MY VOTE FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY MESSENGER IS:
Yahoo! Messenger
Features:
-Message Archiving
-Voicemail (free)
-File Sharing (pics, etc)
-Free Pc-to-Pc Calls WORLDWIDE
-Stealth Settings (appear online to certain people, offline to others)
-select your own ringtones for incoming calls
and my personal favorite....IT NEVER FUCKIN FAILS!!!!! I've been on yahoo messenger since i was 17 yrs old, its maybe had problems a handful of times in those 8 yrs.
I know ALOT of webmasters and programs already use it. (i have around 30 webmasters on mine).
FUCK ICQ, LETS START USING YAHOO MESSENGER!
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
Babagirls18 is my screename