Top 5 Web Based Instant Messengers

Everyone has now heard of and used instant messengers. When you meet someone you find interesting, you make sure to get his/her yahoo id or MSN id. And hope to catch them again on the messenger. Messengers have revolutionized the way people communicate. They are real time, you can chat with multiple persons at same time, you can connect from anywhere and the globe, and most importantly, they are completely free.

However, as their popularity is increasing, so is the number of messengers available out there is increasing. There are already three messengers that are widely popular available out there: Yahoo, MSN and Google Talk. On your machine you would have installed the messenger that you use mostly. But it is very likely that you go some other place, and you do not find your favorite messenger already installed. Installation of messenger might not be the best solution in those cases might not be to do a fresh installation. So, how to communicate with your friends in such situation? The answer is already out there: Web based messengers. These are websites that enable you to communicate with other messengers out there, without installing anything. Now, there are a lot of such websites out there. So, I thought this is the right time to do some evaluation, and turn out a list of Top 5 web based instant messengers.

1. Meebo: To put in a nutshell, this one is simple and still, perfect. As soon as you open the Meebo, you know how to use it. It provides you capability to connect to yahoo, Google, AIM, ICQ, MSN and Jabber. On its homepage itself, it gives you option to connect to any of these. The interface that it provides is simple and uncluttered. It makes efficient use of AJAX to provide users with a nice messaging experience. Apart from being simple, it is safe too. Meebo sends your passwords to server in an encrypted for. It also provides an option to create a universal Meebo login which saves you the trouble of entering different passwords for different messengers.