Unified Communication Center - Imo.im
I do not belong to the company that created the service, I do not work there and do not publicize them. I just found a service convenient for me and decided to share my impressions with you.
ICQ
I have long abandoned ICQ, a couple of years ago. Almost all friends can be contacted via contact, skype or mail. But recently it was necessary to chat with a person who lives only in ICQ. I didn’t want to install a “fat” client, and I began to look for a more or less convenient web client.
Customers
The first thing, of course, he climbed into "Web-ICQ - the new ICQ2go!" What can I say - this is a classic client from ICQ (now mail.ru). This is a bunch of ads, lags in the interface, an attempt to show the web service as a desktop application. Someone may like it, but I began to search further.
I dug up almost all of the links issuing Google. Some services did not support Russian, through some I basically could not log into the account. MegaFon UMS is generally just something ...
I eventually found IMO.IM.
Main window imo.im with loaded dialog
Imo.im
Briefly - a pleasant, developing service for convenient communication. Allows you to connect a bunch of services to a single account:
- imo (own service account)
- Msn
- Skype
- Yahoo
- Google talk
- Aim
- ICQ
- Jabber
- VKontakte
- Steam
Add / Manage Account Window
Service advantages
- There is no advertising (it should be, but I did not notice it. Even with the adblock turned off). Something ran in the left panel, but I closed it and did not find how to open it again :)
- Very smart interface. There are no lags at all.
- The interface is actually convenient. The window does not try to crawl out of the browser.
- Integration in one contact list from several social networks / services.
- There are groups, block sheets
- Full support for Russian in communication
- Almost complete Russification of the interface (78% at the time of writing)
- There are sound alerts / popup alerts
- There is an iOS client.
Also, thanks @AMarkin
- the ability to quickly exchange content (voice notes, photos, locations, videos) with those users who have a client
- ability to make calls
Client for iOS
Minuses
- No metacontacts. If 1 person is in 4 networks - you will have 4 contacts in the list.
- Small flaws (in the iOS client, instead of avatars from social networks your avatar is pulled up), some thongs are not Russified.
- Something else will certainly come out, but for now everything suits me.
Funny contact list in the client
Customers
Thin client - imo.im. Quick registration (does not ask for “retype password”, allows you to work with the service BEFORE activation by mail) Immediately I started all my accounts - and I communicate freely. Conveniently.
The client for iOS is quite convenient. There are no chic design solutions. He is boring in terms of design. But it fulfills its task 100% - you can quickly find a contact and write messages to him. I don’t need more.
Conclusion
You can use the service. Many available services, nice interfaces, Russian support and a solid mobile client impress this service. The lack of advertising adds advantages to the service.
And some more screenshots
Contact information - excellent support for the Russian language
List of current sessions
Possible languages (after hyphen - percentage of translation)
Contact list in iOS client. Top corresponded current correspondence
Monetization tool - PRO-accounts.
And what service do you use for communication, habrapuser?