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Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO
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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GrandFunkRR7
Got Funk??
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Lebanon, PA | Trillian kicks ass!!!
Shame on you AOL...you bloatware behemoth. | |
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yock
TFTC
Premium
join:2000-11-21
Fairfield, OH | 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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join:2001-08-03
Charlotte, NC
| 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
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
1 edit | Re: GAIM 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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reub2000
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | Re: GAIM What bugs? I haven't had any problems on windows that I haven't had on linux. | |
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Premium
join:2004-02-16
Poughkeepsie, NY | Re: GAIM GAIM kicks @ss. I will NEVER go back to regular AIM software. | |
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removed
Crisis Management Squad
Premium,VIP
join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
clubs: | Trillian is just as bad. | |
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major marco
Res Firma Mitescere Nescit
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
| Re: Thank God for Trillian 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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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| Re: Thank God for Trillian 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
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
clubs:
| Re: Thank God for Trillian said by koitsu :
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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join:2003-08-27
Fremont, OH | Re: Thank God for Trillian Yep! Gator will try to sue you like everyone else that claims they are a spyware company. But who knows if they really are or not? | |
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| jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ | Bad Idea AOL looks like I won't be upgrading to 5.5 | |
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HeresyPgm
join:2001-03-06
Cleveland, OH | I'm still using 4.7. Does just what I need it to. | |
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| p51d007
Naa-P51d Mustang
join:2002-06-07
Springfield, MO | 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
| 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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| hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
| I just got my new computer today from HP/Compaq. Went and downloaded the NEW AIM and i had the option to install both Weather Bug and the Gaming software right at the start of the install. IF you do not watch and just keep clicking next they will be installed as the check boxes are already marked as YES.
So its not a bad thing. At LEAST you do get the option to install them or not. | |
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Brianv5
Low Level Functionary
Premium
join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV
| Trillian works for me Not only being able to run all clients in one window, just knowing that its the ONLY program installed makes me rest easier. I hate piggyback applications that come along for the ride on someone elses software. IF I WANTED IT, I would have installed it! 
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs:
| I always think... It's funny when some idiot in PR has to find a way to say how great of an improvement it was to f*ck up their software, and how it "teaches" us great lessons. Then their company gets bought by M$ or HP, so they can feed those grim demonic beasts.
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Re: I always think... I want some of whatever the Jupiter analysts was smoking. It will actually TEACH consumers? He's over the ledge and grasping with both hands, there.... | |
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SuperJudge
Magus
Premium
join:2002-11-14
Albany, GA
clubs: | Re: I always think... I'm thinking that it won't be long until AOL well be doing some downsizing. What I really mean to say is that I hope AOL will perish and fester.
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alfnoid
Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-18 | Miranda is another all in one client »www.miranda-im.org/
like trillian, but many many more protocols supported and free!
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA |  AIM 5.2 Baby, Yea!
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| edvisor
join:2003-05-27
Staten Island, NY | IChat AV Apple users Blessed with IChat AV! Sorry about you Windows Users! | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: IChat AV Sorry about you Apple users, limited to what Apple says you can use. I can use whatever hardware or software that "I" want to. 
...and no, there is nothing that Apple makes that I would ever want to use. | |
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arden625
join:2001-07-10
Haledon, NJ | Eh... This is no surprise. AOL will bloat all their softwares 'til you puke.
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the_buz
join:2004-02-15
Yorba Linda, CA | Re: So what's next? In due time, I'm sure they will start coming with Gator as well. | |
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swiftymc
join:2004-02-15
Mansfield Center, CT | hmm 5.1.3036 w/ DeadAIM
I will never upgrade unless they strip it down and just add the cam feature. | |
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arden625
join:2001-07-10
Haledon, NJ
| Re: hmm I would actually stick with AIM 4.8 w/ DeadAIM but 4.8 has borked file transfers under a router, so I'm at 5.2...which is not bad, but 4.8 is still 'lighter.'
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| pikaj00
join:2002-06-10
Madison, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: Have fun installing AIM all of this crapware aim installs is just another way for them to abuse their relatively "novice" user base. most aol users dont even know what is on their computer, let alone know the damage it could do. last i saw on tv they had a slogan saying "sanatized for your protection" and i just laughed. NO AOL I DO NOT NEED MY INTERNET SANATIZED JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE ON YOUR NETWORK IS A COMPUTER ILLITERATE NEWBIE. sure makes me glad i stuck with a small, localized provider that doesnt force its users to install bloatware browsers and crapware dialers. its no wonder they are still losing customers reguardless of what they do..... soon enough you will see the aol browser/dialer combo in the next ad-aware updates XD | |
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Jdawg26
@attbi.com | 5.5 is great Wow there is alot of whiners here. Go back to 30 meg drives if you think everything is considered bloat, its going more and more that way, with 160 gig drives I could care or less. Feed the horse. | |
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SammyBK
I'D Rather Be Skiing
join:2000-09-07
Los Angeles, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
| Re: 5.5 is great Yeah, I am still using 4.8 as well. When others started getting movie trailers in their AIM I said NO WAY!
I also refuse to use RealONE and many other new versions, but that is subject for another topic.
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zipjay
join:2003-03-11
Louisville, KY
| Thank god for oldversion.com need to find the version before the bloat started happening? www.oldversion.com
ALSO NOTE... i just noticed this the other day.. u can add ICQ buddies to your aim list.. so wtf is the point in getting bloated up old icq anymore.. OHHH wait now thats why aim is getting all this ad stuff.. because noones using icq anymore lol | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Re: Thank god for oldversion.com AOL knows they're on their way out so why not dump all that shit on their subs and do a big cash grab before the judges swing that gavel on their chap7!
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AIM: Bloated and Proud
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