

Spark is an attractive, secure and fast IM client for local network communication, with extra tools that make it a great companion for your daily work at office. A lot of people have a Facebook account, making it the standard platform for getting in touch with people. What We Dont Like Requires storage space. Also, I feel configuration settings fall too short: I'd like to be able to change the font and color of my text or hide offline contacts, just to mention two missing options. 01 of 09 Facebook Messenger Hoch Zwei / Getty Images What We Like Ease of use. I had some problems when trying to organize my contacts into groups, with groups completely disappearing from my screen (but easily recovered by restarting the program). Of course, no software app is perfect and neither Spark is. What's more, the program includes some other useful tools like a basic note editor and a task list. Spark also has some extra details that are hardly found in LAN clients, such as avatar support, conference rooms, voice chat, spellcheck and even a special tool to capture anything on your screen and send it directly to any contact. Get access to free texting, and high-quality voice & video chat built specifically for. I especially like the emoticons sets included in the program, as well as the usage of a color code to distinguish between different statuses (online, away, busy and so on). Spark displays a nicely designed interface that makes it really pleasant to use.

It uses the Jabber protocol which can be configured to use either private or public networks, depending on the plug-ins you install on your server.

Of course, there's the possibility to use one of the big IM programs like Live or Yahoo! Messenger, but Spark is faster and far more secure. Spark is an IM client that you can use in organizations such as schools or companies to allow people communicate with each other in a quick, efficient way.
