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08-14-2005, 08:24 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,346
|  Best IM Messenger for Windows
What is your personal opinion on whats the best instant messenger for windows.
I think Trillian is the best as it lets me connect to AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo!, and more. I hear GAIM is pretty good also and I've tried it for a week but I still prefer trillian. | 
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08-14-2005, 08:58 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,839
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the only ones i've used are AIM and MSN. who is Trillian made by?
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08-14-2005, 09:27 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 479
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from what i remember, my experience with trillian is that it's instable, AD prone.. Gaim is fast, much faster than MSN  Though, on windows platform, i only use msn messegner, purely because the feature set is full, no third party software can compete with that.. I don't use any other network either.. except IRC
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08-14-2005, 09:41 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,346
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No way it's not unstable you must have tried 1.0 or early 2.0 Beta. Triallian is now on 3.1 and it can't be any more stable. And trillian doesn't come with any ads at all what are you talking about...
Gaim has some great plug ins like AIM MSN and Yahoo!. I use it on my Fedora System can't say I like it though.
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08-14-2005, 09:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 32,054
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Trillian 3.1 Pro is what I use, its stable, never had a problem, no ads, no spyware, etc. The only problem is if you use Beta Explorer 1, you need to replace the msn.dll file, if you dont, Trillain is not usable, it crashes upon initializing. Other than that, its great.
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08-14-2005, 10:18 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 33
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Although it doesn't connect to other instant messaging clients, I really enjoy XFire. It's great if you and you're friends play a lot of online games, as it lists the server that they are in and allows you to join them. Also, the built in downloader that downloads gaming videos and game demos is a nice feature.
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08-14-2005, 10:55 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,346
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I never even heard of that what client connects to that I assume it's a single client and is not in a multi client.
Lucky Warez to have the pro version. Is it worth getting I checked the benefet chart and it didn't seem like it. Also note not many people are using IE7Beta.
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08-14-2005, 11:10 PM
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Member (again) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raul's Wild Kingdom...How 'bout that, huh? Posts: 4,200
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I love Gaim
I just don't know why, but for the short time I tried Trillian, I didn't like it... | |
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08-14-2005, 11:15 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,346
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I guess it's all about the preference GAIM and Trillian do the same thing exept trillian has a few more messengers bundled in it (unpopular and you may not use them though). GAIM just feels to much like a Linux app to me. | |
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