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 Member 633 Level 41.66 Mar 2006 
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Good Multi-Instant Messenger Client
So anyone know of any good programs that allow you to use AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and everything in between?
I know of Trillian, but if there's any better ones, I'd love to hear them. "... but I haven't got the time, uh-uh-uh, got to be off with the pizza. Pie, I mean bye!"
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Member 173 Level 32.17 Mar 2006
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Member 792 Level 16.27 Mar 2006
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I'm assuming a Windows machine, so pidgin is your other free option. Random bugs pop up, but not often.
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Mountain Chocobo
Member 6745 Level 26.37 May 2006
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Use the team's bugtracker to report bugs, otherwise they won't get fixed. You have the possibility to let the devs know your problems, so use it. |
Member 601 Level 42.43 Mar 2006
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Meebo is good if you're on a machine where you can't install software, since it's web-based, but I wouldn't use it at home. Everything is contained in the browser window, so you may miss a new IM if you don't have that window open.
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Member 423 Level 28.47 Mar 2006
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For anyone on Mac then Adium is the thing to check out, it's a fab little app that does multi-client chat stuff.
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Member 1133 Level 22.77 Mar 2006
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I know this is a little old, but I've been using Digsby. It's a relatively new client, still in beta [use the code 'neowin' to register], but it's pretty nice. You can use most of the Adium message styles, sound schemes, and a few other Adium extras with it, too.
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Member 722 Level 38.17 Mar 2006
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I use to use Trillian for a long time but I've recently switched over to Pigdin. Dumb ass name, but great chat client. It seems a bit more stable too, although its not entirely the case.
Right now though, Trillian has the superior sound effects, but Pidgin 'feels' better. I don't know, its a vague thing to try to convey exactly.   |
Member 597 Level 10.22 Mar 2006
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Pidgin is great, but is there no Xstatus feature/plugin? I can't see my buddies' status messages in addition to the idle,busy, etc.
Miranda is also great. I love it, but I can't get avatars to load correctly. |
Member 2604 Level 10.92 Mar 2006
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Pidgin is GAIM without the suck.
Thank you ever so wise and godly forum-lifers for putting a disgusting fatso image in my sig. Or... not.
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Member 629 Level 44.33 Mar 2006
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I've used Trillian for years, but its tendency to fail on connecting to IRC really pisses me off. I'm toying with the thought of looking elsewhere...
Also, if you're stuck behind a firewall or at work, Meebo is *fantastic*. I used it rather well offshore so far, despite the crazy-ass firewalling they do. This boat being an exception, of course. Bandwidth constraints, etc.  ... I will beat you! |
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Mountain Chocobo
Member 6745 Level 26.37 May 2006
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Pidgin is GAIM. It's the same software project, the same developer team - just a different name.
AOL were bugging them because of the AIM in GAIM. So they changed it, that's all :-) |
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Mountain Chocobo
Member 6745 Level 26.37 May 2006
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Thanks, I didn't know about that. Very interesting...
Hopefully the projects are merged again in the future. Doesn't make sense to keep a fork with only one (reasonable) change to the UI. |
Member 792 Level 16.27 Mar 2006
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Supposedly, it has more to do with UI. The devs who left claimed that pidgin wasn't addressing any of the community concerns, including the UI. One thing I heard was that their Jabber module was interfering with certain Jabber servers and the Pidgin devs were refusing to help out.
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