centericq is cool too, I used it on my 486 laptop for a few weeks :)

I can't stand AIM. it logs me off every half an hour. I use MSN. Will be checking out that CleanMessenger thign though. thanks for the heads up.

Too much work! How dare you... After using Trillian for the past few years, trying to go back to any native client, or using the lame gaim is just the worst.

I can't function without trillian. I love it. I have everything in one easy package. Googltalk, ICQ, MSNMessenger, Yahoo Messenger, IRC, all of it. Works well...

Besides... with ONLY 1 gig of ram... I need all the ram I can get!

What exactly is Trillian and what does it DO? I know a few people who use it....

ninikins: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/learn/

links are worth a thousand words...

My friend went with a mac for his new laptop and apparently they don't have a mac version of trillian but he has some program now that quacks like a duck and he says he loves it. Best IM software he has used.

I like trillian because I can do all the IMs and IRC under one program. Of course yesterday I needed some DCC irc functionality and it was not working, and instead of spending 10 minutes figuring it out, I just downloaded MIRC real quick.

Thanks for the link. most helpful.

no problem.