Instant Messenger Madness

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:48 pm

Ok I have MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger and now a friend wants me to get Yahoo Instant Messenger. Do I really have to install all this stuff or is there a program around for Windows XP that will consolidate all of them? I seem to remember something like that for Linux but I need it for XP.

Thanks in advance,
Icey

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:55 pm

Trillian will combine them into one interface

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:19 pm

Miranda-im

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:47 pm

Miranda++.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue May 03, 2005 6:18 pm

I got both of them, installed them, and tried them. Trillian wins by light years ...

Thanks for the tips guys.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Tue May 03, 2005 8:03 pm

Trillian is sweet. Check out some of the skins you can get for it.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue May 03, 2005 8:59 pm

Aikon 3 skin fro Trillian rules.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:27 pm

Aikon2 is better. =)

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:46 pm

Krom wrote:Aikon2 is better. =)

X2.... Especially after I edited the smileys to get rid of the rediculously big, ugly things that came with it.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:01 pm

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:27 pm

trillian will do irc chat too icey.

irc.gamesurge.net #descent3 !

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:14 am

O man, cool! I will have to try setting that up tonight bro. Thx

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed May 04, 2005 2:34 pm

punisher wrote:trillian will do irc chat too icey.

irc.gamesurge.net #descent3 !

So does Miranda IM. Matter of fact, someone even released a new CList dll that allowed floating contacts as well.

http://forums.miranda-im.org/showthread.php?t=1796

btw DCrazy, theres an updated SRAMM up.

http://forums.miranda-im.org/showpost.p ... ostcount=4

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:02 pm

snoopy wrote:
Krom wrote:Aikon2 is better. =)
X2.... Especially after I edited the smileys to get rid of the rediculously big, ugly things that came with it.

x3

Been using it for years
And the spell checker plug-in is real handy =)

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Fri May 13, 2005 12:03 am

I use Gaim and have ever since Trillian started nagging at me to register. I like it. The only problem is that the Windows port has some issue with window resizing that crashes it if you resize a window too quickly.

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri May 13, 2005 1:32 am

i think they got rid of that nagging thing in trillian. since i upgraded to version 3 (still free) it hasn't nagged me since.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:28 am

Yeah, I am using the heck out of it and it has never crashed or asked me to register. Trillian is a great App ...

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:19 am

A lot of people say Trillian never nagged them, but it nagged me everyday. The sort of "You're on day 79. Please register!" "You're on day 80, please register!" stuff.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:41 am

Downloaded it and it works great... but alas no Hebrew support. So back to the drawing board.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:42 am

Kyouryuu wrote:A lot of people say Trillian never nagged them, but it nagged me everyday. The sort of "You're on day 79. Please register!" "You're on day 80, please register!" stuff.

What version was this, Kyouryuu? I had version 0.74 for a while and then upgraded to version 3, but I never saw so much as a single advertisement for the full version.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:50 am

Trillian sucks.

why? you need to buy the pro version in order to use plugins.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat May 14, 2005 12:57 pm

Why would you want to use plugins?

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Sat May 14, 2005 3:51 pm

more up to date skins for trill here, http://www.deviantart.com/

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Sun May 15, 2005 12:59 am

.73.x

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:56 pm

Ferno wrote:Why would you want to use plugins?

I dunno, to extend functionality maybe?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:38 pm

works just fine in it's stock (no plugins) form.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:04 pm

Yeah, it sure does. It needs no plugin to make it work.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:33 pm

Well, except the Minibrowser to view AIM profiles.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:46 pm

Trillian Pro includes a handy plugin that id use to chat on a Lan. But why do I have to pay extra for it?

ANd ever since they turned it into bloatware I moved to Miranda IM and have since appreciated it and never looked back. Oh yea, and the Lan chat protocol is free.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:23 am

Iceman wrote:Yeah, it sure does. It needs no plugin to make it work.

Please re-read my post. I said to extend functionality, not make it work. You know, as in add features that aren't already present.