Vacuum-IM Portable

Vacuum-IM Portable is a simple software tool that provides a simple means of keeping in touch with your friends, as well as send and receive files.

Since this is the portable version of Vacuum-IM, the installation process is not a prerequisite. If you copy the program files to a removable storage device, you make it possible to use it on the breeze, on any PC you have been granted access to.

You should also know that Vacuum-IM Portable is not going to add new items to the hard drive or Windows registry without your approval (as installers usually do), and does not leave any kind of traces behind.

The interface can only be described as being minimal, as it is only comprised of a few buttons and a panel where to display added friends. As a result, it can be used with great ease by anybody, including beginners or highly experienced people. It is unobtrusive, as the main window is automatically sent to the system tray.

This software utility is only dedicated to Jabber users, and you can easily show or hide offline buddies, add the most important ones to favorites and enable or disable the sound notifications. In addition to that, you should know that emoticons are integrated, you can log history or not, set the default download directory, customize message styles and plugins are supported.

In conclusion, Vacuum-IM Portable is a fairly efficient instant messenger which is accessible to all user categories. It does not put a strain on the computer’s performance, all tasks are performed with ease and we did not detect any kind of crashes, errors or freezes.