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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: CajoleJuice on May 20, 2007, 06:36:43 PM

Title: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 20, 2007, 06:36:43 PM: Yea, I posted this over at GAF and got one reply. I downloaded Trillian and I'm probably going to check that out unless I get some other suggestions. The one reply suggested Miranda IM. You guys got anything for me? Something where I can talk with people on both MSN and AIM and save logs.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: Ecrofirt on May 20, 2007, 06:55:13 PM: Miranda is a little confusing for me.

I use it at school if I'm at a computer without AIM, and I'm always having a hard time telling who's online and who's not, and sometimes it doesn't seem to connect me automatically and I won't realize for awhile.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: demi on May 20, 2007, 06:55:52 PM: I just use MSN and AIM+ seperately.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: cloudwalking on May 20, 2007, 07:26:50 PM: adium :-*
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 20, 2007, 07:31:37 PM: Very helpful, cloud. >:(
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: cloudwalking on May 20, 2007, 07:38:35 PM: :-*
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: xnikki118x on May 21, 2007, 03:04:30 AM: DeadAIM is where it's at.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 21, 2007, 03:33:39 AM: Quote from: xnikki118x on May 21, 2007, 03:04:30 AM
DeadAIM is where it's at.

Yea, I ended up just going back to it. AIM 5.5 + DeadAIM. After 3 years, I'm too accustomed to it.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: demi on May 21, 2007, 03:35:34 AM: If you're ever on someone else's PC, use meebo

http://www.meebo.com/

Great web client, and it supports all things, like an online Trillian.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: xnikki118x on May 21, 2007, 03:46:45 AM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on May 21, 2007, 03:33:39 AM
Quote from: xnikki118x on May 21, 2007, 03:04:30 AM
DeadAIM is where it's at.

Yea, I ended up just going back to it. AIM 5.5 + DeadAIM. After 3 years, I'm too accustomed to it.

My uncle uses AIM and always asks me why I do. He only uses it to talk to people who are only on AIM. I think he prefers MSN if I remember correctly. I've never used anything but AIM/DeadAIM.

I have Yahoo! and enjoy it for email and groups like Freecycle, but I don't have their messenger lol.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: xnikki118x on May 21, 2007, 04:06:44 AM: Quote from: Jonnyram on May 21, 2007, 03:52:59 AM
I always wondered how any computer literate person can manage with no messenger account other than AIM?

I don't know if you'd call me computer literate, but I know more than the average moron I guess.

I'm sure I could get by with other clients, but my reality is that I've been using AOL exclusively since 1996. Every single one of my friends is on AOL or AIM. So yeah, that's about it haha.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: BlackMage on May 21, 2007, 04:09:01 AM: Quote from: Jonnyram on May 21, 2007, 03:52:59 AM
I always wondered how any computer literate person can manage with no messenger account other than AIM?

computer literacy has nothing to do with it. Why would you use MSN if you don't have any friends who use it?
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: Ichirou on May 21, 2007, 04:11:58 AM: I remember ICQ. Whenever you got a message...UH OH UH OH UH OH UH OH

Annoyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing! >:(
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 21, 2007, 04:12:40 AM: Quote from: BlackMage on May 21, 2007, 04:09:01 AM
Quote from: Jonnyram on May 21, 2007, 03:52:59 AM
I always wondered how any computer literate person can manage with no messenger account other than AIM?

computer literacy has nothing to do with it. Why would you use MSN if you don't have any friends who use it?

Exactly. I kinda wanted to get MSN to talk to Malek though. :-\

I obviously still can...but...meh
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: demi on May 21, 2007, 04:15:40 AM: I use MSN for work, and I have another account I use as well to talk to some people, when I am not at work -- it's weird saying "at work" when I do that from home. I only have like 10 people on my personal account.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: demi on May 21, 2007, 04:24:54 AM: I do like making my own emoticons, Rob and I get a kick out of them.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 21, 2007, 10:57:18 AM: I just use MSN. I dont have any LEGACY FRIENDS to support on old weird messaging services.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: Ecrofirt on May 21, 2007, 02:17:00 PM: Every single person I talk to online uses AIM. Why would I go and use some other protocol when no one I know is going to use it?

What's the big difference between the different services? They all serve the basic purpose of text-messaging people you know.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 21, 2007, 09:29:54 PM: drinky crow is msn exclusivo. you want to talk to drinky crow, you get msn. otherwise, you are human garbage.
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: demi on May 21, 2007, 09:32:23 PM: Can I talk to Drinky Crow?
Title: Re: Best messaging client out there?
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 21, 2007, 09:32:43 PM: I'm using Miranda. I was just using MSN before but I know people who use just AIM or Yahoo (bastards).

I'm also using Miranda for IRC.