The joys of Trillian
If, like me, you’ve got all of the major instant messaging systems on your computer, do yourself a favor and move to Trillian.
It’s a chat/IM interface for Yahoo!, MSN messenger, AOL, and I C Q. Plus it has IRC capability.
You can log in or out of each messenger separately, receive alerts, and download different ‘skins’ (or interfaces).
It’s quite the nifty program.