What IM Program Do You Use?

[dlinkwit27]

What IM program do you use? Yet another stupid poll :)

[PulseDriver]

Damn, are you Dlink's little brother or something :p

[beanboy89]

Similar topic, no poll (http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=214321&highlight=aim).

[Coman]

well this one has poll smartass.
shut up and vote.

[auhsor]

MSN and Skype.

[MrMagick]

Trillian's the best baby, yeah!

[mysterious_w]

Trillian. Wooo.

[biggman15]

If I feel like talking, I come to the forums.... So I guess VBulletin......

[c2R]

Originally posted by mysterious_w
Trillian. Wooo.

In leet-speak, I believe that trillian "r0xx0rs", or something along those lines...

[deeder7001]

i use MSN and Yahoo. i didn't like Trillian much.

[d0rk]

GAIM

[deeder7001]

i just checked out Trillian. i like it so far. i probably won't stick with it for long though.

[Spazz333]

I only use MSN so I don't really see a point in getting Trillian or any of those. I love the Messenger Plus addon though, the floating contact buttons kick ass.

[siebe83]

I hardly use IM programs. If I do, it's MSN, just because most of the people I know use it.
Years ago we all used ICQ, but something went wrong somewhere...

[biggman15]

Originally posted by siebe83
I hardly use IM programs. If I do, it's MSN, just because most of the people I know use it.
Years ago we all used ICQ, but something went wrong somewhere...

ICQ is the reason I don't use any IM.... It was just a big Security hole....

[tuckerm]

i hated trillion because when i would change my screen name it wouldnt show up on there...also the display pics are uber small in there so im a big fan of msn.

[zootm]

MSN, Jabber and Skype. MSN and Skype I use the official clients (although I've patched the MSN one to take the ads out), and Jabber I use Pandion (http://www.pandion.be/).

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Trillian.

[morgado]

For IRC I use mIRC and for MSN, ICQ and Yahoo I use Gaim

[SSJ4 Gogitta]

AIM for AIM
Trillian for MSN, Yahoo, ICQ
mIRC for IRC

[protegechris]

Trillian 3 Pro, for the simple fact I need to have 3 accounts signed onto AIM, MSN, and YIM at any time :p

[Kieran Walker]

I used to use Trillian for IRC, but updating to v3 kind of killed it (I don't know what the hell happened--the thing was horribly laggy and bugged out, so I uninstalled it ten minutes later). Now using mIRC for IRC, and DeadAIM for AIM (tabbed IMs and no ads = <3).

[dlinkwit27]

well I have been using gaim, but I am trying trillian right now. I wish it had an option to just be skinned by the VS :( Other than that it's pretty nice. It can actually direct conenct and stuff

[NJK]

Me--> trillian
Mrs--> msn messenger
Son--> MirandaIM
backup messenger just in case --> Gaim

[Cylob]

--> Soulseek <--

[Vie]

Kompete - it tends to work.

[MidnightViper88]

AIM, primarily...

I used to use YIM as well, but not anymore, since not very many people are on anymore...I'll still log on weekends when I'm at my dad's house, for no reason, though (I'm surprised people still wanna talk to me, a "dead" person, on there anyway)...

[ScorLibran]

I use only MSN Messenger. I've boycotted all other chat clients on my PC. Not because I don't like any others, but a while back I had four or five chat clients installed, and I got tired of giving them the resource overhead they required to be running all the time. So I've chosen one chat program and told everyone that this is the only one I'll use. All my friends also use MSN-M, though, so I haven't "lost anyone" in this decision.

When I was using several chat clients, I used Trillian to have them all integrated into one interface. I liked Trillian a lot, except for a problem getting it to connect to ICQ (which I never got resolved). But now that I use only one chat client, I have no need or desire to install yet another program on my PC as a "wrapper" for one other program.

[psycho_maniac]

i use msn mostly for my friends. the only reason i use yahoo is for my family. they hate yahoo and all my family memebers mostly have yahoo. i used to use trillian till i got my new pc. its ok but most people on my list dont have trillian so the cool stuff dotn work. i just use msnplus which works great for me.

[Michgelsen]

Trillian, but only for msn. I have hated the msn messenger ever since version 5. 4.7 r0xx0red but trillian r0xx0rz even more.

[PulseDriver]

I use Trillian for IRC and MSN, though I could use it for ICQ too, as I have some friends there as well, but I haven't talked to them the last year lol, so right now I see no use.

[cyu]

Trillian Tres.

[PulseDriver]

Tres.?

[mysterious_w]

Tres = 3 (in spanish?)

[PulseDriver]

Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro?

