SOUTHPAWAMI  Fire rocked. It may be dead, it's true. It still rocked.

There were some odd things about fire... like how you opened up a chatroom with a name in Yahoo, and how even if anyone used the same name to create a chatroom in Yahoo Chat, you'd never see their posts and they wouldn't see your posts. You had to invite them to the chat. No other chat program on Mac could do that with yahoo chat rooms. Maybe it was a bug, but it sure was nice.

Of course, Yahoo chat is isn't the same these days, and Adium is more directed towards easily making encrypted communication than they were prior to the Fire project dying, but still, it was a nice program.  
(Version 1.5.6)

PHATTYBOOMBATTY  Fire is crashing on Leopard 10.5.0 after password is entered in any account. Fire attempts to connect, a spinning beach ball follows, and then the app quits unexpectedly. This is on the PPC build of Leopard

Any chance of getting a version update? :)

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x000000008fe0105c

Crashed Thread: 0  
(Version 1.5.6)

PATDDFAN1  Fire is the best IM program on the planet! I hope someone will take over Fire because adium will never be as great as fire has been since 2004! we will miss fire, and are deeply saddened that it had to leave so abruptly!  
(Version 1.5.6)

WCITYMIKE  Fire is officially dead (I'm not on the team, just reposting it here):

"We are saddened to announce that there will be no future versions of Fire. There are several reasons for this end, but the most notable is the loss of developers. Fire's development had dwindled to few developers who do not wish to continue the project alone. In addition, another major contributing factor is the fact that all but one of Fire's IM libraries is no longer in active development.

"The good news is that two of Fire's developers have joined the Adium team and have written a transition path. Adium 1.0, upon first launch, will import your Fire accounts, away messages, groups, buddies, and logs into Adium. For future updates and IM needs, we suggest that you look at Adium.  
(Version 1.5.6)

MOEBIAN73  It's the best IM app on the Mac. It needs an update though. I, for one, would LOVE IT, if FIRE did everything AIM, YAHOO, & MSN can, as far as talk support, webcam support, and game support go. Because the AIM, YAHOO & MSN IM apps Mac have now aren't even updated to the latest versions and Yahoo IM has mediocre webcam support, but that's it. It would be cool to correspond with PC users through IMs & talk or play games, like Tic Tac Toe on Yahoo IM, & webcam all in one app. Just a suggestion.  
(Version 1.5.6)

SIMICHAVEL  Just discovered great feature: say you're running several different chats in different languages, i.e., using different keyboard layouts/inputs, Fire remembers them per window! Fantastic! Kudos!  
(Version 1.5.6)

SIMICHAVEL  I have never been successful at receiving or transferring files through Fire. Any CW about this out there?

OS 10.4.8 / MBP  
(Version 1.5.6)

SIMICHAVEL  A menubar item with a drop down list of users, instead of having an open window, would be a nice (and basic, IMO) addition.  
(Version 1.5.6)

INSTANT RUNOFF  The following reasons are why I switched to Fire from Adium (i.e., these are advantages _over_ Adium):

1) Fire has commands for Connect to All [Protocols] and Disconnect from All

2) Fire can automatically reconnect to services upon wake.

3) Fire is smarter about Keychain access (Adium can spawn a lot of Keychain access request dialog boxes).  
(Version 1.5.6)

PATDDFAN1  I have used Adium, Yahoo IM, MSN IM, Fire, and iChat, but Fire is the best IM app for Mac! I just wish there was a version for my older macs (OS 7.1!)

Anyways, my problem.... well, every once in a while, Fire slows up my machine, and then unexpectedly quit. I'm able to reload, but it has happened many times when I have Fire and Safari running at the same time. any advice?

Also, can you enter any of Yahoo's chat rooms on a mac, or is that only on windows?

finally, there needs to be a way to read names from the address book (like iChat can) in the next version (and it should still run on 10.3 as well!)

I am using an iBook G4 with OS 10.3.9!  
(Version 1.5.6)

KRILL  Is Fire immune to Leap-A?  
(Version 1.5.6)

SLAM  i've been using fire for two months now and i am incredibly pleased. i'm using it to replace YM and iChat and it does all that they do and so much more. it is a better YM client that Yahoo's own program, which is crippled on the mac.

the basic functionality (chat) is solid. i've had only two strange issues: one time some formatted text was not received when sent, and one time it kept saying my friend was typing when she was not.

the advanced features are outrageously cool. spell check while i type is crucial. speaking names when someone logs in is very useful to me, it lets me know if i need to interrupt my other work for an important chat person. i haven't needed the group chat yet. file transfer did not seem to work across Yahoo but Yahoo Messenger on the mac doesn't work either so maybe it's a service issue and not Fire.

i have played with Adium but lack of spellcheck and speech would keep me away. Adium is visually more appealing but i am more interested in function.

i would like to see Fire get iTunes support, Skype support, and voice and video support, but maybe i am asking for too much!  
(Version 1.5.5)

MAC NEW USER  After upgrade to 1.5.5, I encounter 3 time of unexpected quit already.

I've been doing permission repair and clean cache, seems happen again.

Anybody encounter similar problem?

Thank you very much.  
(Version 1.5.5)

EMPEREUR  I have been using Fire and Adium.

I would like Fire team do some extra if it is possible.

I like Fire better because it speaks and does spell check, whereas Adium don't.

Now if Fire can have the picture showing problem fixed would be great. Can't see picture on Fire.

Now if Adium can speak I would use it over Fire.  
(Version 1.5.5)

TOMIS  Doesn't support mutliple screen names on one service.

