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Adium is a great IM (instant messaging) application, which allows for lots of customization such as the Dock icons and addition of plug-in and scripts. After using Adium for quite some time, I have compiled a list of 17 essential and must-have Adium Xtras that you should also install if you use Adium a lot!!

 

 

Adium iTunes Controller- Allows you to control iTunes without leaving your Adium chats by typing some simple commands. In order to view these command you would have to download the package, which contains a text file containing these commands.

 

 

/brb- This humorous script allows you to set really funny and interesting brb messages such as “My finger is stuck in the plug hole.” and “God has summoned me to the toilet.”. Just type /brb into your chat to show these funny brb messages.

 

Now Playing in Adium- Another nifty iTunes script for Adium. Just type %_nowplaying into your Available message and your Available message will be set to the current song that is playing on iTunes.

 

 

Deutschland Adiumy (German Jersey Euro 08)- Great dock icons for avid football fans. Other icons also include the AC Milan Adiumy and VfL Bochum 1848 Adiumy Season 08/ 09 dock icons.

 

 

MacBook Adiumy- One of the nicest and beautiful dock icons I ever seen. There are many choice of duck with different colors which changes according to your status, such as when going idle or away. You might also want to download the cute PowerBook Duck as well, which shows the Adium Duck holding a Mac PowerBook.

 

 

Riceballs- The best and nicest emoticon for Adium I ever seen. The emoticons are based on really cute riceballs, and I just love them!! If you want other cute Adium emoticons, check out Pandamotes as well!!

 

 

Overture 1928- A futuristic contact list style that fits in with all the colors. Just remember to set the opacity to 40%. To find other contact list styles that you like, just click HERE.

 

 

iPhone Message Style- Bring the iPhone user experience with this great iPhone Message Styles. Has slick silky smooth animations as well as lots of variant to choose from. Great for iPhone fans and those who do not have an iPhone.

 

 

Renkoo- Another great Message Style for Adium users who love to customize. Renkoo has custom background support as well as many color schemes to choose from. The cool fading effect is also an added bonus.

 

 

Super Mario World- A sound set from the game that makes funny sounds. If you do not like the Super Mario World sound set, there are many sound sets to choose from.

 

 

Stars- One of my favorite Status Icons which display status icons as stars. Like the Sound Sets, you can also choose lots of Status Icons.

 

 

Up2Date Aqua 3.7.1- Futuristic Aqua Service Icons with a glossy touch in it. Up2Date Aqua 3.7.1 looks great with translucent background. Also one of my favorite Service Icons.

 

 

Hand-drawn- These hand-drawn service icons are quite curly and distorted, but they add doddles and scribbles to Adium. Also has four different versions such as Handdrawn Color and Handdrawn Chalk.

 

 

iChat 4- Adds the Leopard iChat interface to your Menu Bar Icons, even if you do not have a Leopard. Flashy and shows up perfectly in the menu bar. To get more Menu Bar Icons, click HERE.

 

 

Skype- Adium by default does not has Skype. In order to add Skype function to Adium, just download the Skype Plugin and you will be chatting to your Skype buddies in no time!! If you have a Skype account try it out and tell me if it works. (I don’t have a Skpe account)

 

 

MeBeam Integration- Allows for support for videochat in Adium, with this plugin just added recently. Requires a webcam and headset in order for this to work.

 

 

Adium Xtra Updater- With so many Xtras, it is good to ensure that you always have the newest version. So this great app will allow you to check for the newest version of your Xtras and will tell you if there is an update, though the process is a bit geeky with Python and the command line involved.

 

That is about all for the list of must-have Adium Xtras for your Mac. If you want to get more Adium Xtras, just go to http://www.adiumxtras.com/ for a list of such Xtras. Also, if you like this list a lot, please digg this post, or suscribe to my feed. It will also be great if you could comment and tell me some Adium Xtras that you use as well!!