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    Best multi messenger app?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by madroxinide, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. madroxinide

    madroxinide Notebook Deity

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    I know of Trillian, but are there any others that are better than Trillian? Do any include some of the features that you can get with the standard messengers themselves? (such as photo sharing and sending files etc)
     
    madroxinide, Jun 9, 2007
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Trillian is still the gold standard as far as I know.

    EDIT: You might be interested in this though....... slashdot article linking to an extremetech review of 6 multi-im clients:

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/08/2117248

    I decided to link you to the slashdot article itself since maybe some of the comments might be useful to you as well in addition to the actual review.
     
    zadillo, Jun 10, 2007
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  3. whistle

    whistle Notebook Consultant

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    Pidgin is pretty good... runs on Windows + Linux. It used to be called GAIM but AOL wasn't too happy about the AIM part of it, so they changed their name. http://www.pidgin.im

    It supports file transfers but not image, etc (I think)... I'm running Trillian when using XP and Pidgin when on Ubuntu.

    Oh and it's open source :)
     
    whistle, Jun 10, 2007
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  4. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Yup Trillain & GAIM/Pidgin is all you need.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Jun 10, 2007
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  5. madroxinide

    madroxinide Notebook Deity

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    I would really like to know when the new yahoo messenger is coming out. The 8.1 version is just so ugly when using it on Vista.
     
    madroxinide, Jun 10, 2007
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    Another vote for Pidgin.

    The funny thing is, Gaim used the 'AIM' abbreviation for AOL Instant Messenger before AOL did. In fact, it used to be called GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger, and AOL complained prompting the first name change. Shortly after AOL started calling their own client AIM.
     
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  7. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Both Trillian and Pidgin support sending files and many (but not all) of the extra features.

    I use Trillian at home and Pidgin at work/school. Both are pretty good programs, but on Windows, Trillian is just that bit more polished.
     
    Jalf, Jun 10, 2007
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    I used Trillian way back when, it was flawless for me.

    AIM and all the other messengers have added so many features since then tho so I am sure its harder to have an all-in-one.

    Only one I have on my machine now is X-Fire because I use it to see if my friends are playing a game online.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 11, 2007
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  9. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    I use Miranda.
    http://www.miranda-im.org/
    Open-source. Supports any chat thing you can think of through plugins. hundreds of plugins for other functionality. Customizable themes and options. Ridiculously small resource footprint.
     
    Elminst, Jun 11, 2007
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