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Do people still use IM?

I haven't used IM in a while now but I really hate how much MS is pushing advertising outside of websites and the browser.  

This app now has a huge ad-box, which display stuff akin to hideous flash apps, my hotmail account I won't even mention(at least I have the option to get rid of those).

The worst offender has got to be my Xbox 360 dashboard.  The ads have been creeping in at an alarming rate recently   Anytime I sign in to the thing now it's a complete eyesore.  Spotlight is 20% marketplace content, 80% ads, the new Community channel has Facebook, ad, ad, twitter for selections as well.   It's horrible.   And I actually PAY for gold service on this thing.   How is this golden exactly?

/rant off

rr0de74@live.com  said:

Do people still use IM?

I do somewhat. So I suppose this'll be useful for me whenever it comes out. I hope for a beta.

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@rr0de

IM is my main method of communication I use to keep in contact with friends.

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Is there a public beta available?

Pretty much everyone I know uses IM.

Why, is there a feasible alternative I don't know about?

@Mark KB

Since pretty much everybody are in Facebook now, and many IM clients support Facebook chat already, thats very feasible alternative.

It would have been better if the guy hadn't tried to blank out *everything* in that screenshot by making it the same colour as the background. Perhaps it would have been better to put in dummy data.

@vinski

But that's still IM. And AFAIK, the major three - WLM, Yahoo!, AIM - don't support it at all.

Nothing new that I know of.  

Its just with all this twitter (I dont/wont use) facebook and other stuff, via cell phones and stuff, IM has kind of died.  I have not touched it in a long time.  Besides any smart company will block employees from having it, or connecting to IM servers outside of the company.  I try to get away from my computer at home after 8 hours in front of it doing IT work.

If I had to use a IM client, it would never be a client from MS or the others, as they are full of crap, some of you cant turn off.  There were a few good free alternatives like pidgin that were nice and slimmed down.

IM serves quite different needs from Twitter, Facebook, and SMS/MMS.

IM is designed for real-time text conversation. Although you can use other tools to do the same, they are much more awkward, overkill, or less featured.

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I use IM far more frequently than any other form of electronic communication at work. It's much easier and faster than email and less annoying than voice calls. I also webcam with my girlfriend frequently via messenger when we're not able to spend time together.

@Mark KB

Why, is there a feasible alternative I don't know about?

Trillian. Its been around for some time and can combine windows live, Yahoo, Google, IRC, Skype etc.

http://www.trillian.im/

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"There were a few good free alternatives like pidgin that were nice and slimmed down."

Ya like lacking compatible video and audio chat, games, file sharing, etc.

I second the wish for a WPF client.

"Ya like lacking compatible video and audio chat, games, file sharing, etc."

Some people don't need that kind of stuff, hence a minimalist approach works.

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rr0de74

I know a couple of technology vendors that use corporate versions of IM clients for daily business use that allows for safe IM on corporate networks. I am surprised that you would ask that question. In conjunction with mobile devices and wifi cafes, corporate IM software can allow contact, file transfer, and many other features. Corporate IM can cut down phone calls and open additional opportunities. I have seen many people working from mobile devices from coffee houses via corporate IM.