Adium on the other hand does. So I see no reason why it, and iChat, refuse to support multiple logins on AIM.  
(Version 1.5.4)

ROADTRIPDK  I am having problems downloading both Fire and FinkCommander in Safari 2.0.2 (Tiger on G5 single). Clicking on "download now" returns a blank page, whereas control-clicking and choosing "download linked file" just downloads a .gif file that is 43 bytes. The same happens if i option-click. What is going on???  
(Version 1.5.4)

JON.KANTRO  well as a friend of the developers i know what their take on this subject is. some of the adium developers such as adam iser and evan schoenberg actually have spoken to the fire developers about some of the code. fire has influenced bits of code in adium. there is a great interview with evan schoenberg on the drunkenblog and he mentions that fire and adium have nothing against each other. he says the fire is a polished, stable client in code and thats exactly how its meant to be. think of fire as the father, and adium as the modern day son. they dev team sometimes work with each other but there is no need to join together. fire is meant for the older version of OSX in which i beleive is untrue it all depends on personal and practical use. fire. the reason why fire is still made for that exact reason. if you dont need all the extras, and fire is the way to go. if you want a little more glitz galmor and up to date program adium is the way to go. no hard feelings, at all.

the interview that i was talking about can be found here:

http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000306.html

im sorry if my post made no comprehensible sens but im typing fast in a school library. read the interview though.  
(Version 1.5.4)

ANONYMOUS  I have nothing against Fire personally, used it a while back, but left to Adium. The reason I use Adium, is becuase it is 100% customizable, down to the nitty gritty. Its pretty stable, never had it crash on me, although there still having issues with file transfer, overall for a chat client I really recomend Adium. I think the creators of Fire should partner up with Adium and create a super chat program for us Mac users!!!!  
(Version 1.5.4)

SIMI CHAVEL  Love the app. Haven't had any stability problems. IMO - a very impressive array of preferences and features. Missing: audio or video capability; a menubar item for seeing who's available and various other controls.

iBook G3 / OS 10.3.9  
(Version 1.5.3)

ANONYMOUS  Adium and Fire BOTH refuse to connect one of my AIM accounts, but connect the other one perfectly. AIM and iChat both connect OK on that account.  
(Version 1.5.3)

ANONYMOUS  I have a G5 and prefer Adium over Fire for one simple reason: is more stable. When I'm working and have Adobe or Macromedia software open the least I want is for the software to crash just 'cause I have my chat client open.  
(Version 1.5.3)

SMILEY  Fire ROCKS!!! i have my G5 power mac..it does everything for me, even makes my latte..not sure what the whole buzz is about everyones 'puters quitting on them when they bring up itunes or Q time..maybe they need a bigger unit..WINK WINK

thanks fire. :)  
(Version 1.5.3)

ANONYMOUS  Fire messanger now quits onme all the time after the new itunes and quicktime updates. Are the apple software developers now hiring Windsuck employies???  
(Version 1.5.3)

ANONYMOUS  I have tried and tested every new release of this program but it still stand no where near as good as Adium.  
(Version 1.5.3)

OCEAN PACIFIC  every single time a new version of fire comes out i check to see if it has itunes away message support.

nope.

when it does i will gladly use it over adium because fire has irc chat. until then i can deal with a mix of colloquy and adium.

almost there...  
(Version 1.5.3)

JOSH  There seems to be some issues in sending files over ifire to aim users. They always exponentially slow down as it is reaching an end and does not send the file. It might be my own fault but who knows. Thanks,

Josh  
(Version 1.5.2)

PEACE FREAK  Since upgrading to Tiger Fire seems to be quite unstable. When sitting in the background I do not experience any problems but when sending IM’s Fire crashes quite frequently...

Hope this problem will be fixed...  
(Version 1.5.2)

ANONYMOUS  1.5.2 doesn't seem to fix any of the problems i noted with 1.5.1

-takes a long time to launch

-is not happy about being hidden (leads to crashes)

-takes more processor time than previous versions

-crashes more often  
(Version 1.5.2)

ANONYMOUS  I have been using Fire since 2 years, till Tiger come up, and all stopped. Issue that unable to connect to MSN.

Now I am using Adium. Which is really pretty much the same overall. Except Now I CAN SEND FILES TO my firends, which was NOT POSSIBLE with fire. I used to wonder why, now I understood was a problem with Fire.

Would Fire change the above issues, I will be very happy to go back.

So please do.   
(Version 1.5.2)

MICHAEL  Since it doesn't support the Get Files command I'll keep my AIM client.  
(Version 1.5.2)

JD  Newest version is bloated and buggy.

While it solved some previous issues, version 1.5.1:

-takes a long time to launch,

-is not that responsive,

-takes more processor time than previous versions,

-crashes more often

-is not happy about being hidden (leads to crashes)

Overall, I love this app, use it everyday, It makes using multiple IMs easy, and it's Free!. I just wish they would correct the minor flaws that were introduced in this version.  
(Version 1.5.1)

ANONYMOUS  the latest version is great, however, it crashes whenever it feels like it.

It happens to me a couple of times as day. Other than that, the only problem is that the file transfer still doesn't seem to really work properly with MSN.  
(Version 1.5.1)

FERVID  Thanks & Congrats to the developer, a BRILLIANT APP!!! I had got so bored with using Microsoft's inferior program! (Almost) full marks my fellow!  
(Version 1.5.1)

