dodgerblue
Sep 27 2005, 09:13 AM
Recently I've been getting sick of connecting to so many accounts on so many different clients. It's troublesome to maintain so many accounts/programs. I liked using Trillian for a while but it took too much processor memory and it can't connect to Skype or Googletalk (which I haven't downloaded, but will do so when I find a suitable Adiumlike program). Does anyone know of an IM client which supports all the major IM protocols? That would be MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber/Google (well, Skype too but I guess it's optional). I've looked around the place, so far, Psi and Gaim look good. But can Psi connect to the abovementioned IM networks? Of course I'm going to miss the irritating winks and emoticons with which I use to annoy people and oh yes, the nudges. Love those.  But for the sake of convenience...  So what programs do you recommend? Would love to hear them!  Oh and why you recommend them, of course (beginning to sound like an essay question  ).
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atomicnacho
Sep 29 2005, 02:50 AM
Well, being that I'm getting kinda sick of Trillian too, I decided to take a look around sourceforge and see what I could come up with. And I did find two programs that look like they may fit our need. Eclipse PluginAnd KopeteI checked out both and it appears that neither mentioned Skype, but Kopete seems to include all of the other protocols that you mentioned you were interested in. I have not used either, I'm thinking of giving Kopete a try, so I can't really reccomend either one for any specific reasons. I was poking around to see what I could find, and thought you might be interested.
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dodgerblue
Sep 29 2005, 12:21 PM
Ooh. Awesome. Thanks for the tips. Will try them out and see how it goes!
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atomicnacho
Oct 4 2005, 04:27 PM
Hey dodger did you ever try either of those. I'm curious as to weather they are good or not, but too lazy to try myself.
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dymondgurl
Oct 4 2005, 05:20 PM
QUOTE(atomicnacho @ Oct 4 2005, 11:27 AM) Hey dodger did you ever try either of those. I'm curious as to weather they are good or not, but too lazy to try myself. trillian does work with google talk. pay a visit to bigblueball.com and check their forums. there is a set of small instructions to make it work with trillian. enjoy.
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dodgerblue
Oct 5 2005, 01:24 PM
QUOTE(atomicnacho @ Oct 5 2005, 12:27 AM) Hey dodger did you ever try either of those. I'm curious as to weather they are good or not, but too lazy to try myself. Actually... No, 'coz I've been lazy too!! Perhaps I'll cancel my yahoo and aim accounts and just stick to msn, skype and googletalk. I haven't quite decided. 
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sandbox
Oct 6 2005, 12:08 AM
Hmm, how can I word this post to give some answers but encourage all of you to go out and find out some answers for yourself! Well, how about this, I used trillian for a long time before google talk came along and I needed to connect to jabber. Of course, trillian doesn't allow jabber in the free version so I started looking around and gaim was my first find: click here for gaimI quickly forgot about trillian. The only thing that I miss is the option for multiple users, but with multiple user accounts on a winXP computer it shouldn't be too much of an issue. The other bonus is that, for some reason, proxied IRC connections actually work for me in gaim but I could never get them to work in trillian. Of course now I'm moving to mIRC for IRC, but that's a different story. As for the smilies issue, well, I think I will let you discover that answer for yourself. 
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iGuest
Nov 28 2007, 08:27 PM
Use Gaim or pidigin, same thing, Gaim is just the old name. Been using it since Aim first went to version 7 -> (pre triton s**t) -Relic
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iGuest
Feb 16 2008, 03:45 AM
Pidgin
Is There An Adium-like Im Client For Windows?
Pidgin what used to be the old Gaim, a windows based version of the linux version has completely remodeled itself to act and look just like adium. It supports all the following communication networks AIM Bonjour Gadu-Gadu Google Talk Groupwise ICQ IRC MSN MySpaceIM QQ SILC SIMPLE Sametime XMPP Yahoo! Zephyr Pidgin.com -reply by Bret
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wischi
Feb 19 2008, 10:02 PM
I used Miranda, when using Windows, it supports nearly ever protocal you can think of and there are many plugins. Another advantage is that it uses much less resources than even one of the other clients alone! http://www.miranda-im.org/wischi
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iGuest
Aug 14 2008, 08:55 PM
Replying to dodgerblueDigsby is the I'm program that comes the closest to adium. I use disby on my pc but adium on my macbook. Try it out: Www.Digsby.Com
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iGuest
Jun 21 2008, 08:00 AM
I am a end-user from HongKong, I think Digsby (freeware) is suitable for Windows user, and you can add your I'm/email account, such as AIM, MSN, Yahoo, G-talk, ICQ, Jabber & Facebook chat, also the email notifier is quick as other same kind of program. Also a beta freeware "Orgoo", which is much looking great than Digsby, but you need to leave your email contact, because it is still in the personal beta launch, may be will invite you later by email.
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saitunes
Apr 25 2008, 11:09 AM
I'm a mac user and love adium, but i would say for a pc miranda im (mirandaim.org) or pidgin. Both of which are downloadable as portable apps.
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rhinodog8
Apr 25 2008, 08:05 AM
5 Best IM appsI thought you might find that link interesting, lifehacker discuses and compared the 5 most popular programs for IM. Personally I think Adium is just about perfect 99% customizable, fast, compact, growl integration...but if your on a windows machine Digsby is what I would recommend all though I think it's still in beta...all though I find beta software usually the best of the software world. (e.i. webkit and firefox 3 beta 5)
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iGuest
Apr 11 2008, 01:02 AM
Adium For Windows (A.K.A. Digsby)
Is There An Adium-like Im Client For Windows?
This is the BEST chat client for Windows. It might even be better than Adium... armsinfragilehands.Blogspot.Com/2008/04/adium-for-windows.Html -reply by Thomas Holland
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