CO_Chris
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2 edits | Thank God for Trillian
Thank God for Trillian right after i read AOL did this a few weeks or months ago i got ride of AIM and only use Trillian now.. damm you AOL. |
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Defcon888
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San Bruno, CA
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| said by CO_Chris  :
Thank God for Trillian right after i read AOL did this a few weeks or months ago i got ride of AIM and only use Trillian now.. damm you AOL.
Amen.
But then again, I use AIM 5.2 along with DeadAIM  :)
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GrandFunkRR7
Got Funk??
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join:2003-02-12
Lebanon, PA | reply to CO_Chris
Trillian kicks ass!!!
Shame on you AOL...you bloatware behemoth. |
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yock
TFTC
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join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH | reply to CO_Chris
GAIM
Another good alternative to AIM is GAIM. It's an GNU/GPL open source alternative that has come a long way in the last few years, and it's available for all major OSes. |
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MuDvAyNe
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Brooklyn, NY
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Re: Thank God for Trillian
said by Defcon888 :
said by CO_Chris :
Thank God for Trillian right after i read AOL did this a few weeks or months ago i got ride of AIM and only use Trillian now.. damm you AOL.
Amen.
But then again, I use AIM 5.2 along with DeadAIM :)
same
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fenix_ds
join:2001-08-03
Charlotte, NC
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Re: GAIM
you're right, I use GAIM and it's come a very long way, now with its 0.76 version, with transparency option, etc.
However, it has some issues with Yahoo! IM, and sometimes crashes under Windows
For anyone interested: »sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/
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koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
1 edit | I wish I could agree. One of the most common problems with *IX-developed applications that rely on X is that their authors have absolutely no idea what the "U" in UI stands for.
Also, if you read their Windows port page, you'll find all sorts-of general idiocy, involving blaming buggy DLLs and yadda yadda for what actually look to be bugs with the (absolutely horrid) Win32 port of GTK. All of this cross-platform voodoo could be circumented if X programmers began using wxWindows, sigh...
»www.wxwindows.org/
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removed
Crisis Management Squad
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join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
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Re: Thank God for Trillian
Trillian is just as bad. |
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reub2000
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join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | reply to koitsu
Re: GAIM
What bugs? I haven't had any problems on windows that I haven't had on linux. |
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ghostpainter
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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Re: Thank God for Trillian
said by CO_Chris :
Thank God for Trillian right after i read AOL did this a few weeks or months ago i got ride of AIM and only use Trillian now.. damm you AOL.
I like the Weather Bug, but Damn AOL and Aim...They've corrupted it to the level of Gator...I suppose that's a Gain of some sort.... |
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reub2000
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Evanston, IL
| said by ghostpainter :
said by CO_Chris :
Thank God for Trillian right after i read AOL did this a few weeks or months ago i got ride of AIM and only use Trillian now.. damm you AOL.
I like the Weather Bug, but Damn AOL and Aim...They've corrupted it to the level of Gator...I suppose that's a Gain of some sort....
Watch your mouth before it gets sued. |
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koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA | reply to reub2000
Re: GAIM
See: »gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php, section labelled Major Win Gaim bugs and Workarounds.
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jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ | reply to CO_Chris
Re: Thank God for Trillian
Bad Idea AOL looks like I won't be upgrading to 5.5 |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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Stepford, CA
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said by removed :
Trillian is just as bad.
OK, soooo, how is it just as bad as AOL. You're comparing apples to oranges. Trillian doesn't have any bloat.
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HeresyPgm
join:2001-03-06
Cleveland, OH | reply to CO_Chris
I'm still using 4.7. Does just what I need it to. |
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koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| reply to major marco
As one of the guys who beta tested both present releases of Trillian Pro, I can assure you Trillian/TPro have bloat. The memory footprint, however, is *incredibly* small, which may be the key focus of what "bloat" is or is not.
I would say Trillian/TPro are memory-friendly, yet as far as the applications themselves go (and their absolutely horrid UI -- it's sad to see a multi-IM client go the way of Winamp 3.x), yeah, they're bloated. I'm still waiting to see some bugs I posted during my beta test phase get resolved. That was years ago... *sigh*
If you're looking for a UI that's less nasty but still has a small memory footprint, you can try Miranda. However, if you encounter any issues you consider problematic, buggy, or generally unpleasant, do not bother contacting the authors -- you'll be banned from their forum, and your Emails will go ignored.
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
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Stepford, CA
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If you're looking for a UI that's less nasty but still has a small memory footprint, you can try Miranda. However, if you encounter any issues you consider problematic, buggy, or generally unpleasant, do not bother contacting the authors -- you'll be banned from their forum, and your Emails will go ignored.
Free Trillian latest version/latest build works fine for me. The only thing that has ever been an issue is file tranfers and that was a router problem on my end. Otherwise, Trillian is perfect for people who are looking for spyware/bloatware free instant message clients.
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sharksfan3
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join:2004-02-16
Poughkeepsie, NY | reply to koitsu
Re: GAIM
GAIM kicks @ss. I will NEVER go back to regular AIM software. |
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p51d007
Naa-P51d Mustang
join:2002-06-07
Springfield, MO | reply to CO_Chris
Re: Nothing new
Same here.......I haven't used AIM in years, since I started
using Trillian. |
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jsauce
join:2002-03-07
Fitchburg, MA
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Re: Thank God for Trillian
Just so you know trillian is just as bloated, just not with spyware. Trillian is a major memory hog and the authors have installed a very annoying adware popup that informs you how long you've been using the software and that they want you to purchase the pro version. It will annoy you at random times so you can't predict when you might see it but its very annoying as it will popup when you are trying to type to someone. I dropped Trillian and went with Miranda which has plugins for everything and uses so much less memory than trillian. Just my opinion but Miranda is the best multi-protocol client out there. |
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