[mysterious_w]

That would be it, yeah. Enrique Englai(how the hell do you spell his last name) taught me something, wow.

[PulseDriver]

The avatar in Trillian is skin dependant, there are skins which you can choose both your own and the participants avatarsizes independantly.

The default skin is however lame with this. I am going to make a skin which suits me better, and the avatars is one of the things I am going to change.

I think I am going to buy Pro too.

[Sandman2012]

Gaim for MSN and Jabber protocols, Skype for Skype, HydraIRC for IRC.

[c2R]

Originally posted by PulseDriver
The avatar in Trillian is skin dependant, there are skins which you can choose both your own and the participants avatarsizes independantly.

I just upgraded to v3 about a week ago, and the new version does seem good, but as you say the skin is a bit naff. (not that I'm worried about avatar size, as mine is the same as on here, and probably looks awful any bigger!). Any recommendations for a better skin, as lots of the ones I've tried are equally crap.!

[Sandman2012]

I think Trillian is a great program, but the inability to turn off the Skinning and "Snap to screen edges" features pushed me to look for something different. I like MirandaIM, but I'm gonna wait 'til it's a little more mature.

[xzxzzx]

Originally posted by ScorLibran
I use only MSN Messenger. I've boycotted all other chat clients on my PC. Not because I don't like any others, but a while back I had four or five chat clients installed, and I got tired of giving them the resource overhead they required to be running all the time. So I've chosen one chat program and told everyone that this is the only one I'll use. All my friends also use MSN-M, though, so I haven't "lost anyone" in this decision.

When I was using several chat clients, I used Trillian to have them all integrated into one interface. I liked Trillian a lot, except for a problem getting it to connect to ICQ (which I never got resolved). But now that I use only one chat client, I have no need or desire to install yet another program on my PC as a "wrapper" for one other program.

Same here. I voted "MSN" and "Skype" on the poll, but only because I use Skype for incidental reasons (VoIP), and in fact, it's only open when I need it (as opposed to MSN, which is always open).

MSN 7 is actually pretty smart in a lot of ways - for example, when you send a file, it'll transfer it locally if the recipient is on the same intranet as you. And if you patch it and install Messenger Plus!, it even becomes a decent client.

I have an arbitrary rule, too, one that has no foundation in logic yet has served me well:

"Anyone that doesn't use MSN isn't worth talking to."

Simple as that.

[ScorLibran]

Originally posted by xzxzzx
"Anyone that doesn't use MSN isn't worth talking to."

My philosophy exactly. Except for one person: Missy. She only uses Yahoo Messenger but she's my favorite person in the world to talk to. I still refuse to install Yahoo Messenger, though, so we don't chat online.

[MidnightViper88]

Originally posted by xzxzzx
I have an arbitrary rule, too, one that has no foundation in logic yet has served me well:

"Anyone that doesn't use MSN isn't worth talking to."

I'm not very talkative over the internet anyway...

Sorry to all that have IM'd me and I blatantly ignore you... :p

[zootm]

Originally posted by xzxzzx
MSN 7 is actually pretty smart in a lot of ways - for example, when you send a file, it'll transfer it locally if the recipient is on the same intranet as you. And if you patch it and install Messenger Plus!, it even becomes a decent client.
It's done that since 5 or 6, but the routing and such has been getting better all the time. I'm not a great fan of "Plus!", but I got a patch (cheers cooky560) which took the ads and ban on transferring MP3 files off. It works a treat :)

[ScorLibran]

I used to use MSN Plus! but I don't anymore because (1) it practically has to be loaded with Windows...the alternative is to manually load it just before starting MSN Messenger then manually kill its process after closing MSN Messenger, and (2) the value it provides isn't worth it for me to either go to the trouble of using it or give it the (albeit minor) additional memory and processing overhead it requires. The only features of MSN Plus! I ever really used and appreciated were custom names, log encryption and extended message lengths. I can do without those if it means making my instant messaging experience a little easier.

[xzxzzx]

The most recent version of MSN Plus! has some new loading code, but I have no idea if it's any different in that regaurd, ScorLibran.

Personally, I have MSN running all the time, so it's not much of a bother to have MSN Plus! running all the time as well. It is only about 30 cents worth of memory that it's using anyway, but I get your point. I like a lot of the things in MSN Plus, in particular, the ability to force other contact's messages to display in your font (I use a light text on dark background windowing scheme) is a lifesaver. Same with custom contact names.

On the downside, patching MSN is almost a requirement with MSN 7, otherwise it's so obnoxious that it's almost painful to use. Even MSG Plus! doesn't get rid of ads anymore...