aim? yahoo? msn? trillian?

2/28/2007 1:43:47 PM

2001

2/28/2007 1:46:33 PM

after some adjustment, i'm partial to the new AIM 6.0

2/28/2007 1:48:26 PM

depends what most of your friends are on.....
don't you already have names for all those anyway?

it's a moot point anyway. use an aggregator like trillian, gaim or AdiumX

2/28/2007 1:49:29 PM

Use Gaim - It's multi-platform, multi-protocol, and best of all, open source.

2/28/2007 1:50:18 PM

i don't get very many messenges

but miranda works fine for my messages

2/28/2007 2:48:59 PM

google talk!

2/28/2007 2:51:43 PM

http://www.meebo.com

2/28/2007 2:55:49 PM

Trillian is the only multi-client aggregator that works with AIM file transfers.

2/28/2007 8:16:14 PM

MQSeries 5.1

2/28/2007 8:28:58 PM

verb of the day: messenge

2/28/2007 8:38:16 PM

adium x...

on windoze -> gaim imo

2/28/2007 8:50:50 PM

i am a fan of trillian

2/28/2007 9:27:28 PM

AdiumX

2/28/2007 9:28:24 PM

aim 4.7 + myim

2/28/2007 9:29:45 PM

Quote :

"aim 4.7 + myim DeadAIM"

2/28/2007 9:38:03 PM

GAIM

2/28/2007 9:39:03 PM

maybe you should actually get together with your friends

just a thought

2/28/2007 9:44:31 PM

icq

2/28/2007 10:00:33 PM

Quote :

"maybe you should actually get together with your friends just a thought "

Is that all you do is go around tech talk flaming and providing no useful feedback whatsoever? Fuck off to chit chat

2/28/2007 10:03:36 PM

messenging

2/28/2007 10:07:10 PM

kb, what features / functionality are you looking for in a client? The one I have work I have leaves a huge memory footprint, but can damn near do anything.

2/28/2007 11:08:21 PM

gaim fucking blows on windows

2/28/2007 11:25:23 PM

http://www.miranda-im.com

GAIM BLOWS, TRILLIAN BLOWS

Adium X is amazing for the Mac

Miranda is the best, hands down, in windows

[Edited on February 28, 2007 at 11:33 PM. Reason : .]

2/28/2007 11:32:43 PM

Adium X

3/1/2007 1:04:44 AM

GAIM has served me well for years now. Plus per gaim's site: "Adium uses libgaim, the backend to gaim and gaim-text behind a slick OS X native UI."

(but gaim 2.0 has been in beta forever, and is kinda sputtering, though really you don't need much more fuctionality anyways)

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 1:12 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2007 1:10:36 AM

GAIM is mediocre at best on every platform. Unless you are running linux, there are MUCH better alternatives.

3/1/2007 4:44:52 AM

if miranda was easier to use out of the box, i bet more users would switch to it

3/1/2007 6:14:27 AM

yeah how do i get tabs in this pos, and get usernames next to the text they send me


who thought this size 8 font and arrows was a good idea?

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 8:41 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2007 8:40:55 AM

it takes a little bit of customizing and plugin downloads

3/1/2007 8:51:19 AM

Quote :

"Is that all you do is go around tech talk flaming and providing no useful feedback whatsoever? Fuck off to chit chat"

my sole mission is to piss you off

oh wait, i did

i win

3/1/2007 10:39:52 AM

df and Quinn,

that is a good point. I have a setup that's amazing. I'll zip it up and post it for you guys.

3/1/2007 4:03:20 PM

Yeah if you have a setup that beats gaim, I'd give it a shot. I've heard good things about miranda other than the arduous setup to get it up to par.

3/1/2007 4:08:01 PM

Yea it took me about an hour to find the plugins I needed/wanted and configure them.

Basically my setup uses tabbed conversation windows, with auto-pop on a new message and I have it configured for AIM/Yahoo/MSN/GoogleTalk

It also does auto-login on start and a few other little things that dont come enabled out of the box.


http://www.snotmonkey.com/files/miranda_tabbed_im.zip

just unzip it to a folder and run, or you can unzip it over top of your existing Miranda install.

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 4:36 PM. Reason : .]

3/1/2007 4:35:53 PM

Miranda IM has my vote...

Good: no bloat (unless you pimp it out with plugins), skinnable, multi platform, and an online community that keeps coming up with new stuff every day it seems

Bad: AIM transfers (can't send, but can receive), no webcam support (last time I installed/checked was ~5 months ago)

Plugins that I like: Tipper, TweakMiranda, and LoadAvatars


Noen, are you using a plugin for the auto login? I thought all you had to was lock/unlock the specific protocols for it to work, but mine seems sporadic.

3/1/2007 6:17:26 PM

Think I'll stick with gaim, I use its file transfer to send and receive with some friends who have aim.

[Edited on March 1, 2007 at 6:40 PM. Reason : ]

3/1/2007 6:40:10 PM

miranda ftw and thanks for the configured zip

3/1/2007 7:05:34 PM

Quote :

"who thought this size 8 font and arrows was a good idea?"

I found this tip to increase the font to increase font size of Gaim (or any other GTK app) under Windows

Quote :

" The solution is to find your home directory (C:\Documents and Settings\username) and create a text file named .gtkrc-2.0 containing this: style "win32-font" { font_name = "tahoma 12" } class "*" style "win32-font" "

http://amitp.blogspot.com/2005/09/font-size-in-gtk-apps-under-windows.html

3/29/2007 4:14:46 PM

Quote :

"Use Gaim"

other than the file transfer NEVER working

3/29/2007 4:46:50 PM

^Except that it almost ALWAYS works for me. Depends on your router/firewall setup and also the other party's setup. I used to have that issue but not for a year or two now really, except with one of my friends.

3/29/2007 4:52:30 PM

Trillian has some massive problems doing file transfers to and from aim.

3/29/2007 4:56:43 PM

^ Yes, but it still works better than Gaim or Miranda. There is no perfect one. If you're not going to do file transfers, then I think Miranda is the best if you need AIM.

Otherwise, gtalk. But really I hate all the instant messengers. Everyone needs to go to one open protocol and make it easier for people to communicate. Then the clients can battle over interface and functionality.

3/29/2007 6:16:18 PM

messenger mate + AIM

3/31/2007 12:19:36 AM

the newest version of aim with http://www.aimadhack.net

3/31/2007 1:28:52 AM

wow... nobody likes skype? one of the more reliable inter-OS video chats...
if AdiumX only supported video >.<

3/31/2007 11:48:04 AM

fire.

http://fire.sourceforge.net/

3/31/2007 12:04:09 PM

^^i love skype

3/31/2007 1:23:54 PM

[Edited on March 31, 2007 at 6:18 PM. Reason : edit]

3/31/2007 6:16:55 PM

centericq

3/31/2007 6:18:21 PM

Adium X.

3/31/2007 10:12:55 PM