IM client for Windows that does it all?

DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
edited November 22, 2006 in The Big Picture
In mock-turtleneck land, we have Adium, a client that supports everything, including GoogleTalk. Does a similar one exist for Windows? Trillian does everything BUT googletalk.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    Hmmm. I saw your title and was going to suggest Trillian. ne_nau.gif

    EDIT: Isn't Google Talk just Jabber, really? Does Trillian do Jabber?
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    I used trillian a while back, and AFAIK, it does google
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    I don't have an answer to your query, but what's mock turtleneck land?
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 20, 2006
    You need trillian PRO... not free. and yeah, i guess there is some plugin or hack that will do it in the free version, but the few google links I read say its "messy"

    i did find: www.meebo.com

    simple, but should work... i want it mainly so I can see you two guys anyway (figures you'd be the ones to respond immediately lol3.gif)
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 20, 2006
    marlinspike wrote:
    I don't have an answer to your query, but what's mock turtleneck land?
    MacOS
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  • DYancyDYancy Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    It's not really all that "messy" to configure Trillian Pro to work with Google.

    http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/answer.py?answer=24077

    Check that link for a step-by-step.

    Also check out www.miranda-im.org for a free, open source alternative to Trillian. It too supports Jabber/Google.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 20, 2006
    DYancy wrote:
    It's not really all that "messy" to configure Trillian Pro to work with Google.
    there's no way I'm going to PAY for an IM client.

    see above, i know Pro can do it, but not the free/lite version
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 20, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    MacOS

    Hahahaha, I thought only an someone as anti-Mac as me could come up with calling Mac users mock turtlenecks. That's almost as bad...well, maybe I exaggerated a bit earlier, but it sure ain't a compliment.
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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited November 20, 2006
    Erik,

    fwiw it seems to work fine in Trillian 3 Pro.

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 21, 2006
    devbobo wrote:
    Erik,

    fwiw it seems to work fine in Trillian 3 Pro.

    Cheers,

    David
    Thanks David... e hem, look up... :D
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  • DYancyDYancy Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    there's no way I'm going to PAY for an IM client.

    see above, i know Pro can do it, but not the free/lite version

    Did you notice my link to the Miranda chat software? Free. mwink.gif
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 21, 2006
    DYancy wrote:
    Did you notice my link to the Miranda chat software? Free. mwink.gif
    Nope, you snuck that one by me. lol3.gif

    thanks!
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    there's no way I'm going to PAY for an IM client.

    see above, i know Pro can do it, but not the free/lite version
    There's no way I'm going to PAY for that photograph! mwink.gif

    No knock on you, Doc... it's just funny that depending on what industry you're in, something else should always be free.

    I also use Trillian (non-Pro). :D
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited November 21, 2006
    ChrisJ wrote:
    There's no way I'm going to PAY for that photograph! mwink.gif

    No knock on you, Doc... it's just funny that depending on what industry you're in, something else should always be free.

    I also use Trillian (non-Pro). :D
    oh come on, you're just being a snoot! IM has been free forever, that's like starting to charge for email! mind you, i wouldn't hack Tpro, just see absolutely no need to pay for something thats legit and free from so many other sources.

    and btw, I've given up, I don't want to talk to anyone anyway! lol3.gif
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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited November 22, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    oh come on, you're just being a snoot! IM has been free forever, that's like starting to charge for email! mind you, i wouldn't hack Tpro, just see absolutely no need to pay for something thats legit and free from so many other sources.

    and btw, I've given up, I don't want to talk to anyone anyway! lol3.gif

    Guilty! I am a software nazi (part of my day job)... I think Trillian is a cut above the others, and I keep *meaning* to actually buy a copy. :D It's hard when the free version does all I want.
    Chris
  • DYancyDYancy Registered Users Posts: 34 Big grins
    edited November 22, 2006
    DoctorIt wrote:
    that's like starting to charge for email

    Not quite. The protocol and exchange of email is "free" unless you consider the cost of an Internet connection in the first place. Also, while the email services may be free, more often than not the software to read and send email is not -- whether it be included in the cost of the OS or as part of a suite of programs.

    Sure, there are free email programs just as there are free IM programs. It's a matter of whether those free offerings give you the features that their commercial counterparts do. mwink.gif

    I bought Trillian Pro several years ago. Paid for it once, been using it literally every day since. Good return on the "investment".
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