. Pidgin (formerly known as gAIM) is great for the intended purpose, as you can simultaneously be connected to a number of 1M networks at once (MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, IRe, and 12 others) and be in touch with all your contacts. Voice and video chat isn't supported, but plugins provide a lot of innovative functionality.

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