Instant Messenger in the 90's

  • 1996 Microsoft Netmeeting

    1996 Microsoft Netmeeting

    Netmeeting allowed people to chat, video conference, host and join a call, and file share.
  • ICQ 1996

    ICQ 1996

    ICQ was a popular chat room software. It was one of the first platforms for instant messenger.
  • AOL Instant Messenger

    AOL Instant Messenger

    AOL Instant Messenger or AIM was the most popular instant messenger software created. It is said to be where A/S/L was created (Age, Sex, Location)
  • 1998 Yahoo Messenger

    1998 Yahoo Messenger

    Yahoo Messenger came out a year after AOL Messenger. It competed with AOL as another go to chat Messenger function.
  • 1999 MSN Messenger

    1999 MSN Messenger

    MSN Messenger came out to compete with both Yahoo and AOL. It didn't succeed very long as it was clunky and just not popular.

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