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An alternative freeware to Trillian program (chat program with MSN Yahoo and Aol Messenger)
Posted by flo on March 17th, 2005


Hello,

I'm looking for an alternative freeware to Trillian. Trillian has so many
bugs !

Hope you can help me, thanks !


Posted by Anthony Deane on March 17th, 2005



"flo" <456@perso.be> wrote in message
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Miranda - http://www.miranda-im.org/

However, I've just started using it last night, so I can't give you a full
review of it. But it works.

Anthony



Posted by wald on March 17th, 2005


"flo" <456@perso.be> wrote:

Without doubt: Miranda:

http://miranda-im.org/

Very lightweight, support for MSN/ICQ/IRC/Yahoo/Jabber/..., loads of
plugins to customize.

You can get the latest bleeding-edge test versions from here:

http://blog.miranda-im.org/

I have yet to encounter serious bugs in those test versions, and
most plugins don't work with the older, "stable" release anymore.

Regards,
Wald

Posted by Onno Tasler on March 17th, 2005


wald scribebat:
Yes, that is true, but the downside is: Without plugins you have only
simple texts and standard icons. You already need a plugin (AddSmily) to
enable smilies. Yahoo is neither part of the standard configuration and you
need to get a plugin for that too.

But, once one has found a nice set of icons and smilies, the program is
really cool. I like it.
--
bye,

Onno
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Posted by flo on March 17th, 2005


Any others suggestions ??

I'm not satisfied with this very simple program Miranda.

Thanks anyway.


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Posted by Henry The Mole on March 17th, 2005


Hello, flo!
You wrote on Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:14:40 +0100:

What about IM2?
http://www.im2.com/

Kindly regards.
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Posted by dkg_ctc on March 17th, 2005


"flo" <456@perso.be> wrote in
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Personally, I think that Trillian is the best I've used despite the
bugs. However, since you asked..

Miranda: http://www.miranda-im.org/
Gaim: http://gaim.sf.net/
EasyMessage: http://www.easymessage.net/
Ayttm: http://ayttm.sf.net/

Of these, I liked Gaim the most, then Miranda, EasyMessage and Ayttm
bringing up the rear.

If you want a few I haven't tried...

Integrity Messenger, GEN2:
http://www.integritymessenger.com/downloads/im/gen2/
Paltalk: http://www.paltalk.com/PalTalkSite/
Instant-Messenger 2: http://www.messenger2.com/

Posted by Ed A on March 17th, 2005


www.instan-t.com

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Posted by flo on March 17th, 2005


Thanks a lot Henry. I will try it !

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Posted by flo on March 17th, 2005


Very good program ! The only thing is that i can not send files.




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Posted by Wald on March 17th, 2005


"flo" <456@perso.be> wrote:

Lol... Miranda can. I suspect you've not been looking at the plugins to
extend Miranda's functionality.

Regards,
Wald

Posted by Wald on March 17th, 2005


Onno Tasler <onno.tasler@spamfence.net> wrote:

True, without plugins Miranda is not that attractive. Just as Firefox would
be a lot less attractive without extensions.

It just takes some time to get a balanced setup that is just right for you.
Once at that point, it's a joy to use.

Regards,
Wald

Posted by \(ProteanThread\) on March 17th, 2005


there is GAIM and Instant Messenger 2


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Posted by Elephant on March 17th, 2005


Im2 looks promising. Quick question about it before I do an install.
Can you asign individual sound files to buddies. Trillian allows you
to asign an individual sound file to each buddy, so instead of a pop up
window, you can "hear" when they come on line.

Posted by flo on March 18th, 2005


Hello Wald,

Could you please send me the plug-in for yahoo + emoticons to
ramaflore@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance.


Best regards,

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Posted by wald on March 18th, 2005


[posted and mailed]

"flo" <456@perso.be> wrote:

You can find the Yahoo plugin over here:

http://www.miranda-im.org/download/d...n=viewfile&id=
1248

HOWEVER: this plugin should be included in the download, so you
probably won't need to install it separately.

For smileys: better install the whole TabSRMM plugin (for tabbed
chat windows), it includes the SmileyAdd plugin for smileys. Get
it at:

http://hell.at.eu.org/forums/

The most recent version can be downloaded at the top, right under
"News".

A tip: take some time to browse through their plugins section,
you're guaranteed to find some very handy stuff over there.

Good luck,
Wald


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