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Currently, I use Trillian for accessing the IM programs I use ( ICQ,MSN,Yahoo,AIM ) ... but I am hoping to find another program that may be better to use than Trillian.

Anyone have suggestions??
 

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Concerning a multi-protocol IM client, Trillian is probably the best. I tried Trillian for a while, but thought it was too bloated, so I scrapped it. For a lightweight IM client, check out meebo.com.

It's not what you asked about, but I swear by it. It's AIM only, but it is small as hell and doesn't have any stupid unnecessary features. AIM Lite:

http://x.aim.com/laim/
 

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I used to use Pidgin until I started testing trillian astra. Pidgin is a nice, small, and fast client. I highly suggest you take a look at it.
http://www.pidgin.im/

It used to be called gaim.
 

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Hm, would you prefer AIM Lite over an add-on like AIMutation? All I need is tabbed chat windows!

Because AIMutation is still an addon for a bloated version of AIM. AIM Lite has tabbed windows, file transfers, fonts, profiles, avatars and invisibility. That's about it. While running, AIM Lite uses about 8MB of memory, much less than even a slimmed down version of AIM (and especially Triton which is an abomination).
 

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Thanks Chougard - I actually ran across it and am testing it out. It seems nice, but not really what I am after.
Trillian is nice, I do have to say, but I guess after a while, I got bored with it and wanted to find something new.

Does this AIM lite do multi-platform ( Yahoo,MSN,ICQ,etc ) or just AIM? ... I am trying to cut the clutter from my taskbar ... and I did look at that Meebo, but its online based ... which means I'd have to keep a window open ( again, must be part of my family genes - I hate extra clutter )

I found a few others, but forgot to save the website to check them later.
 

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Well I would recommend Jabber, and also I found another one, named Miranda IM, have a look at them. Perhaps you can find one of them to your liking...
 

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Yeah, trillian is the best i've used.
 

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Trillian is good enough for me. It is easy and friendly. I hope you find a good one.
 

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I'm still searching.
I can't use anything that isn't based for Windows systems ... But those Mac OS IM programs look nice.
I went back to Trillian for a while, till I can find one that I like.

( Again, for those that miss the initial post )

I am looking for a Windows based ( not online based ) Multi-Platform IM program ( that basically is like Trillian - has connections to MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM and maybe IRC )
 

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I'm still searching.
I can't use anything that isn't based for Windows systems ... But those Mac OS IM programs look nice.
I went back to Trillian for a while, till I can find one that I like.

( Again, for those that miss the initial post )

I am looking for a Windows based ( not online based ) Multi-Platform IM program ( that basically is like Trillian - has connections to MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM and maybe IRC )

Pidgin, formerly Gaim messenger is Multi-Platform,
  • AIM
  • Bonjour
  • Gadu-Gadu
  • Google Talk
  • Groupwise
  • ICQ
  • IRC
  • MSN
  • QQ
  • SILC
  • SIMPLE
  • Sametime
  • XMPP
  • Yahoo!
  • Zephyr
Pidgin runs on all Windows and UNIX platforms. In addition to the source code, we distribute binaries for Windows, Fedora Core, and CentOS / RHEL.
I use the portable version from http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable ..
But since u have some a very specific picture of what u want ....

:p
 

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Gaim isn't that popular anymore I think.
 

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Oh, thats what happened to it. I was wondering.
 
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