The nominees for the 2008 contest were as follows:
Best Instant Messenger Experience
- Digsby
- Meebo
- Yahoo! Messenger 9.0
- Windows Live Messenger
Most Improved Instant Messenger
- Coccinella
- Digsby
- Meebo
- Pidgin 2.0
Best Mac Instant Messenger
- Adium
- iChat
- Yahoo! Messenger for Mac
Best Third-Party IM
- Adium
- Digsby
- Meebo
- Miranda
- Pidgin
Best IM Feature
- In-Line Media Player, Yahoo! Messenger
- Off the Record Plugin, Digsby
- Social Networking/E-mail Integration, Digsby
- IM-to-Text Capabilities, Multiple Clients
IM Developers of the Year
- DotSyntax, for Digsby
- Evan Schoenberg and Team Adium, for Adium
- Mats Bengtsson, for Coccinella
- Team Meebo, for Meebo
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Did your favorite IM client win? Check out the winners of the 2008 IM Best Awards.

