Existing users, 
Simple to use, and does as advertised with a good GUI.
I've tried other IM clients, like Adium and despite that those clients have more features they are far uglier and more bothersome to use. Anyone using these clients is really cheating themselves out of an easier user experience, what with the horrible UI they present.
Further Fire's developers are always quick to offer fixes and suggestions on their forums. They postphoned this release so that they could iron out a few kinks that had been reported.
The next major release of Fire is looking awesome as well, I'm currently using a dev. build of it and I have to say it keeps getting better and better.
Fire
Instant messenger: AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo, IRC, Bonjour.
Version: 1.5.6
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Contributed by: Mercury Glitch Saturday, July 09 2005 @ 12:21 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
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Fantastic my ass - Ypmits
I really like Fire... I've just tried it again to see how it progressed over the months. A few months ago I've tried Fire to see how far it is compared to other IM-clients. But although it's a nice piece of software, Adium is the one to beat here. It's not a personal thing here, it's hardcore reality... Saying that Adium and others are far uglier than Fire is just nonsense. Saying that anyone who's using these other clients (like Adium etc.) are cheating themselves out of an easier user experience is just a load of bullcrap too. You're either coming from a terrible tasteless Windows-design background or you're a personal friend of one of the Fire-crew. I'm guessing the last one. Fire has a lot of great features and Adium has a lot too, plus a whole bunch more to make life behind computer a lot easier. Applescripts, Emoticons, complete downloadable layouts (which are all auto-installable)... and they do react fast to people's troubles and suggestions. Ah well... in the end it's all a matter of taste offcourse. But I guess there IS a general good and a general bad taste. Adium STILL kicks Fire's hiney.Saturday, July 09 2005 @ 04:03 PM PDT
reality check - tersonodesign
Hell, Adium is far from being a shoe-in as the best IM client out there. The prettiest, sure, but it's also the buggiest IME. Certainly every time I try it, I find myself thinking 'nice little client, but.....') and then going back to Proteus or Fire, both of which are also excellent IM clients.FWIW if you want built-in IRC support too, Fire is the ONLY option.
I'd suggest you grab hold of a little reality here and begin to realise that while Adium may be YOUR ideal IM client (and no argument, if you can live with its limitations, it's a great piece of software), it may not be ideal for others. Certainly, I find Adium very hard to live with, but get along very well with both Fire and Proteus (I use Fire on my Tibook. Proteus elsewhere). As in all things, it's a matter of priorities and deciding which set of compromises works for you.
Sunday, July 10 2005 @ 01:12 AM PDT
Fantastic - APGiuliano
I am no friend of any dev in any way shape or form, and I certainly prefer Fire to Adium... Looks like the downloads of Fire are 4.5 to 1 over Adium to date... So far the majority has spoken... Personally I don't care whom has been out longer over the other or how many releases easch has had. Taste is subjective and we all have it, good or bad..to you...Saturday, July 09 2005 @ 08:24 PM PDT
Fantastic - scampercom
Just to note how ironic for someone to be talking about how the "majority has spoken" vis a vis which is the better IM app. 1) It's a logical fallacy (consensus gentium), and 2) have you looked at what platform you're using lately? ;)Saturday, July 09 2005 @ 10:28 PM PDT
Fantastic - Samurai_Jack
Nice to see a good friendly debate going on here. As one of the Fire developers, I can say that I am definitely biased, but I would ask all of the Adium zealots to do more than just disparage our hard efforts (which come without compensation) and give some constructive criticism.BTW, there are a few Fire features that Adium doesn't have, that some users might like:
- Profanity filtering
- Automatic translation
- irc support
- Universal Binary - although the Adium team is working on it
And we also have some of the things that earlier posts claim we don't have
- Customizable chat display styles
- Applescript support
In short, it is always a matter of personal preference. If you like interacting with the development community, I have found that we at the fire team are pretty receptive to outside help and input, something that the teams at Adium and Gaim tend to be a bit more closed about.
And also, we are always looking for more people to come join in the development fun. Check out http://www.fireim.org/
-- A Fire Developer
Wednesday, January 11 2006 @ 07:52 AM PST
Fantastic? - freakomat
yeah yeah - who r u trying to convince...? urself? good luck :OReply to This
Saturday, July 09 2005 @ 02:20 PM PDT