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#1 MSNwar

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 02:33 PM

I am tired of the constant updates and everything in general.

What is compatiable with Windows Messenger?

#2 Lezend

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 03:14 PM

Trillian

http://www.trillian....lian/index.html

#3 Drewdatrip

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 05:31 PM

Yea trillian is deffinatly one of my favs...if you can get your hands on the pro version...id use that one..bertter interface and more stable...

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#4 LS_Dragons

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Posted 27 October 2002 - 07:51 PM

definitely TRILLIAN. Extra bonus that it can 'see' MSN, AOL, Yahoo, IRC, etc etc etc.

LS

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 12:38 AM

Trillian PRO all the way! w00t

#6 MSNwar

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 03:07 PM

I am switching to Trillian PRO ASAP.

Thanks All

#7 sedative

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Posted 28 October 2002 - 03:28 PM

You'll be back MSNwar. I tried Trillian Pro and didn't like it at all.

#8 ymchan

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 10:49 AM

When I use Trillian Pro, my MSN'ers are seeing me online and offline every 5 mintues or so. Any ideas why?

#9 sedative

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 12:11 PM

because trillian is junk.

#10 Crispy

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 01:18 PM

sedative, on Oct 31 2002, 07:11 PM, said:

because trillian is junk.

NOOOO!! w00t ... Trillian Rulezzz period!

#11 HashDump

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 02:07 PM

(Puts in his vote for Trillian)

#12 Doggie

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 05:51 PM

making your own messenger client... all you need is an understanding of programming in Visual Basic and Winsock.. quite easy..

#13 gamehead200

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Posted 31 October 2002 - 07:58 PM

Why do you want to switch clients? MSN is ok for me cuz I just talk w/ friends on it...

#14 MSNwar

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Posted 01 November 2002 - 03:41 AM

Why switch? I don't like its popularity among advertisers, hackers, and lamers. Everytime I turn around there is another pop-up ad, or some id*** that p***es me off so bad I want to fry his CPU (and I can), or some lamer that wants to challenge me to a game.

It seems that Trillian is cool.

#15 Doggie

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Posted 01 November 2002 - 04:57 AM

i don't have a prob with messenger either.. reliable.. simple and nice gui.. just the adds p*** me off.. but i got a proggy to get rid of dat

#16 amdmstf

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Posted 28 November 2002 - 08:16 AM

I agree to all the people says Trillian is junk

#17 LouCypher

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Posted 28 November 2002 - 05:10 PM

Perhaps you could suggest an alternative to Trillian then? One that supports simultaneous connections to ICQ, IRC, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo!, skinning, has NO ads, all while using less than 5MB of RAM?

Or do you like running 5 seperate programs, a cluttered systetm tray, fewer available system resources, and popups?

Trillian > *

Edit: oh, and Trillian has SecureIM, which is encrypted text messaging, so if someone on your corporate LAN is spying on you with dsniff or a commercially available IM monitor, they won't know what the hell you're talking about.

I donated to Cerulean Studios because I liked Trillian that much. I've paid for < 6 software programs in my life, and it's one of the few programs I ever ran that was worth the money. As a Trillian supporter, I can download Trillian Pro for free, but I see nothing new that it has that I really care for. IMHO it was a step in the WRONG direction. I've been quite satisfied with regular Trillian and the "compact071" skin. My favorite feature of all is Trillian's URL grabber. I don't have to scroll back through pages of logs just to find the occasional link dropped in IRC.

#18 MSNwar

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Posted 28 November 2002 - 07:30 PM

Well Lou that pretty well sums it up.

#19 Scuga

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Posted 09 January 2008 - 06:24 AM

One answer -> Miranda

Very small and lightweight, supports a lot of protocols, even multiple msn accounts. Also supports plugins for alot of different functions.

Only downside, as I see it, no support for webcam with other msn users..

/Michael

This post has been edited by Scuga: 09 January 2008 - 06:25 AM