SOUTHPAW  I posted this comment to an opinion already, but I thought it was important to remind new mac users of the evils of less than 512mb of ram.

~~~~

There wouldn't be any chance you're using only 256mb of memory, would there? That is, in order to experience problems.

There has been numerous... and I do mean numerous accounts of people having random problems with programs within OS X when they only use 256mb of RAM. In fact, anandtech.com says, "Apple should not be allowed to sell any system with OS X with less than 512MB of memory; and you shouldn't buy the mini with less than 512MB of memory. It's as simple as that.". That's pretty blatant.

So, if you haven't already, please consider upgrading you're memory. As I've never had Fire 1.5.1 ever crash on me, and I'm using a G3 900 laptop with 640mb of ram, I'd find it pretty hard pressed to think it's Fire's fault for this unfortunately lousy experience you've been having.  
(Version 1.5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Everything's great in version 1.5.1, except the fact that it crashes whenever it feels like it. Also, file transfer isn't fully sorted yet. Other than that, great program!  
(Version 1.5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Excellent program! It has all the features I wanted and a few I didn't know existed:

Tabbed chat windows

Auto-expanding/contracting buddy list window

Dock menu options

Clustering contacts from different services into a cluster (like Trillian's MetaContacts)

Thanks for the great software from this former Windows user :)  
(Version 1.5.1)

SOUTHPAW  Privacy... privacy... privacy

No joke, when you open up a group chat in AIM, you're room is an "invite only" room. Anyone that joins the room even though it's the same name, won't go into your group chat unless their invited. Less lag even on AIM. Group chats on public networks "invite only"?!? Give the developers props, that's mighty cool.  
(Version 1.5.1)

ALAN  It is always great to get user feedback to know how we can make Fire better.

I know that there are some loyal Adium users out there, but before posting yet another commercial for Adium, make sure that you are aware of a few features that some other IM programs may not support.

1) Group Chat

2) irc

3) File transfer

4) Automatic Language Translation of IM Messages

5) Profanity Filtering

6) Secure IM

7) Tabbed Chat

8) Chat text styles - including ichat bubbbles

9) Rendezvous chat with iChat and Trillian Pro

And last but not least... The rumors of our deaths are greatly exaggerated. Development of Fire continues to progress.

Watch closely for announcements of Fire 2.0, which will have yet another large group of new features for you...

And best of all, it is free, because we volunteer!  
(Version 1.5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Both Fire 1.5 and 1.5.1 won't connect to Jabber. 1.5 would start and then crash and quit. 1.5.1 just sits and says connecting but never does. All of the previous versions (to 1.0.3) worked fine and Fire 1.0.4 still works fine, so I downgraded. Maybe the next "tweak" will get things to where it will work for me again. Really great work though, I just don't like not being able to participate in the most recent build!  
(Version 1.5.1)

ANONYMOUS  My biggest beefs with Fire have been that I can't exchange files via ICQ, the occasional "low level connection errors", and that I never got it to work with IRC. Not the end of the world, but would have been nice to get the file transfer somewhere along the line. Was hoping for some added functionality in this version, but after downloading, got some type of permissions error upon trying to install, which proceeded to lock up my existing version (1.0.4). Had to re-install the old version in order to chat again. But hey, it's free, so I cannot complain much.  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  Very nice!

I have been using this program for very long. True, it is not as customizable as Adium, but its smaller footprint and ease of use make for it.

Also, the way tabbed chat and webkit have been implemented is superb.  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  Great more chat..what about video conferencing???  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  I use to swear by Fire, i'd tell all my mac users to use it.. but as time went on, I discovered Adium, which lets me do more as far as apperance goes, its more of a fully configurable program, and works a lot better, now you can view animated emotioncons while using yahoo, just like the PC version. Fire was good, but they lack alot of fun.. I would concider this program more aimed towards business use.  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  "Chat with all Instant Message networks"

Skype support?  
(Version 1.5)

PENGUIN  Fire was kind to me, it is a wonderful project with a future. However I have switched to Adium because it allows me to chat to people in the same window using tabs and the themes, omg the themes. Beautiful themes, everything is completely customizable. Also, I have yet to have any service outages. Please do not take it personally to the developpers of Fire, I am sure this is a very difficult task and you do it very well, please keep up the great work. Offer some of these features and I may even switch back!  
(Version 1.5)

ANONYMOUS  It's Adium for me from now on:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6366  
(Version 1.0.4)

MARK ROWE  I would appreciate if anyone that is having difficulties connecting to MSN Messenger would send me an email at bdash@users.sourceforge.net so that I can work with you to resolve these issues. No-one on the Fire development team has experienced any difficulty connecting to MSN in recent weeks, so we are unable to troubleshoot this problem without further assistance from those users affected.  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  Was indespensible in the beta/10.0 days, but has been pretty much dead for a couple years now. Use Adium.  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  Still does not connect to MSN after the recent update  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  This thing doesn't work with MSN, it will not connect any more, and there's nothing at their support-site that deals with the problem properly.  
(Version 1.0.4)

153957  I liked it a year ago, but now Adium is my chat app.

It looks sooo much better, way more customizable... its a wonderful app, the latest version 0.7 had some new 'bubble' features which are great, I'd suggest you take a look at Adium, then decide for your self Fire/Adium.(of course not MSN Messenger).. My vote goes to Adium!!

but this app is OK  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  This software is easy to use and stable. It allows me to connect to all of my accounts, even ICQ, when other software doesn't. I personally find Fire much less annoying than the icons and sound effects of similar applications.  
(Version 1.0.4)

MALINA  Fire.app is a decent multiprotocol client. It's been around almost as long as OSX has been out and the developers do a great job keeping this application up-to-date. Yes, there are some features (e.g. MSN avatars) which are not yet supported, but Fire.app is stable and easy to use.

If you're stuck on 10.1 (refuse to pay), then there's no alternative... and I'd say this is a phantastic one anyway!  
(Version 1.0.4)

PAUL M.  Runs very smoothly on my mac.

(MacOS 10.3.5)

It's one of my favorite IM apps.

:-)  
(Version 1.0.4)

HERVé S.  Fire deals with IRC while Adium doesnt... all depends on your personal needs but check carefully!

