Hehe
Looking up the changelog, it sounds like trillian 3.1 is doing better.
There is an insane amount of inane stuff in there, though.
So, I'd say:
- If you want all the non-messaging fluff with video and bouncing icons and smilies of the individual clients, trillian 3 is the one to try. It may be bloated, but at least it is not evil yet.
- If you want to just freakin' chat, then go with miranda or gaim.
Trillian 2 was a great middle ground. Looked nice, but wasn't overly fancy, and got the job done without a lot of useless whiz-bang crap.
PS:
I have a copy of both trillian 2 and winamp 2 in my "free net install files" folder. Both copies of that happen to be sitting on my two recently-dead harddrives, but I'm sure its also on a CD or three around here somewhere.