trillian is for ppl on winblows shey ... im a mac, notice how much cooler ive been lately :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

skype is the winner hands down.

http://m.news.com/2166-12_3-9962106-38.html

my sig says it all...

skype messed up my firefox when I installed it

if you have icq you basically already have aol/aim. aol/aim/icq members can interact with each other.

the adult industry = the only people still using icq.

make an aim account, merge your icq/aim contacts into the buddylist, and then install skype as a backup.

skype 4 shoooooooo!

Skype or MSN :thumbsup

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

best tool for messenger systems

low systen usage of your pc fast and good

I always have MSN running, aswell as ICQ.

Used to only use it for friends, but now use it more for work contacts...

I use Version 2003b build 3916 of ICQ. To me that is the last stable version there is. I tried all of the others as they'd come out and they eat too many resources for me. I installed the newest version of icq last week and it lasted all of an hour on my system before I deleted it and went back to 2003b. lol

The only other 2 I use that don't mess with other areas of my computer too much are Yahoo and MSN. they seem to hiccup alot less for me.

you forgot to add miranda

Skype is definitely the best I've used. Great IM features, highest level of privacy out there, VoIP, and is fully cross-platform (nice to see an app that plays nice on Windows, Linux and Mac, with all the features on each).

is skype only for live chat? or can you type chat with it?

I'm using almost all types of messaging platforms but chose AIM as alternative to ICQ. :)

Yes, you can type chat with it. :2 cents:

I use trillian, never any problems