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    Good AIM client for XP?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Cygnus311, Feb 15, 2006.

  1. Cygnus311

    Cygnus311 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I'm a new XP user and was wondering what you guys use for AOL Instant Messenger/MSN/Yahoo, etc.? I use Adium on Mac...is there anything good like that which enables you to run multiple accounts at once?
     
    Cygnus311, Feb 15, 2006
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  2. milk242

    milk242 Notebook Guru

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    trillian

    I'm sure there are others too but i believe trillian will match adium the best.
     
    milk242, Feb 15, 2006
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    i also use trillian. there are connects for aim, yahoo, msn, and icq. all can run in a single buddy list.
     
    drumfu, Feb 15, 2006
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  4. Cygnus311

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    Cool. Thanks!
     
    Cygnus311, Feb 15, 2006
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  5. dragonesse

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    dragonesse, Feb 15, 2006
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    I use Trillian even though I really only use it for AIM.
     
    TheRunaway, Feb 15, 2006
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    I agree...Trillian is a great program for all of the messaging services.
     
    USAFdude02, Feb 15, 2006
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    too bad google talk isn't on trillian yet
     
    Amber, Feb 15, 2006
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  9. drummrsanonymous

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    I'll agree with dragonesse here. Gaim rocks my world and I suggest it to everyone I know. I tried Trillian a while back and the interface was too frilly for me. This might have changed since then, but I'm happy with Gaim.

    Oh yeah, Gaim will do AIM/ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, GroupWise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, SILC, and Yahoo. Since it's open source, should one of the companies decide to block it, there's usually a workaround posted the same or next day.

    Oh yeah, and did I mention that Google gives you instructions on how to set up Google Talk on Gaim using a Jabber profile? I think I just did. ;)
     
    drummrsanonymous, Feb 21, 2006
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  10. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    I use Miranda-IM. It's open source, with support for all the popular IM programs thru the use of plugins. And it uses practically no resources.
    Not much recent update action on it though, but everything still works fine, and the plugin community is still actively updating.
     
    Elminst, Feb 21, 2006
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  11. thecollegekid

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    i tried trillian.. for me.. it used alot of resources.
    miranda im need to use plugins.
    deadaim is amazing. been using it since 2003.
     
    thecollegekid, Feb 21, 2006
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    nothing beats TRILLIAN even the new GAIM beta 2!

    Trillian is the best (so beautiful :) )!!!!
     
    qohelet, Feb 22, 2006
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    I tried Miranda, and really wanted to like it. I'm just not computer literate enough to get it working correctly. Hopefully they can make it a little more user friendly soon.

    Gaim is a good alternative. I've been using trillian since .67, so I'm used to that, though.
     
    mech_e, Feb 22, 2006
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    It used to be trillian but portable gaim is smaller so I switched...
     
    warlord, Feb 22, 2006
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    AIM Sucks
    Deadaim isn't good
    Gaim is the worst possible i believe....

    So my vote is Trillian, since it has ICQ, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, and so on
     
    nickspohn, Feb 22, 2006
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    I am a huge fan of the AIM official client, however i dont like all that spyware they put on there. So i use this http://aftermath.dyndns.org:8888/~aimadhack/
    called aim ad hack. Modifies the AIM install to not install AOL Explorer, etc.. other than that i would go with gaim, thats what i use in linux. I dont know if they have it for windows, but kopete is also cool.
     
    mtrivs, Feb 23, 2006
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  17. fuyuki

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    I started using Gaim a few days ago. I must say, Gaim is pretty neat program. I used deadaim before.
     
    fuyuki, Feb 24, 2006
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    If you want a slick, small, robust and low CPU/Memory program, go for Miranda IM. Yes, sure, it's not noob friendly, but when you set it up, you got no worries.
    It supports every possible protocol, even IRC.

    Regards, VidKo
     
    VidKo, Feb 24, 2006
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  19. Kadahaf

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    trillian 3.1 is very good
     
    Kadahaf, Feb 24, 2006
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