Also, contrary to many recent comments here, I find Fire definitely stable here (for months in a row, on latest OSX releases)  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  very ugly, very unstable. to the developers : look at adium !  
(Version 1.0.4)

DAN SWENSEN  A decent enough app, although for months I had this problem where it would just randomly time out and disconnect without my knowing... I used Fire for many months before I switched to Adium X, which quite simply blows it completely away in terms of features and stability.   
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  I won't even bother with this until it allows you to sign on simultaneously under multiple accounts for the same service.  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  I used Fire for some times, but I think Adium is better now...

Give it a try.  
(Version 1.0.4)

ANONYMOUS  Fire used to be great, they'd fix most problems pretty fast. Pity that since MSN stopped working in 1.0.3, i've stopped using it eversince. I hope the developer fixes it soon, wonder what's up with them.  
(Version 1.0.3)

LEON  i've been using FIRE on and off for a year now... in the last 4 months, it has been mostly off because it will not connect with MSN and is slow connecting to AIM. so i'm having to launch FIRE for YAHOO and MSN for itself, and haven't talked to any friends on AIM.

i'd love to make FIRE my one and only if they fix the MSN problem. for a while i was getting fast response from the fix-it team, even if they didn't fix the problem, but a few batting of problems and my issue still remains unresolved.  
(Version 1.0.3)

^_^  Fire's great in terms of features & interface. However, there seems to be a glaring security hole. Even if I select to block messages from non-buddies in my preferences, I still receive messages from EVERYONE. This really just amounts to spam slowing down my productivity during the day - the little Fire icon bounces about five minutes w/ a message from someone trying to get me to buy something or go see their "pictures" . Anyway, this renders Fire completely unusable for me.  
(Version 1.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  Previous versions were mostly solid, but 1.0.3 crashes on me quite frequently (usually just after closing a window). I also know that I wouldn't mind new windows (or the last remaining) getting focus. It's a bit of a pain to always have to click on a window to start typing into it.  
(Version 1.0.3)

BEST OF THE IM'S  I own the free ones and the shareware IM's and can tell you that I always seem to come back to choosing Fire over all the others. It is the most feature laden of the bunch.  
(Version 1.0.3)

NEW MAC USER  Great chat engine. I don't need to open so many messenger for different account. Than you very much.

Would like to high light one problem here. It's not stable when using chinese character, easily unexpected quit program.  
(Version 1.0.3)

ERESMUYTONTO  had you done what you should have, which is to go to the devloper's site and read the FAQ, you'd know how. but that would be too logical an approach to a solution for your issue.

go here  
(Version 1.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  How can I contact to an IRC channel?

How can I use IRC with/over Fire?

Do I need an account/a name or something like that?

can anyone explain me that, please? thanks a lot.  
(Version 1.0.3)

GRAHAM  What a repsonse time! This is *free* software and the Yahoo issue was fixed within about two days. Well done. THANKS FOR THIS FANTASTIC APPLICATION!  
(Version 1.0.3)

MAPLE  is the /me command still on ALL the time in irc?

that was frickin annoying...and not just to me...  
(Version 1.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  my German localization is still gone... :(  
(Version 1.0.3)

ANONYMOUS  YMMV, but for me, Fire 1.0.2 can't log in to Yahoo…arghh. :-(  
(Version 1.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Yes, it's useless for me until Fire supports multiple accounts per service to be logged on at the same time. Get over it.  
(Version 1.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Really? Totally useless? I've been 'using' this for 18 months... Doesn't seem 'totally useless' to me....  
(Version 1.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Every time I log into AIM, Fire changes the name of my "Buddies" list to "**DEFAULT GROUP**"

More of a nuisance than anything else...  
(Version 1.0.2)

ANONYMOUS  Does Fire allow you to connect to one service with multiple accounts at the same time yet? Until then, this program is completely useless.  
(Version 1.0.2)

FIREMAN  Works fine, i can connect to Jabber, Yahoo, AIM and ICQ but since 1.0.1 a buddy named "1" is created each time i connect to ICQ (tried with another ICQ program and it appears that my contact list doesn't contains this buddy, so its a Fire's bug imho).

Otherwise, keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.0.1)

MOBY  Same here can connect only via ICQ  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  works fine for me. but my localizations are gone, damned!  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  New Update Broken

DON'T USE IT

it crashes all the time  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Same problem here...cannot connect with the new version. :(  
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Upgraded to 1.0.1 and now i can't connect. Long time user...help!

1.0 worked fine this morning. :(  
(Version 1.0.1)

ARTEMY  My favorite prog... And that's all! Thanx!! :-)  
(Version 1.0.1)

153957  Fire is a great IM client, i have used it A long time, but i switched to Adium, and I'm pleased, its much more versatile... and supports my needs much better... but Fire is a good competitor   
(Version 1.0.1)

ANONYMOUS  Can you connect to multiple accounts on the same service yet?  
(Version 1.0.1)

LUTZ  I'm using Fire since 0.31. Now with 1.0 out I can say the following:

Fire is easy to use, fast, stable, slim. If you just want to chat it's perfect. With files there is some trouble, but there is always trouble with them.

There are some glitches, but I'm sure they will clear them in future releases, because the development-team is very active.

Hey, and it's absolutely free!

Keep up with your good work!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  Would love to use this updated version .. but have been consitently unable to download it from SourceForge .. with Safari or IE..... come to think of it, have been unable to download anything from there.. there has to be a better way...  
(Version 1.0)

DEWEY  My German localization is gone. Please fix that soon. Tabs (if they come) will be a nice thing.

Not all the emoticons don't work, and I can't receive datas from a buddy (i.e. images). Please fix that soon, too.

Otherwise it's great. Keep it free!  
(Version 1.0)

JOHN E.  I've been using this since early version and have been very happy with it. I would like the interface to be more simple, but considering it seemlessly lets you talk to so many chat clients at once is a great feat for free software. It's so seemless that somestimes I have to ask what messenger my friends are IM'ing me from!

Great job at keeping up with changing protocols.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  Very good app. Tabs would be nice. Support for avatars would be good (I think I just havn't figured out how to do that yet). I would like to be able to edit my profile in AIm, etc. I would like better IRC support.

