http://trillian.cc/i started using this program again recently. I use it for msn and for aol, and once in awhile IRC.
voice and video chat are not available through trillian. to use you have to switch back to the original program.
other than it is good program to elimate having to use so many programs at once.
its common knowledge that having many programs running in the back ground slows down the machine.
i highly recommend this program now that i use it exclusively.
this program is skinnable. i use the skin found here:
http://www.cubbie.de/microscopiceven though on my XP machine i use the clarseic theme instead of the Hasbro looking default, i really like the XP skin that comes with the skin above. this skin also makes everything very small. i dont like big buttons. i keep all the windows small and "always on top" on the top corners of my screen.
below is a direct quote from the trillian website.
General:
XML-based skinned interface
User Profiles
Container Windows
Proxy support / proxy authentication
Emoticons
Transparent windows
Window "phasing" (hide buddyicons and toolbars)
Resizable frames in each window (typing area, etc)
Emotisounds
No Built-in ads
Text formatting (font colors, sizes, and styles)
Event system (sound, hotkeys, and user definable popup windows)
Customizable Contact Alerts
Contact Renaming
Extra Information for Contacts - store useful pieces of information for later retrieval via tooltip
Message History
Customizable "send" key
IRC support:
Ignore List
Friends/Enemy List
Encrypted DCC CHAT
File Transfer
Resizable nicklists
Nick completion
AOL Instant Messenger(SM) support:
File Transfer
Buddy Icons
Get Member info
Change personal details (profile, parseword, screen name appearance)
Privacy features
DirectIM support
Contact Search Support
ICQ® support:
File Transfer
View Member Information
Change personal details
Contact search support
Supports latest ICQ® 2001b protocols
Customizable listening ports for firewalls
Full Privacy features (invisible/visible lists, and more)
MSN Messenger support:
File Transfer
Group chats
Privacy Features
User is typing
Hotmail notifications
Yahoo! Messenger support:
Inbound file transfers
Privacy features
Yahoo! Mail notifications
