[cd34]

I don't really like icq since they sold to mail.ru - the amount of spam is ridiculous and I would drop it in an instant if I could. Every day, I get 10-15 authorization requests with spam in the auth message.

I don't like Skype much - the message waiting notifications don't come up, though, I do like the fact that it is encrypted. Their user interface is a little kludgy and I can't easily switch between conversations with keyboard - which makes it a bit more cumbersome, though, with the trackpad it isn't too bad.