Dispite all my gripes, I find this to be a very good app and definately worth the download :D  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  I just wish it let you use tabbed windows like in safari... then it would be god.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  I've been using Fire since the OS X public beta... it rocks!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  OMG OMG OGM!!! just when i thought it went down the pooper, they reveal why they havent released any thing good in awhile.... NOW IT SUPPPORTS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED! no more Adium for fun... i got Fire... no more offical Aim for icons, Direct connection, or File transfer... i got Fire!!!! this is a quantam leap from the old .32m version and it shows extremely well!! come back to fire everyone!

P.S. note that i havent tried it yet but i have looked at the features list!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  thank you !  
(Version 1.0)

EJI  I'm pretty impressed too. The interface (esp. the toolbar icons) is cleaner, the stability is impressive, and the features have been augmented to include just about everything - even themes. The only thing I miss from the earlier versions is the ability to toggle the transparency of the Buddies window without affecting the opacity of the text.  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  This is pretty rock solid for me. I like the efficiency of this app. Clean interface. Sure took a leap from 0.32m to 1.0!  
(Version 1.0)

ANONYMOUS  Crashes about 1 in 3 times when I switch to it to read a message. Very annoying as then the message is lost. (unless logged).

Have tried everything I know of from, trashing prefs, reinstalling, disk permissions etc. but nothing is helping.

Used to run very well some time ago, not sure if it is this version that is my issue...  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  Ihate having 4 applications open in the background just to chat here and there. So, I tried a few different multi-client apps (and I KEEP trying them). However, I've been using Fire for a decent amount of time and I can honestly say that it just kicks ass. The interface is simple (a very important thing for a chat app in my opinion), it's a stable program, and you can connect to basically any other client. If I absolutely had to say something negative, it would be to change the icons. Actually, another interesting idea would be to use tabs when chatting with multiple users.  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  I can't receive files from others with Fire.

And not all emoticons by other MSN-Chat-user work.

And is it possible to be connected with 2 MSN-Accounts at the same time from the same computer? If not, that would be a nice and important feature to be built in...

Otherwise, it's great.  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  Just to dispell some fears that may be propogated by a few here, Fire has not ceased development nor has it been left for bug fixes only. We have decided that it would be worth while to push for a 1.0 version, and all of our development efforts have gone toward this. The 0.32.e through m have been releases to allow people to continue using Fire without having to run an alpha build. Testing builds are available on Fire's sourceforge page, and we encourage you to test them (Click "More Information" link, then "project page" on the left. You should see the beta download link there).

Another thing to note: I may be wrong on these, but it appears from their respective forums that the Adium 2.x builds and the upcoming Proteus 4 are 10.3 only. Now Adium has hinted that they will have a final release that runs on 10.2, but Fire runs on 10.1,2, and 3, and so will its version 1.0.  
(Version 0.32.m)

JOHN E.  It's seems a developer would be biased... so as a USER who's used both softare I can say that Fire is updated VERY frequently.

If yahoo changes protocols... an update is ready to keep up with it.

Fire has the task of keeping up with no less that 5 different IM technologies and make them seem like it's just ONE software.

Now I just open FIre, which connects to all my accounts. Then any buddies in AIM, YIM, MSN, ICQ, and even mIRC can just message me and I message them right back.

I've installed Adium 2.0 and it sucks, I can't believe the developer would post here. I hope Adium does as good as Fire someday but I'm willing to NEVER use it since the developer decided to slam perfectly good software.  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  used to be the best multi-protocol IM app but it seems that no one works on it any more. it gets updated once a month for some minute yahoo messaging bug fix, nothing big, nothing new. same app as it was a year ago.

go to www.adiumx.com and check out the DAILY new releases of Adium 2.0 - it blows Fire away.  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  How do you send a file in Fire over AIM? I've been successful doing a file transfer from AIM to fire, but I can't seem to figure out how to go from Fire to AIM  
(Version 0.32.m)

X-MAN  Fire, ROCKS! Thanks.

FWIW, My file transfer window doesn't close after the transfer is finished.Progress bar goes solid, then stays there.

10.2.8 on a Beige G3...

Still, the app is the best. :)  
(Version 0.32.m)

THOMAS  it's working but every time i download the m version i end up with j go figure. It works though.  
(Version 0.32.m)

MIKAL  Fire is an incredibly awesome multiple chat client application! Since I discovered it I rarely have to use any of my "standard" chat client applications. And when I do, it's usually only a week or two until an update comes along to fix the problems incurred by the company that owns the chat service.

My kudos and thanks to you on the Fire development team! You've made my chatting experience much more pleasant!

Mikal  
(Version 0.32.m)

DAVID  I downloaded the what should have been the correct disk image as it said 0.32.m, but it had the 0.32.j application inside.  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  Works fine for me ! :-)

Tanks to you all developpers, and contributors.

To myself, just one thing is missing : the ability to translate 8 bit characters as : "à", "é", "ï"... in irc protocol.

Merci beaucoup !  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  i could hardly download Fire 0.32.m, and it's still showing 0.32.j...

The mirrors on the download link now normally don't work.  
(Version 0.32.m)

WHYTOI  Right now, the dmg file for Fire 0.32m still contained 0.32j Fire app. What's going on?  
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  I use the daily builds. They seem to connect to MSN just fine.   
(Version 0.32.m)

ANONYMOUS  Yeah I love this little program but I can't get the new version to work with MSN!!! Damn the evil empire.  
(Version 0.32.j)

ANONYMOUS  This is by far my fave client for MacOSX. However it appears that the j version still has problems with MSN. It connects for me but I cannot see or connect with anyone even though it shows as connected. Excellent work and kudos to the programmers. I imagine it must be tough staying 1 step ahead of the evil empire of Redmond.  
(Version 0.32.j)

ANONYMOUS  "tries to fix MSN deconnection..."

the j version (last 1) is worst than the i version : I can't connect MSN or when I manage to, it goes off 3 mins later...try again...I love fire (trust me) !!!  
(Version 0.32.j)

THOMAS RIBREAU  Thank you this works.

But, I must do it on every launch ! :-)

Is there a way to do it for every time ?

Thank you  
(Version 0.32.j)

