Miranda IM for Windows

User Reviews

• good informative one,..........

  sachin100011/4/2012

  Pros

  the programs can be run on different platforms and machines,......... lol

  Cons

  difficult to understand and heavy options,......................

  Summary

  good informative and readable one,........

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• love it since 1969

  Sezarfiz10/9/2012

  Pros

  small and subjectively the best for me

  Cons

  didnt find any didnt find anydidnt find any

  Summary

  very gooda proggy very gooda proggy

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• will not pop up message to foreground

  kandresen25/5/2011

  Pros

  Light usage of computer resources.

  Cons

  Messages do not pop up in the foreground.

  Summary

  What good is an instant message program if you don't know you have received a message? If you would have asked me a year ago, I would have rated this 5 stars. Somewhere along the way, an update took away the ability for messages to pop up in the foreground. They claimed to have fixed this many versions back, but I keep updating and it has never worked since.

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• Good multi protocol IM

  dfisa3/3/2011

  Pros

  Multi protocol, plug-ins, including encrypted IM.

  Cons

  sometimes has had stability issues in older versions.

  Summary

  There are tons of add-ins for this, however some are old and sometimes hard to find all the add-ins that rely on add-ins. Be nice if they moved the encryption to the base along with the most popular plug-ins. They seem to keep up to date with IM service changes which can be a bummer when someone like MSN, ICQ, etc.. make a protocol change.

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• Does what it claims

  BBBrown1/29/2011

  Pros

  Fast, easy to install and configure.

  Cons

  None so far.

  Summary

  If you have several active chat clients, this is a nice program for bridging and connecting with other users with either the same or different programs.

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• the great utility to work in all IM in one program

  Ermine12/26/2010

  Pros

  Small memory usage, usability, free and easy to configure with rich plugin assortment

  Cons

  Sometimes in urgent need of updating due to a sharp change in the basic protocols of MI. Of it as a rule, in contrast to the version of the main program, there is no visible warnings

  Summary

  Another would do well to make a site to synchronize the history, but probably consider it a lack of properly.

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• POTENTIALLY great. But too many issues

  jseger900011/11/2010

  Pros

  Miranda is extremely customizable. If there's something about the program you don't like at first, odds are you can change it. There's an endless string of plug-ins available that will change just about every detail of Miranda.

  Cons

  Extremely un-user-friendly. It's true that every last single detail can be changed. But the process of changing them is laborious and unclear. Everything is in one Options screen that is filled with confusing, under-explained menus and sub-menus.

  Summary

  Miranda is like a fidgety kid. It's full of energy and ideas, but doesn't behave well. There's a million and one plug-ins, but each new one introduces new quirks and kinks. I installed a spell checker (why isn't that built in from the get go?), it changes the appearance of the message window. Why? Going into options to sort it out is never as straight forward as you expect. Layout is confusing and awful. Changing the simplest things is more difficult than it should be and will probably require a forum search. If you like to tinker endlessly with a computer program (sometimes I do), Miranda will be right up your alley. If you want an IM program where you can set it and forget it, use Digsby or maybe Pidgin. I've kept Miranda installed and will sometimes launch it just to fiddle with the details. But I always wind up going back to Digsby for day-to-day use.

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• did not work-my computer refuses to open it.

  andreaborman8/13/2010

  Pros

  none at all.

  Cons

  My computer would not recognize this software or open the program,after i downloaded it.

  Summary

  My computer refused to open the program and would not recognize it. So i had to uninstall it. End of story!

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• my favourite one

  Thomas-new7/19/2010

  Pros

  My favourite IM client. Free, fully customizable; plugins support, ...

  Cons

  takes some time to configure

  Summary

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• Better off with digsby

  CKwebmaster12/4/2009

  Pros

  The program does what it says it will.

  Cons

  Setup is not easy, nor is it intuitive. It's really a third place contender in the specific game it's playing, try Digsby or Trillian for a better experience.

  Summary

  After much trial and tribulation trying every multi-protocol IM client on the net, the suggestion I have for the person looking for one is to try out Digsby. It's been winning a lot of awards lately, and it does exactly what you want this program to do, but it is new and goes through a lot of early stage development still. A close second place alternative would be Trillian, which has been around for ages. Trillian handles Twitter better. Both of the aforementioned handle many more protocols without need of plugins than Miranda does, forcing Miranda into third place, in my opinion, anyway.

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