I hate AIM, but I'm stuck using it...

[Arravis]

I recently had to re-install XP on my PC and I'm dreading putting AIM on it. My wife uses AIM, so I have to install it at some point (or something that allows us to use it). I know there are some other programs out there that let you use AIM. Any one have any recommendations on what program to use instead? Thanks guys!

 

[Morrus]

Trillian lets you use AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo! all at once.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Trillian would be my suggestion too. So, I'll second Trillian.

 

[Henry]

Trillian is good, as is Miranda (which I'm using right now). I use miranda because it's multi-client, very few bells and whistles, and it's FAST and very small in code. Trillian to me is the best AIM "equivalent" in terms of bells/whistles.

 

[Arravis]

I'm looking for simple and fast, with as small a footprint as possible. It sounds like Miranda might be it...

 

[Mycanid]

hey there - trillian is an excellent program.

But you also might try going to http://www.meebo.com

Essentially meebo is a browser based web chatting interface that works with a number of popular browsers. I have used it with yahoo and it works fine.

No "footprint" there in a browser, at least in theory, eh?

 

[Vocenoctum]

Last time I tried Trillian, it wouldn't show dice rolls, does it now? How about Miranda?

 

[Aeolius]

You could always buy a Mac and use iChat

 

[Jdvn1]

Last time I tried Trillian, it wouldn't show dice rolls, does it now? How about Miranda?

Trillian still doesn't use dice rolls.

I use other things for dice rolls, though.

 

[guedo79]

Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/) is a good open source aim like program. It's smaller and has no adds. Only a few bells a whistles though that you can turn on and off.