Author Topic: A useful chat program (Read 3118 times)

nopyo · « **on:** July 14, 2007, 09:42:49 PM »

I'm currently using a chat program called "Trillian". It allows you to chat on different messengers - MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, AIM, and even IRC. It is really useful if you have more than one chat program and only want one software for them. Also, it's FREE (the basic version, not pro)
If you would like to try it, go to http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ (also available on download.com) and tell me what you think. Thanks.

Cobo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2007, 09:50:17 PM »

Gaim does all that too, but I would choose mIRC over it any day $:-\$

nopyo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2007, 10:00:09 PM »

Why mIRC though? Does it have more functions or something?

Cobo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2007, 10:04:41 PM »

Well, I havent used Trillian, but I believe mIRC does have more features than Gaim.

y00tz · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2007, 11:06:09 PM »

mIRC > most for IRC but mIRC doesn't scratch the surface of any other chat platform.

nopyo · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2007, 11:40:14 PM »

what are some key features that people need in IRC? besides entering a channel, chatting, and commands (like !match)

Cobo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2007, 11:47:08 PM »

Scripting, but I'm not sure if thats what you meant with !match

nopyo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2007, 11:51:20 PM »

well...the !match, /j <channel>, /nick...those things

Cobo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2007, 12:04:25 AM »

The !match command is a command made by another person using a script.
Commands with a / at the begining are commands on the client.
Every IRC client should have the same basic commands.

nopyo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2007, 12:10:09 AM »

oh, i dont know anything about scripts. you know how to make them?

Cobo · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2007, 12:30:25 AM »

mIRC scripts, yes.
Each client can have its own scripting language.

Eiii · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2007, 01:47:36 AM »

Trillian is horrible compared to Pidgin, at least for AIM/MSN/YIM/XMPP/ICQ/QQ/SIMPLE/SILC/Sametime...

sk89q · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2007, 01:57:35 AM »

I hate Pidgin. It's oh so ugly and lacks features Trillian has, though in actuality I honestly hate both of them. They're both so buggy, so ugly (Trillian is slightly better), and bad. I was able to see Trillian Astra in action and that's just as ugly (default skin). I'm currently using Trillian.

I wish there was an Adium (not that I've used it, but it looks good) for Windows.

Eiii · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2007, 02:08:30 AM »

I've never had any problems with Pidgin, nor do I notice any outstanding features it lacks. >_>
What features are you talking about, exactly? I'm curious.

bitmate · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:43:20 AM »

Quote from: Eiii on July 15, 2007, 02:08:30 AM

What features are you talking about, exactly? I'm curious.

An endless list of plugins and tools

I'm using the following plugins:

system stats
weather
birthday calender
winamp plugin

nopyo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:07:06 PM »

Also, if you're concerned about the look, you can download skins. I'm using one called "Silver Technology", and I think it looks really cool. Here's the link: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/detail.php?item=292

Zorchenhimer · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:14:33 PM »

Quote from: Eiii on July 15, 2007, 02:08:30 AM

I've never had any problems with Pidgin, nor do I notice any outstanding features it lacks. >_>

Me neither. I use it almost every day, and it works beautifully.

bitmate · « **Reply #17 on:** July 19, 2007, 04:01:23 AM »

Quote from: nopyo on July 18, 2007, 11:07:06 PM

Also, if you're concerned about the look, you can download skins. I'm using one called "Silver Technology", and I think it looks really cool. Here's the link: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/detail.php?item=292

I'm with the dark GUIstyle. Looks like Windows Vista ;-)

sk89q · « **Reply #18 on:** July 19, 2007, 11:02:59 AM »

I use the default Trillian skin. I hate all the custom ones (I'm very picky on skins), though the default one is not much better.

I prefer Trillian over Pidgin because:

Faster and more reliable file sending/receiving
Nice remote-access plugin
Best log viewer I've seen
Large library of plugins
Per-user IM/status/etc. notification settings
Automation/events

I have the following plugins:

I.M. Everywhere - remote access to Trillian, and I pipe it through HTTPS through my local web server
Messenger Plus! compatibility
Minibrowser
Spellchecker
Tsh - JavaScript Trillian Scripting Host

Re · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2007, 05:01:46 AM »

mIRC is probably the most versatile chat program that I know of. If you have the right knowledge you can script a mIRC client to do almost anything including interact with Instant messengers and such.