Coccinella - Instant Messaging w/ Whiteboarding and VOIP

I just tripped across an instant messaging application called Coccinella that allows you to do whiteboarding as well as voice chat with your conversations partners. It supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk.

As long as the person on the other end is using Coccinella, you can take advantage of it's advanced whiteboarding and voice chat features.

Coccinella works for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Five Best Instant Messengers

Check out this Lifehacker post about the Five Best Instant Messengers. I often find myself forwarding this link to my friends when they tell me that they're still using AOL's Instant Messenger application (complete with advertising).

You can find upgrades to your current IM situation regardless of your operating system. I like Adium for OS X, and Digsby for Windows. When I'm not on a personal computer, it's the web application Meebo for me. All of the apps mentioned can do multiple protocols at once, meaning that I can be connected to my friends on Facebook, GMail, Yahoo! IM, and AIM all at once.