What kind of IM/Chat do you use?

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Tue 15 Feb, 2005 7:25 pm

benryves wrote:
AndySoft wrote:mIRC.
Have you tried Visual IRC? I prefer it to mIRC as it's, well, free. No nag screens = very yes.

I'm too used to mIRC anymore... I've tried other programs, and don't like them.

Plus not all of us have to live with the nag screens (or pay either)...

Post by **benryves** » Tue 15 Feb, 2005 7:58 pm

AndySoft wrote:Plus not all of us have to live with the nag screens (or pay either)...

Sounds like you're... admitting to something there?

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Tue 15 Feb, 2005 8:06 pm

tr1p1ea wrote:Any particular reason CoBB?

Danger of addiction. For the same reason I don't do drugs either.

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Tue 15 Feb, 2005 9:09 pm

benryves wrote:
AndySoft wrote:Plus not all of us have to live with the nag screens (or pay either)...
Sounds like you're... admitting to something there?

Either I'm admitting to something, or I got someone to pay for it for me. Take your pick.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Tue 15 Feb, 2005 9:33 pm

I've had bad IRC experiences using Opera... a trojan came through that

shadowing · Post by **shadowing** » Wed 16 Feb, 2005 2:13 am

I use mIRC and Trillian. Two useful communicating programs.

Post by **DarkAuron** » Wed 16 Feb, 2005 4:14 am

Yay for IRC!

soinsg · Post by **soinsg** » Fri 18 Feb, 2005 12:51 am

Kalimero wrote:jabber of course

Ok what's your jabber account name? It would be nice to actually have someone on my list that has a jabber account rather than just taking advantage of the other transports.

pacHa · Post by **pacHa** » Fri 18 Feb, 2005 10:38 am

msn (friends) through amsn,
and jabber (other stuff, like speaking with rare geeks who use it :d) with psi

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Mon 21 Feb, 2005 7:23 pm

Miranda IM for use with the MSN protocol, and mIRC for use with IRC.

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 21 Feb, 2005 10:13 pm

I refuse to use IM. All the main ones are loaded with spyware and all the other ones, no one's heard of and no one has it. I use IRC.

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Mon 21 Feb, 2005 10:38 pm

Umm, Trillian and Gaim are bloat/spy/ad-ware free clients that work with all the major IM services.

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 21 Feb, 2005 11:06 pm

but you have to PAY for trillian(I will not put the comment I want to here ;), and the 'A' part of GAIM is what most worrys me.

Post by **benryves** » Mon 21 Feb, 2005 11:09 pm

GAIM would probably be OK if it didn't have sucky MSN (it had loads of random disconnection problems when I used it) and didn't rely on GTK.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Tue 22 Feb, 2005 1:05 am

There is a "free" trillian, but y'now what? Trillian sucks. GAIM sucks,