05-01-2003 20:35									#1
	What instant messenger do you use? Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Well? I remember that a few years ago everyone used icq, but it seems to be far less common now. Personally, I stopped using it about a year ago, and since about two months I use MSN messenger. What about you?

	05-01-2003 20:36									#2
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I'm loyal to ICQ.

	05-01-2003 20:43									#3
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ICQ is by far the superior, but due to some yanks I've been forced to get the others. So, I have Trillian running, and it connects me to all of them: ICQ, AIM, MSN, YIM and IRC when I need it.

Still, I have far more ICQ contacts than any others.

	05-01-2003 20:43									#4
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

AIM. I'd always forget about ICQ for so long that they'd cancel my account, so now I don't bother installing it in the first place.

	05-01-2003 20:47									#5
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ICQ (and a bit of msn)

	05-01-2003 20:48									#6
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ICQ.

	05-01-2003 20:48									#7
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Just got ICQ (number in my profile).

I have MSN too, but I don't really like it.

I might sign up for an AIM account and then use Trillian to synergise them all ... but I can't be bothered right now.

	05-01-2003 20:50									#8
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

ICQ and MSN. I used to have Odigo installed, but since I had to reformat my hard disk I never bothered to install it again.

	05-01-2003 20:52									#9
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ICQ @ home
MSN @ uni

I have a Yahoo and AIM account as well, but never bother to connect.

	05-01-2003 21:04									#10
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Have ICQ and AIM accounts, the former because it was the first IM service I came across and the latter because of all the yanks. As my client I use centericq, which is currently running in an Eterm stretched over my whole desktop - that is, it's basically the background. I also hang around at #apolyton and #suomithreadi on Apolyton's IRC and intend to one day figure Jabber out, get an account and start evangelising it to everyone.

	05-01-2003 21:05									#11
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This should have been a multi-choice poll.

;~)

	05-01-2003 21:11									#12
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I use:

ICQ: Because it's simply the best
MSN: Because the one I have on the contact-list doesn't have ICQ

And I don't use Trillian, since it's impossible to connect with it...

	05-01-2003 21:11									#13
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I have MSN and ICQ, but I use ICQ when I can......it is much better.

	05-01-2003 21:36									#14
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	05-01-2003 21:38									#15
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Started with MSN.

Went to AIM and ICQ after that.

Now I use Trillian.

	05-01-2003 21:43									#16
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Just started using Trillian today. I miss the popup names of MSN and the popup messages of ICQ, but this is more efficient than having three different programs.

	05-01-2003 21:47									#17
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I desperately wish Trillian was open source, there are a few things I would really like to recode, but other than that, it's great. Certainly better than having 4 different programs run.

And it's not overloaded with functions either, like all those messengers are.

	05-01-2003 21:48									#18
	Put an end to popups!

AIM primarily for talking with friends
ICQ primarily for setting up games

	05-01-2003 22:08									#19
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I used to use ICQ to set up clan matches in Mechwarrior 4, but now I have to use MSN for that. I have to use AIM because all my school buddies don't realize that it sux, and i set up a yahoo account just for the heck of it. Oh how cumbersome it is to use four different chat programs!


The answer is to use trillian

	05-01-2003 22:17									#20
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i just use irc. i used to use icq ages ago(my number was like 2 million!) but irc is really the way to go for someone who is a hardcore quaker like me. plus i love getting mp3s, and other things on irc. i used to use aim when i was in high school because all my friends did, plus aim is just so much fun for hijinks(ala something awful) especially when you know them in real life.

	05-01-2003 22:20									#21
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Trillian running AIM and ICQ (I prefer the former, but more people use the latter), and Yahoo! where I've got broadband although only for extravagance, I've never used it.

	05-01-2003 22:29									#22
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quote: Yahoo! where I've got broadband although only for extravagance, I've never used it.

Yup... I only have 1 contact on my Yahoo list, and that one is a pretty recent one, and not as important as many of my other contacts.

I just wonder who are people that use YIM as their ONLY service.

	05-01-2003 22:45									#23
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

i tried using trillian but for some reason i couldn't stick with it.

i use aim the most anyway.

	06-01-2003 00:02									#24
	Put an end to popups!

I use Trillian for ICQ, IRC, and AIM (due to the bastard in Civ2PBEM who only use AIM. diediedie()!).

	06-01-2003 00:18									#25
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I have AOL, ICQ, and Y! with Trillian. I don't have too many contacts on this computer though. My ICQ list on my old p150 (the one I worked on SidGames with) has over 1000 contacts though. This includes people like Brian Reynolds.

	06-01-2003 00:25									#26
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I use ICQ, MSN and AIM via Trillian...In Trillian I don't get pestered by the same number of popups as using ICQ's own client. I would never use that again due to the sheer volume of harrassment...

	06-01-2003 01:27									#27
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Problem: Trillian complains about a page fault in BUDDY.DLL when I try to load it. How do I fix??

	06-01-2003 01:31									#28
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

I don't use one any more. About a year ago I used ICQ but I deleted it. Maybe I should delete my old ICQ number which is posted here at poly? Nah...

	06-01-2003 01:32									#29
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

quote: Originally posted by ADG And I don't use Trillian, since it's impossible to connect with it...

huh? i haven't had a problem with trillian in a long time.

I use aim, msn, yahoo and ICQ

trillian is a must!

	06-01-2003 01:55									#30
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I don't know anyone on Yahoo! so I have never bothered setting it up on Trillian...