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I am looking for a instant messenger that runs on Windows platform. I will tell its specifications :
I already tried nimbuzz, trillian and instant bird. They all support specification 1, but won't support either 2 or 3.
So can anyone suggest an instant messenger that supports all these specifications ?
Excuse me in advance, I can't comment because I don't have enough points.
MANI's answer mentionned Pidgin as a possible answer to your requirements.
you can manage status as shown below :
On the last point, the vanilla version of pidgin don't have facebook smileys. BUT, Pidgin allows third-party smiley themes, and you can find a theme made by mehdevil which will add all facebook smileys on Pidgin (picture here).
You just have to download a single file, and the setup of the theme is pretty straightforward :
To install, just go to "Tools" -> "Preferences" -> "Themes" then drag and drop the file into the "Smiley Theme" section.
Here is an example :
On the dark side, Pigdin don't have a proper emoji integration. Hope that will not bother you.
Have you tried Digsby (my best recommendation) because it will support all your needs i.e. Facebook chat list, online status (available, busy, away, listening to, custom message etc), smilies too. May be it won't support Facebook stickers (not sure).
Next alternative is Pidgin. Its similar to Digsby in all the ways. The only difference is the latter is Open-Source while Digsby is Commercial-freeware software.
