What is an Instant Messenger?
It is a program that runs on your computer and lets you know when friends, family members or business associates are using the Internet at the same time you are. If they are, it allows you to contact them to see if they want to have a “conversation”, by typing messages to each other. How is this different from email? You don’t have to wait for a response! You type to each other in real time. The other person is actually reading your message as soon as you type it and hit the “Enter” key, allowing you to have an online conversation. Using an instant messenger is fun and it saves you a lot of money on long-distance phone calls! All of the programs accessed through the links above can be downloaded and used free of charge (with one exception), regardless of whether you are a subscriber to that company’s other services. For example, you can use AOL’s messenger without paying AOL to be your Internet Service Provider. The one exception is Imici’s business messenger, which can be used free of
An Instant Messenger is an application that enables instant communication across the Internet. It is a great tool if you want a quick dialogue, an immediate response, an answer to your problem, a reaction to your joke, the name of that song you can’t remember… and you want it now. It’s a great way to stay in touch with your friends and family across the world.
