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    a good Chat program (aim, etc...)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by joystik, Dec 15, 2006.

  1. joystik

    joystik Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey i was just wondering what you all use for chatting. I used to use trillion, for aim, msn and all that.. but with my new notebook i do not have a program yet.. and i would like to see whats all availible out there.
     
    joystik, Dec 15, 2006
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    Qhs Notebook Evangelist

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    streather Notebook Evangelist

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    multi chat clients

    trillian, gaim and miranda-im are all pretty good :)
     
    streather, Dec 15, 2006
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  4. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    +1 for gaim.
     
    vespoli, Dec 15, 2006
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    Gaim or Miranda.
     
    iOsiris, Dec 15, 2006
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    I'm not a big fan of Miranda, but Gaim and Trillian are both great programs. I prefer Trillian (because of its slightly less sucky IRC support, and awesome smilies), but still use Gaim at work and school.
     
    Jalf, Dec 15, 2006
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    Miranda takes quite a bit of tweaking to get it up to par on functionality, but the potential is there, if you don't mind spending some time on it. It's also very light, resource-wise. Kinda like the foobar of IM, heh.
    Gaim is great as well.
     
    iza, Dec 15, 2006
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    +1 for Miranda and GAIM.
     
    Calum, Dec 16, 2006
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    I use trillian on Windows, and Adium on OS X.
     
    cashmonee, Dec 16, 2006
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