DJ MUPPET  I have been a loyal fan of Fire ever since I upgraded to OS X about 2 years ago. I'm afraid that lately I have had to go back to running all 4 of my messenger programs instead.

The problem is that I will install Fire and enter all of my information for my accounts, contact lists, etc. The next time I open up the program, its all gone. I have to enter the information all over again.

I thought maybe it was a simply a matter of some sort of glitch between a 6 year-old B&W G3 and Panther, but I have since upgraded to a G5 and am having the same problems.

I like this program but this needs to be fixed if you want me to use it.  
(Version 0.32.j)

ANONYMOUS  Just something of note: A lot of questions and problems noted here are discussed in Fire's forums. If you are seeking more information, come on over for a visit:

http://fire.sf.net/forums  
(Version 0.32.j)

THOMAS  I used to think Proteus was better, but Fire is free and working great. however I can't put in two Yahoo accounts at once. Or i haven't figured it out yet. could also use themes. =)  
(Version 0.32.j)

ANONYMOUS  Great software (more reliable than proteus and it is not a bloatware) but got some flaws with msn protocol though.  
(Version 0.32.j)

BEARNOSE  Pasted from the developer forums:

or those having problems with 0.32.j (especially if you are using a non hotmail passport account), please run the following command in Terminal:

defaults write Fire SyncMSNLists 1

And see if that addresses things. This part of the 0.99.x code was not incorporated into 0.32.j, but manually setting the pref should take care of things.   
(Version 0.32.j)

153957  Still MSN not working..... not really anything fixed it seems, great software otherwise  
(Version 0.32.j)

WHYTOI  I can verify that too. Still has problems with MSN. From a buddie's point of view, Fire is repeatedly signing on and off. And unable to send message to my MSN buddy.  
(Version 0.32.j)

ANONYMOUS  I download .j

but still can't connect to MSN :(  
(Version 0.32j)

ANONYMOUS  I love Fire, but since a few days it's stopped working with MSN. :-( I wish there was a fix for it.  
(Version 0.32.i)

HAVE_A_COKE_ICE_COLD  Exelent because I ahve so many different e-mail account I can now keep track of all of them in one now   
(Version 0.32.i)

GARY BRYAN  This seems pretty good, but I wish it would display a MSN contact's e-mail address when you hover over their name in the buddy list, like the official MSN client, Gaim, Proteus, and... well, every other client I have used. Then I will probably start using this rather than Gaim.  
(Version 0.32.i)

JJ  Fire is the skeleton key of messengers. This software likely has competitors running because it simply integrates all the widely used messenging clients into one program so you dont have to have 3 or more messenging clients open like I used to, Yahoo, MSN, and (cough) AOL. It even supports ICQ and others! Personally I want to support businesses like Yahoo, however I dont think this means that I should be forced to use proprietary messenging clients like MSN appearently has tried. Anyways, if you message a little or a lot, FIRE is simply the best. dont take my word for it, see it for yourself!!!  
(Version 0.32.i)

ANONYMOUS  best chat program around-- service specific smilies, spellcheck, all are easy to use....

i just wish they'd include yahoo's buzz feature.  
(Version 0.32.i)

ANONYMOUS  Beats the snot out of yahoo's ridiculously outdated messenger for mac. Feature rich and easy to use. .   
(Version 0.32.i)

ANONYMOUS  Can Fire update the servers' buddy lists? This is a must have feature.  
(Version 0.32.i)

YAHOOOOOOO  Paid for others and then they never quite worked. but the FIre team keeps up on matters, so now I'm staying with Fire.  
(Version 0.32.i)

ROBERT JOHNSON  Yay-- Yahoo is back, and the best free multi-IM program hums along toward 1.0 (RSN)  
(Version 0.32.i)

ANONYMOUS  Great program when it works, but Yahoo has not been working for weeks. There are ways to get back basic functionality -- my feeling is the developers should have implemented a basic fix and then worked to restore the full previous capabilities (perhaps including Yahoo chat rooms, a capability that is not now present).

I applaud the developers for their ambition in seeking to restore full Yahoo capabilities, but when an outage occurs and cannot be immediately repaired, a quick hack that restores 80-90 percent of what people care about -- basic IM capability -- is critical. I fear Fire is losing users to other platforms the longer this drags on -- bad for the project. bad for the end users, and all over something that could have been fixed by copying GAIM code, weeks ago.  
(Version 0.32.h)

DEVIN  Program is a cool little program, and I have chosen to use it over AIM. However, there are a few problems...

1. Yahoo_ Doesn't work.... As they have pointed out.

2. Aim Buddy icons- aren't animated...too small (should be 48x48, but are more like 30x30), and you can't change your own through FIRE.

3. Random Noises....It likes to just make login and log off noises, when no one logs on or logs off... I'm not sure if there is some funky sound setting somewhere i need to change or if this is just faulty...

4. Slightly Unstable..... crashes every once in a while, but not too bad really..  
(Version 0.32.h)

ROBERT  If you're looking at this for Yahoo use, be advised-- the changes for the new Yahoo auth scheme haven't made it into Fire and you won't be able to log in. Gaim has been working for a while though *shrug*.  
(Version 0.32.h)

TANKE  hey, I am in a dorm and for some reason msn messenger won't work, it doesn't let me log in, and back home it would work fine, and I have ichat and yahoo messenger and they both work, and so I downloaded fire, and I can log in to my aim but it won't log in to either my yahoo or msn messenger. Can anyone tell me what I can do. I really just need to get msn messenger working, since the other two work individually. Thanks

If somebody can reply to my email or post another message I would really appreaciate it.  
(Version 0.32.h)

ANONYMOUS  This was posted on the Sourceforge site:

"Yahoo made some unannounced additional changes to their Yahoo! Messenger servers and Fire is not able to connect to them at this time. (You get a dialog box asking if you are sure you entered the correct username and password.)

We are working with the other members of the Open Source community who develop Yahoo! Messenger clients to resolve this issue, please be assured that resolving this issue is a top priority for all of us, and we are working to solve it as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience as we work to get this resolved."  
(Version 0.32.h)

MACMEND  I always like this app, but at the moment it just won't connect on Yahoo, don't know why, I have tried everything...any chance of a fix  
(Version 0.32.h)

THE BEST OF THE BUNCH  I have been trying and buying the various chat apps out there and I've come back to Fire--not because it's free, but because it works the best.  
(Version 0.32.h)

ANONYMOUS  I haven't had any problems with the latest version of Fire 0.32.h. I've had problems with logging on with previous versions. But, I'm running MSN, AOL, and Yahoo without a hitch.  
(Version 0.32.h)

ARGOTNAUT  If I could get my MSN buddy list to show up, I'd definitely use Fire (sigh).  
(Version 0.32.h)

MR. CHIN  Encryption is excellent, but buddy list has problems. Overall I would choose this client over others.

Noteable alternatives: ICQ-AIM-Adium  
(Version 0.32.h)

