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Simba
wat is it
hi-C
I use iChat (I have a Mac). It's pretty nifty. Before that I used Adium (which is only for Mac, I think). I used Gaim (now called Pidgin) for a little bit when I had a PC.
Simba
<- does not have a mac sad.gif


Ohhh, so Pidgin is the new Gaim huh, maybe I should get on that soon
mipadi
Definitely Adium, if you have a Mac. I've been using it for almost 5 years now. It's great.

I guess Pidgin is okay on other platforms, but even Pidgin pales in comparison to Adium's awesomeness.
emberfly
Why do you need a 3rd party IM program? Too lazy to type?
fameONE
QUOTE(emberfly @ Jan 2 2009, 11:03 AM) *
Why do you need a 3rd party IM program? Too lazy to type?

Third party IM programs combine your IM accounts into one program.

I use Pidgin. I really like Trillian, but Pidgin will do. For it to evenc compete with Adium, it needs plug-in on top of plug-in.
Simba
for some reason, pidgin looks a little too skeletal for me, or am I missing something?
Eryi
QUOTE(mipadi @ Dec 10 2008, 06:01 PM) *
Definitely Adium, if you have a Mac. I've been using it for almost 5 years now. It's great.

I guess Pidgin is okay on other platforms, but even Pidgin pales in comparison to Adium's awesomeness.


I just downloaded Adium. It beats my iChat's butt!
Maccabee
I have pidgen on my linux computer but u cant send and download files which is what i need aim for the most. anything else that can send files?
lojay
I use Trillian. It works really well for me and I've never had any problems with it.
wwwww
f*ck all yo third party clients, I use Xfire.
smoke
I always used Trillian. But that was years ago. I don't know if it's any good now. I rarely use any IM client these days thanks to the Facebook chat client and the Palringo app on my iPhone.
TOOLBAGSIRNUTS
I have used Digsby and that program is baller
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