Carpe and Fredrik

[Jaybot]

icq's 'features' and overall 'fast speed' is why i dont like it;  msmn is the fastest and least cumbersome on my system (and most aesthetic if you ask me), and AIM reminds me of AOL.

[Malmer]

I agree with jaybot. The only thing I'm REALLY missing is something only AIM has: The ability to include pictures in your messages. Is great when you're developing and want to send screenshots and other stuff back and forth...<br><br>Either way, great looks are important when it comes to applications, and MSN is the cleanest looking. Good stuff

[Keira]

It's not such a big deal to download them all, were talking 10 minutes a piece and they don't take up any space. I'd have to say that ICQ has gone retarted tho... along with YIM!

[Malmer]

They take up space in my system tray, that's enough for me...

[RICoder]

I hate to say AOL is good for anything, but AIM is what everyone else is using, and while that is not a reason in and of itself, it makes life easier to use it.<br><br>THE REAL thing is that someone needs to make a product that supports all the formats.  But, whenever someone tries (i.e. MS with theirs, or the one I worked on with CMGi) AOL changes their format...they suck.<br><br>But, alas, I am stuck.

[Moose or Chuck]

I use DeadAIM, it takes away all the banner adds in the program so it's much smaller on the desktop and doesn't slow down the connection with all these banners.<br>AIM is good because it sends the message pretty much instantly, that's why I use it, aside from all my friends have AIM. ICQ went down as soon as AIM bought ICQ and their technology.

[CARPEDIEM]

I use ICQ ad Killer to get rid of the annoying banners AOL put in ICQ, i suggest you guys do the same.<br>

[Moose or Chuck]

hahahahah, deadaim. god people actually download  that. Its some kids like first project in VB.

[Moose or Chuck]

It works good enough for me, Chuck.

[Matt Keys]

I use it too.

[sponge]

Fredrik: Try TrayManager. It puts any tray icon you want into a little popup menu that resides in the tray. It's a nice app, I use it, and it works fine. Plus it claims to restore icons after an explorer crash, it doesn't work for me though.<br><br>http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,77591,00.html<br><br>-sponge

[Paul]

if you want to restore icons, use tweak ui...

[Jaybot]

da mn, trillian actually is pretty nice! Much better than jabber (although there is no CE version), it actually connects with ICQ.  Thanks moosey.

[Moose or Chuck]

No problem Jaybot... But I don't use Trillian because others can't connect to my trillian client to send me any files or anything. I find having AIM and ICQ both open is much more convenient. Then if no one is online AIM or ICQ I can close that specific client and save a little bandwidth and resources.

[Jaybot]

really? files work fine for me.