Messengers - talk virtually with others

Initially all the internet communications are passed through e-mails similar to the post-office system in real life. Though this is a reliable way of sending and receiving messages, the net users found it difficult in waiting for the messages to mobilize from one user to the other. Added to this, the time of reply is always uncertain, you never know when the other user will send a reply. There is also chance of escaping in replying to the mails saying that he/she didn’t receive the mails or saying that there is a power cut or the internet service provider is in its downtime.


All these problems have been resolved by the messengers, these applications made it possible for the appearance of real person virtually beside you and you both can now talk as a face-to-face chit-chat. Instant messengers had speeded up the usage of the internet enormously and undoubtedly. This part of the internet is the most typical one and the tricky one where people may lose themselves or rediscover themselves and start climbing up the mountain again.

All most all the popular e-mail providers have an option of chatting and messenger but with slightly varied features and appearances. Gtalk, Yahoo messenger, Pigdin, rediff bol are some of the popular messenger clients. We will learn more about the messengers in the coming up articles.