I have pidgin working now but I tried your Yahoo messenger suggestion
and I was requested to download "flash player", I was unsure if I
should. I mean if I'd been using windows I would not have hesitated
but I didn't know if flash player was something Linux was gonna be
happy about???
Similarly when I log onto my MSN hotmail box I am told by Firefox that
I need plugins to display the page properly and I don't know if I
should attempt that either???
So I guess I'm asking if I'm offered a program designed for windows
and I try to download it what's gonna happen?
By the way now I'm using Linux should I be calling "programs"
applications?,