Adium. Open source and free, updated often and in active development, most customizable, most features, uses the least resources (CPU, RAM etc) in my experience. http://adiumx.…

Adium since v1.2

Proteus by far for me. I know why some people like Adium, but I really just don't like it. Can't even say why for sure. I guess part of the problem is that I hate Adium's defaul…

For *just* AIM I would say iChat remains king. Adium still can't do Direct Connections, otherwise I'd give it the crown (I still use it anyway, it's very nice). I don't know what t…

I've been using Adium for years, and every other messaging client is crushed by it. Unless you want to do video chat... which I don't.

Quote: Originally Posted by mpancha I prefer Adium, never used Proteus. Ditto, on both!

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex Adium still can't do Direct Connections, otherwise I'd give it the crown (I still use it anyway, it's very nice). I have my fingers cross…

Adium

Adium rocks.

I used to be hardcore Proteus, but I switched to Adium a while back ago. And once you configure it correctly (with a nice UI) it's way better than Proteus, which isn't really activ…

Adium, although lack of direct connection and file sending makes me want to use the Windows AIM.

Quote: Originally Posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn Prepare for an Adium/Proteus holy war. Maybe back in 2004. Quote: Adium, btw, until iChat gets tabs, then I'l…

iChat has always worked just fine for me.

I use iChat, but there are definetly some features from aol's AIM that I wish I had in ichat, like be able to read full away messages, know how long someone is away and stuff like …

iChat all the way for me.

Adium is the best in my opinion though it has no video chat support. Let's hope it will be available soon.

Quote: Originally Posted by Artanis Adium is the best in my opinion though it has no video chat support. Let's hope it will be available soon. A/V support won't be happeni…

adium is wicked. nuff said I reckon. fire and proteus cannot hold a candle to it.

I just read this thread, and decided to try Adium. I love it! but I cant seem to figure out how to edit my profile, away messages, and buddy icon. Am i just overlooking somethin…

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey I just read this thread, and decided to try Adium. I love it! but I cant seem to figure out how to edit my profile, away messages, and buddy…

iChat

thanks for all the replies, guess it's clear what the favorite is

They're all useless to me, Proteus and Adium always have given me problems just trying to send a file, iChat is useless because it has no -AUTO ACCEPT-, which i NEED open all the…

Quote: Originally Posted by Targon Official AIM is a POS and crashes all the time I totally agree, it was happening to me a lot lately, then I found this thread and tried Ad…

Agreeing with pretty much everyone here and putting my vote in for Adium. Stable, actively developed, and more AIM-compatable than iChat, which doesn't even let you send custom fon…