ANONYMOUS  Is it just me, or are none of these download servers functioning? Can anyone provide a functioning mirror?  
(Version 0.32.h)

ANONYMOUS  Still waiting for multiple accounts per service connectivity...  
(Version 0.32.h)

L.LUCIANO  It is a great program and developers are doing a great effort. Congrats i have no words for express my self... Any ways, I would love to see Fire receiving and sending files over MSN services. That would make this program Complete for me.. even if it still a beta version... Keep the good work  
(Version 0.32.h)

ANDRETAN  Doesn't work well with 10.3

Icons don't show up. Hope to see a 10.3 compatible version real soon!  
(Version 0.32.g)

WHYTOI  This is one multi-protocol IM client I keep on coming back to. Other/s have some frill factors but this is one that's solid and sit in the background doing real work. Highly recommended.  
(Version 0.32.g)

ANONYMOUS  Ok Tim... glad to know!!! It just seems like it's been forever... sorry if it seemed like I went off... ;)  
(Version 0.32.g)

CHANGWEI  Much thanks for creating this wonderful program!! It's one of the thing that I can't live without.   
(Version 0.32.g)

TOTAKEKE  The profile feature sucks because the font doesn't appear in other colors like it is supposed to >,<

There is no buddy icon feature..

I used Fire for about 2 weeks, loved it, then trashed it and went back to AIM since I can't stand no buddy icon or good-enough profile feature.

This thing also crashes tons of times that I got fed up with it.  
(Version 0.32.g)

TIM BROWN  Hey Anon. Be patient, its coming in 1.0... :-)  
(Version 0.32.g)

GUBDEB  Ooops.... nearly forgot to mention... MY opinion!

You guys are doing a great job... you were quick to respond to Yahoo issues, likewise with MSN - thanks!

Sure, there's stuff it doesn't do yet, sure there's stuff I'd like it to be able to do (top of my list is reliably predict lottery numbers - just for me mind!), but all in all, this is a fine application at a pretty reasonable price. Thanks  
(Version 0.32.g)

GUBDEB  Always interesting to see what 'anonymous' has to say...

I always thought Fire was free...

As such, I'm always grateful for what I get (for free) and am prepared to wait patiently for what doesn't yet exist...

And I always luxuriate in the knowledge that if what is provided for fre doesn't suit me, I can always use something else.

But that's just me - a believer in please and thank you.

;o)  
(Version 0.32.g)

ANONYMOUS  Someone please tell me why they STILL HAVE NOT added simultaneous multiple-accounts-per-service log-in yet?!?!?!?!?!?!

I have several Yahoo accounts, and it would be nice to log into all of them at once, a la Proteus...  
(Version 0.32.g)

153957  I do 'love' this app, But, since 2 days ago my system preferences were reset, i was really angry.. so i had to re configure every thing, even my dock was back to default.. luckily i made a screenshot for someone a week ago..

but to the point, just 15 minutes ago, when i was chatting on Fire (this latest version) my Preferences (in Fire) got reset (again, just like the time before) i don't know if this is a fire issue, but it does occur in Fire, anybody else having problems with resetting preferences? (might Stuffit 8 be the cause? (which i install (now un-installed (just incase)) 2 days ago..  
(Version 0.32.f)

IN LALA LAND  Works great and is less filling too. Goodbye and good ridance to AIM, Yahoo and MSN message software. Heck, those other only support Mac as an afterthought anyways.  
(Version 0.32.f)

ERNIE  since microsoft forces the world to use their latest messenger, Fire is a good alternative I just couldn't stand the XP-look of MSN anymore.

not checked stabillity yet... keep up the good work  
(Version 0.32.f)

WHYTOI  Yep. These 3rd party IM clients don't delete buddies very well. I've managed to do the trick by first deleting the names in their respective proprietary clients first. Then coming back to Fire (without signing on) and delete those names again. Alternatively, you can delete them all in Fire and then re-import the buddy list.  
(Version 0.32.f)

LES  RE: Deleting Buddies

I'm not sure this is a problem with Fire, I have the same problem when I used Proteus. Buddies that I've deleted keep coming back if I sign on with my laptop after I've logged off from the desktop at work. I've loaded the authorized version of AIM/Yahoo and deleted the entries there, and they still com back.   
(Version 0.32.f)

WHYTOI  You beauty! YahooMessenger is now truly back online. Hopefully you guys can also work out something for MSN's new authentication soon too... Keep up the good work!  
(Version 0.32.f)

ANONYMOUS  It's still the nicest messaging client on Mac OS X... but unfortunately it still seems to have major problems with changes in the buddy list on ICQ.

For example, you cannot safely delete or add ICQ buddies from within Fire. You have to do it from the normal ICQ client. If you add buddies there, Fire still does not synchronize with the ICQ server so you would still have your old buddy list in Fire. The »Re-load buddies« function appears to be entirely non-functional for ICQ.

A workaround used to be to delete the FireConfiguration.plist file in ~/Application Support/Fire, but that seems to no longer work either.  
(Version 0.32.e)

JACQUES  Yahoo! has pulled 3rd party IM support, see CNET for the article.

It is not clear whether it's a change in policy (in the past they have provided the ability for 3rd party IM support) or a change in protocol (where now all 3rd party IMs must adjust).  
(Version 0.32.e)

WEBBIX  I know that 0.32.e is specifically for the changes that Yahoo! made but I can not connect to the Yahoo! service from Fire. I checked Soureforge to see if I was missing something. I downloaded the Yahoo Messenger and I can definitely log in with my user/password. I deleted the Fire Yahoo account and recreated but I still get a message that my password is not correct. Is there some format for adding the password? Port change?  
(Version 0.32.e)

WINGMASTER  The most complete Multiple IM client.  
(Version 0.32.e)

ANONYMOUS  Does this allow for multiple accounts from the same service to be logged in at the same time, a la Proteus, yet?  
(Version 0.32.e)

CHAS_M  I was having trouble with iChat the last time I tried Fire. I'll give it another go, but I need to keep iChat around for AV chats.  
(Version 0.32.e)

GRAVIAN  What suprises me is he maneged to implement almost all the features of the actual programs, realy the only ones that arnt implemented are the non-important realy sugar coated ones, this is the best multi protocol app I've ever seen. Keep it up, and if you can add voice chat and so on and other things that arnt there, you can beat them at there own game. --It's very stable, and never crashes, you could make it your defalt its so stable!

---very easy to use because most of the setup is easer that the actual programs.

--this program, given some time and developement, could be released on the shelves of many stores because of it's value.

--As far as features go, I've said enough havent I?

I give it!

5--5--5--5

Hmmm, I tend to review mainly good programs, lol.  
(Version 0.32.d)

ANONYMOUS  Very nice implementation of a multiple IM client. If you mostly text chat with many different IM, this client is great. File transports sometimes chrash.  
(Version 0.32.d)

FIRE AND ICQ  Have been using Fire for about 7 months now and will never touch the original ICQ or (probably) anything else again. It rocks.

