The Workermonkey

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

AIM alternatives? 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 11/30/2005 04:48:00 PM

Quick question: Are there any AIM alternatives that will still work with AIM?

My group in work wants to start using AIM during work hours for quick access to eachother. I despise anything AOL, but also know that other programs are better with more features. Any feedback would be appreciated.

9 comments

ICQ

check Download.com for others, theres a ton out there and a bunch that can cross all platforms. ICQ is king

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:58:00 PM  

muffdiverbrian returns!

By  ron, at Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:37:00 PM  

Gaim can do more protocols than you thought existed and behaves quite nicely without those ads and crap that Aim uses. Note though that file transfer and that kind of thing is a lot less likely to work than when using official clients.

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

I used to use Trillion also, but haven't tried it in a few years.

By  Damon, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:41:00 AM  

1) ICQ is owned by AOL. Those bastards.
2) Muffdivr will probably not make a return seeing as how I'll be using this at work.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 9:29:00 AM  

yes AOL owns ICQ, they bought up the only competitor AIM had at the time. i think they bought netscape too. i give you full permission to use imgoingtocutyou.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:43:00 AM  

Update: Decided to go with "Trillion". Its really nice so far. Just what you need and thats it. Death to AOL, those add sucking sellouts.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:56:00 AM  

i guess my opinion here isn't really valid, i can honestly say i haven't IM anyone/thing in at least 3 years

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:55:00 PM  

Yeah, you lost all respect when you threw out that ICQ comment.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:09:00 PM  

Y!IM, yahoo's instant messanger is great, plus its international, unlike AIM. I have Yahoo email so it also tells me when i get mail and such, i love it! YA!

By  wyldshaman, at Friday, December 02, 2005 8:47:00 AM  

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