so, are there any
besides the usual:
AIM(Adhack, ++, and whateverthefuck the new AIM vers. is that blows)
GAIM
Trillain
MSN
Yahoo

that have really nice interfaces for XP? one of my mac friends had a really cool one a while back that was very minimalistic. kinda looking for something like that. I almost wished that Konfabulator had a widget that did cool things with an MSN or AIM. Any thoughts? ideas? links? Discuss.

10/17/2005 7:13:51 PM

aim 4.8 + edit aim.odl

10/17/2005 7:15:35 PM

explain ^

10/17/2005 7:18:43 PM

aim.odl is what specifies what modules aim loads.

Quote :

" ; This is the current AIM configuration. on_startup { load_ocm proto required load_ocm startup required load_ocm aimapi load_ocm console } on_message(7, 270) { load_ocm oscmain required load_ocm miscui required load_ocm stats required load_ocm osclogin required load_ocm buddyui required load_ocm icbmui required load_ocm locateui load_ocm browse load_ocm popup load_ocm oscsrch load_ocm chatui load_ocm icbmft load_ocm rvapps load_ocm ticker load_ocm oscmail load_ocm alertui load_ocm gizmo load_ocm NTP } ; Tools that need to load to handle broadcast messages on_type(4) { load_ocm buddyui load_ocm icbmui load_ocm locateui load_ocm browse load_ocm chatui load_ocm ticker load_ocm oscpim load_ocm alertui } ; Tools with Preference handlers on_message(7, 265) { load_ocm buddyui required load_ocm oscpim load_ocm ticker } on_group(2) { load_ocm locateui } on_group(7) { load_ocm admin required } on_group(5) { load_ocm advert required } on_group(11) { load_ocm advert required } ;Load on INVITE group on_group(6) { load_ocm oscsrch } ;Load on USER_LOOKUP group on_group(10) { load_ocm oscsrch } ;Load on ODIR group on_group(15) { load_ocm oscsrch } ;Load on BUDDYUI group on_group(3) { load_ocm buddyui required } ;Load on PIM group on_group(261) { load_ocm oscpim } ;Load on LOG Event on_message(7, 269) { load_ocm oscpim } ;Load on CONFIG group on_group(271) { load_ocm osconfig } ;Load on TICKER group on_group(279) { load_ocm ticker } ;Load on CHAT_NAV group on_group(13) { load_ocm chatui } ;Load on CHAT group on_group(14) { load_ocm chatui } ;Load on RENDEZVOUS group on_group(275) { load_ocm chatui load_ocm icbmft load_ocm rvapps } ;Load on BROWSE group on_group(268) { load_ocm browse } ;Load on LOGIN group on_group(259) { load_ocm oscmain load_ocm miscui load_ocm osclogin } "

is the original from 4.8

if you remove

Quote :

" on_group(5) { load_ocm advert required } on_group(11) { load_ocm advert required } "

the ad module doesn't load.

you can also play with the other modules if you want even less.

its pretty minimal.

10/17/2005 7:21:29 PM

you should check out the trillian skins

10/17/2005 7:30:11 PM

hmn, any others?

10/17/2005 7:37:58 PM

is trillian still bloatware, or did they fix it?

10/17/2005 7:38:07 PM

where do i find trillian skins?

10/17/2005 7:58:25 PM

aim 4.8 and aim+

10/17/2005 8:17:10 PM

Quote :

"where do i find trillian skins?"

i find mine by typing "trillian skins" into google

currently using "Futurist"

10/17/2005 8:29:53 PM

Adium is a killer aim client

10/17/2005 8:41:20 PM

Trillian + Microscopic 2.0. It's minimalist. Takes up the least amount of space while still providing a simple interface. Frankly, it boggles my mind why people choose to have bulky windows and unnecessarily large formatting bars for their IM windows. How many times do you honestly click on a formatting bar for normal conversation? And the normal bold, italic, underline can be done with keyboard shortcuts.

This is my setup with the contact list and four different window configurations shown, in varying degrees of complexity.

10/17/2005 9:13:41 PM

trillian is gay

10/17/2005 9:15:07 PM

trillian can run kinda bloaty depending on the skins, plugins, and options you use. I have about 5 AIM screen names and so about 400 people in my buddy list and I have it display all their icons, sometimes scrolling is sluggish on my 1 ghz celeron laptop, but for the most part it runs fine. If it does run sluggish for you, try a different skin and try turning off stuff like automatic-wikipedia lookup and icons displaying in the buddylist.

you should only need to do that if you're REALLY low on system memory or install wierd plugins and crazy skins.

10/17/2005 9:16:21 PM

i liked the look of trillian but it would randomly fuck up and the html profile viewer occasionally crashed

10/17/2005 9:21:21 PM

Jon what OS are you running? Trillian has issues with Windows ME. Everyone at work runs trillian or gaim with 0 problems cept user error hehe.

The only time I had issues with Trillian myself was on an XP machine where something in the registry went "*SCREAM*" and died. I uninstalled it completely, directory and all and reinstalled it and no problems from then on.

Some skins of trillian are user created and have bugs. I use Aikon2 and love it. It doesn't allow for all the features because it's an antiquated skin but hey... it looks nice and I only use it to chat, not send files etc.

10/17/2005 9:32:19 PM

XP

im not the only one i know of, and the problem with the html viewer is well known

10/17/2005 10:11:30 PM

Quote :

"aim 4.8 + edit aim.odl"

I hope they never change the AIM protocol to render this version useless. For the Mac, I don't use anything. Adium looks cool, but it's worthless.

10/17/2005 10:15:49 PM

can you run more than one aim sn on trillian at the same time? ive got a personal name a business one and one other sn i put on shit like tww. id like to run all three at the same time like with aim's screen name linking

10/17/2005 10:16:38 PM

yeah, you can run as many screen names on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, or IRC as you want (within a reasonable limit possibly though...)

10/17/2005 10:28:01 PM

deadaim can link names

10/17/2005 10:29:27 PM

can't normal AIM link screenames? I'm pretty sure I don't have dead aim and I can link names on aim

10/17/2005 10:30:56 PM

normal aim can, but id like to use trillian... i want to know if trillian can run more than one aim screen name

10/17/2005 10:36:58 PM

Quote :

"yeah, you can run as many screen names on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, or IRC as you want "

yeah I wasn't clear, but that was in response to your question. I meant on aim... on trillian, not regular aim when I said that

10/17/2005 10:41:01 PM

yah i jsut figured it out, thanks

10/17/2005 10:43:14 PM

damn, i dont like how you cant keep teh profile infos and shit seperate.

[Edited on October 17, 2005 at 11:28 PM. Reason : well you can with different identities but i aint shelling out 25 bucks when aim was working]

10/17/2005 11:20:51 PM

download a crack

10/17/2005 11:29:14 PM

Quote :

"aim 4.8 and aim+"

holler

10/18/2005 12:13:53 AM

i enjoy aimutation

10/18/2005 3:27:00 AM

aim 4.8 and MyIM

10/18/2005 6:18:30 AM

10/18/2005 11:36:19 AM

^ possibly the ugliest interface I have ever seen

10/18/2005 1:03:55 PM