Four Multi-Protocol Instant Messenger clients for Mac OS X

A multiprotocol instant messaging application helps in connecting to multiple IM networks for effective easy communication with friends.Most of the clients works with IM protocols like AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk..Some of the well known Multi-protocol client for windows are digsby,trillian and pidgin.

Here are some of the best IM clients for MAC OS X :

1. Adium – Adium is the best free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, released under the GNU GPl,Adium IM client currently translates 20+ languages.It also has Xtras section where sounds, images, and more can be integrated easily.Adium Supports AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, Gtalk and more.So far Adium is the best Multi protocol IM client for MAC OS X.

2. Instant bird -  The latest version of Instant bird Multi protocol client is 0.1.1,this is a cross platform IM client which supports Mac,windows and also Linux.Instant bird is a free open source software which uses the Mozilla rendering engine to display Instant messages, and the Pidgin libpurple to connect to the different networks.Instantbird and other clients can coexist without causing any trouble and works smoother.

3.  Proteus - Proteus works perfectly with Mac OS X by integrating Address Book, Cocoa and WebKit technologies ,also their are options for customizable toolbars, spell checking, integration with system services, drag and drop (file transfers, text clipping)  and much more.. Their official blog doesn’t talk much about Proteus features!!

Fire client – Though this was a great Multi-Protocol IM Client For OS X but they have stopped updating because their are no developers willing to work on the project).The current 1.5 version has a Universal Binary supporting both Intel and PowerPC Macs.The Latest released version is working and is still available for download.