There is a drawback, though. Fire seems to have big problems managing an ICQ buddy list. Removing buddies in Fire doesn't work, instead, they strangely appear in a different group and things get all mangled up. I even started the original ICQ client to get rid of the unwanted buddies and then tried to reload my contacts in Fire, but that didn't work either, things were getting totally confused.

The solution is to go to Library/Application Support/Fire/ and remove the FireConfiguration.plist file, and then re-connect to the service. It will then re-load the buddy list from the ICQ server and everything will be fine.  
(Version 0.32.d)

PETE  Amazing piece of software - removes the clutter of having to install several software packages. One does it all. Use it for a week with MSN, Yahoo, ICQ works like a charm  
(Version 0.32.d)

PATRICK (PATROUIL)  Marvelous. In less than 10mn you can install it, get connected to Yahoo and MSN and see your contacts connected. Its very user freindly and well localized (French).  
(Version 0.32.d)

MACMEND  still prefer it to all the others  
(Version 0.32.d)

SYZYGY SZD  Very nice, almost perfect  
(Version 0.32.d)

153957  It So Cool, Why FASTER then MSN messenger, i use MenuMeters, in my time of MSN messenger CPU was always 100% and very slow

With Fire its only 20% (or lower)

Its Awsome, This Product is Superb, only bad that it does not support groop-conversations with MSN  
(Version 0.32.d)

WTMCGEE  keeps getting better.   
(Version 0.32.d)

JZMAN  Best IM program I've ever used. Awesome!  
(Version 0.32.c)

JAN  been using fire for a week... a definite must have for those of us who chat using more than one messenger service... easy to install/use, nice interface, incredibly functional and it's free!!

my only con -- i wish i could figure how to log on under "invisible" mode or is that feature not available on fire? hmmm...  
(Version 0.32.b2)

IRNBRU001  Great program! Much better then any other chat clients, either ones for only one service, or the ones for many. The best part is when people (windows people) ask me what program I use and I can tell them "I'm on Fire". I love it.  
(Version 0.32.b2)

ANONYMOUS  Fantastic. Keeps getting better. You guys are heroes. Thank you.  
(Version 0.32.b2)

WTMCGEE  great! glad to see they're working on it.  
(Version 0.32.a)

NKOCHARH  wtmcgee:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1413197&forum_id=11839

and

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=653010&group_id=33772&atid=409173  
(Version 0.32.a)

JH  This is an awesome app! Earlier versions did not run that great on my computer, but with the latest release it's running great now. I run MSN, AOL, and Jabber perfectly on it. I highly recommend checking it out.  
(Version 0.32.a)

WTMCGEE  i know windows remember their size after you change the sizes... but is there a way to make them a certain size by default? BEFORE you open and have to resize them?  
(Version 0.32.a)

ANONYMOUS  Still not my favorite interface... but Oscar support... nnnice.  
(Version 0.32.a)

NKOCHARH  All chat windows open the same size by default; if you move or resize them, Fire remembers the new positions and sizes.  
(Version 0.32.a)

WTMCGEE  how do you get all chat windows to open the same size? that's my only gripe with this program. othewise, almost perfect.  
(Version 0.31.e)

DRAGON  Great app. Please include file transfers on a future release.  
(Version 0.31.e)

FROGMELLA  Fire ROCKS!

To the anonymous poster who wanted this for Windoze, have you checked out Vista?

http://www.i3connect.com/vista_personal.html

Not as good as Fire but, hey, Fire runs on a Mac. Heh.  
(Version 0.31.e)

ANONYMOUS  freaking awesome -- I wish I could get a version for my windows and linux machines... I love this client.  
(Version 0.31.e)

TULIO  It's a nice application. It is good and works well. But I prefer Proteus, hands down.  
(Version 0.31.e)

E.J.  This is a brilliant piece of software. Often switching to a mutli-IM program means giving up all the unique preferences and the native stability. Not so with Fire. I'm terribly impressed, but please, please don't go shareware. The (free) price is the clincher that makes this the best IM client, hands down.  
(Version 0.31.e)

FROGMELLA  This app ROCKS! My Windoze buddies are all secretly jealous of having one app to do all services. I have had no problems with crashes or dropped connections. Only things that would be nice would be proper group chat and file transfers with MSN.

Otherwise, Epicware guys, thank you thank you THANK YOU!  
(Version 0.31.e)

ANONYMOUS  Just downloaded, and seems to be working great save for one issue. I can't get Yahoo to let me login. AOL and MSN work fine, but Yahoo keeps kicking me out immediately upon login. Not sure why that is. Other than that, great stuff!  
(Version 0.31.a)

ANONYMOUS  it really rocks.... isn't a cpu eater, and behaves nice for a beta. btw: 0.30a is out at epicware  
(Version 0.29b)

HASAN  Fire is relatively easy to set up, and more reliable than the AIM, or YIM clients I was using before. Add to that lack of Addware, need for only one client for all of my chat friends, and the price... We have a winner.  
(Version 0.29b)

DAVE C.  This is a great product and I appreciate the author taking the time to develop this for the Mac community at no cost to us. I havent had any problems with this at all. It has a lot of great features and does its job of letting me talk to my friends who all have different IM software. Good Work!!  
(Version 0.29b)

SPIKE  I think that the problem with MSN is "not" fire's fault. I don't use Fire, but when I use the official MSN app, it also drops the connection or sometimes it doesn't send the text (problems with the connection). Instead, try to use Windows MSN app (I have VPC), it doesn't have any kind of problem, and if you can, try a app called "Trillian" (www.trillian.cc), it's for windows, but it's great... they say that they will make a mac version...

In conlusion, the problem with MSN is because of the really bad coding of the mac app (it suxs)!!!!  
(Version 0.29b)

ELLY  hi! i've been using fire for a few weeks, and it has some great features but it's DEFINITELY A BETA. it breaks in the most amazing and wonderful ways. all the time. i look forward to the next release.   
(Version 0.28b)

ALAN COOK  I'm frustrated with all of the Mac OS X "IM" type clients...Fire still drops my messages and my friends are frustrated that I'm online but ignoring them and I do not receive their messages. THERE IS A POLL for which platform to port Trillian (a "fire" type multi-IM client) and Mac OS is losing to Linux...according to my Windows/Linux friends, this is a very stable client and we should all vote for the Mac OS X port...vote at:

http://www.trillian.cc/

thanks,

Alan  
(Version 0.28b)

RAIKU  very cool to be able to use several IM services in one app !!! please enhance it, add file transfer to it, etc. :-)  
(Version 0.25.c)

SATURDAY7@MAC.COM  Ahh, thanks! Stuffit didn't do the job, but DiscCopy did. I've never run into that before.  
(Version 0.23a)

SATURDAY7@MAC.COM  Ahh, thanks! Stuffit didn't do the job, but DiscCopy did. I've never run into that before.  
(Version 0.23a)

ANONYMOUS  The best IM software (and the only one other than ICQ) for OS X. For those of you that get a text file... just drag it on Stuffit Expander, and it turns it into a disk immage.  
(Version 0.23a)

SATURDAY   Hmmm - I may be retarded, but at least I'm not an AoL user.  
(Version 0.23a)

ANONYMOUS  no, you are retarded. This is a great piece of software, unfortunatly AOL picked up on it again, as i just got kicked.  
(Version 0.23a)

SATURDAY  This unstuffs into a text file, not a binary  
(Version 0.22a)