Does anyone have any recommendations for how best to do webcam chat? I tried yahoo messenger, and omg, am I horrified. It came with so much crap ... it even stuck a yahoo toolbar into my firefox!! :crying: I feel like my computer was mutilated. The only other free way to do this, that I know of, is Windows Live Messenger ... but I'm afraid of using that, too. It can't possibly be a neat and trim software without extra crap oozing out the edges either, can it?? It will probably be not as bad as this yahoo junk, though. Okay the third option I know of is getting Trillian Pro (which I'm confident won't let me down), but it's $25! =\. Anyone know any other alternative??
Did yahoo messenger install a yahoo toolbar and other crap on your comp? And no, I don't know anything about Skype, actually. I may give it a shot ... is it also just an instant messenger, other than the whole calling thing?
With yahoo, you can always choose custom install, just choose the core application and you'll be fine. And with Skype, yeah, you can use it for IMs too.
Windows Live Mesnger doesnt install crap like Yahoo.. And just because yahoo installs so much crap with it I stopped using it. @Thoonie, i tried custom install for the yahoo but it still installs stuff on the IE automatically...
Yeah ... I lost all my trust in yahoo. Even with the custom installation (which I didn't even notice the first time around). Heres a page describing all that is wrong with yahoo messenger. click I had to install it again for a little bit 'cuz my gf was in a hurry and didn't want to try new program, like skype ... but this is only temporary I tell you! I'll wean her over to skype ... as soon as I try it out myself heh heh. I'm gonna d/l it right now.
