Which program can I log in with Hotmail account other than Live Messenger?

Question

My comp hates Live Messenger, is there any program OTHER THAN MSN MESSENGER that can be used with Hotmail accounts to for instant messaging and offline messaging and if possible chat with YIM accounts as well?

Answer 1

Try Pidgin:

http://www.pidgin.im/download/

Free as in speech and as in beer.

Answer 2

you can try Trillian, it is well recommended by Chris Pirillo which is a huge computer guru who used to be on the TechTV/G4 channel. Or you could go the in browser route in which case you could use meebo.com or MSN's web version webmessenger.msn.com

Answer 3

www.ebuddy.com