Monday, January 17, 2005

Trillian - One application, all chatting

Some of your friends and co-workers use AIM while others use Y! and still others use MSIM aka MS Instant Messenger aka MSN (a misnomer). Yet we have only scratched the surface of the instant messenging world.

I personally like Trillian very much. It's features include the ability to connect with all the popular instant messengers and accepts plug-ins to adapt to any instant messenger you may need. So instead of having several applications open at once, you need only to have Trillain(download) open. So with Trillian my business clients on AIM can reach me at the same time my friends on MSN, Y! and ICQ can send me messages while I simultaneously use IRC as a resource to troubleshoot coding problems. Trillian even allows multiple accounts from the same type of messenger to be used at once. So if you have more than one AIM nick you can have both active at the same time! Trillian's IRC client allows you to be connected to multiple IRC servers and across multiple IRC networks at the same time. Trillian comes in a free version that offers all features except for video chatting and a pro (paid) version that includes the video chatting.

Other instant messengers include:

I could sit around and list these all day. I am quiet sure the list would run well off the viewing area of your monitor. We haven't even broached video chatting.

Instant messaging has also moved to our phones. My phone supports MSN, AIM and Yahoo at the moment. I am certain I could find many other WAP or Java instant messaging clients.

Download Trillian 3.0 today!

For the instant messenging addict! (interesting parental controls)
Here's a book on dealing with teens and instant messengers: Moms' Survival Guide to Instant Messaging

  
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Posted by: djuggler | 7:20 AM |