GD MSN screwed me!

[Raging Deadstar]

Suicide Junkie said:
ICQ, MSN, AIM, they are all putrid cesspools of evil code.

SJ, I'm running Windows HP Home Edition here. For me those programs are like a drop in the putrid ocean.

[Suicide Junkie]

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.

[Fyron]

Looking up the changelog, it sounds like trillian 3.1 is doing better.

Not in the slightest, unfortunately. They added one or two IRC commands, but thats about all that improved...

It may be bloated, but at least it is not evil yet.

I disagree. I liked Trillian so much that I bought Pro. Then it took 11 months for the next update, 3.0. Then my 1 year subscription expired just before 3.1 came out...

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.

Alas, it will be dead the next time diabolical AOL or Yahoo change their connection protocols to try to kill 3rd party clients, again. This is why people should start using Jabber...