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AIM And ICQ to be Integrated

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the annoying-desktop-sounds-increased dept.

sam writes "According to this InfoWorld article the next version of America Online's Instant Messenger will allow users to communicate with ICQ users in a move that will bridge the gap between the company's two popular chat services. Maybe AOL finally woke up and realized people were using IM clients that have both in them." I still use only IRC for messaging, but this is gonna make things easier for a lot of users.

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  1. Trillian by Toodles · · Score: 1, Redundant
    I already have that functionality in Trillian, with better skin support, no banner, auto-away and a reply message if away, yahoo, ICQ, IRC...The only thing missing is Mirc scripting support and it would be the ultimate communications device since the telephone. If AOL would be smart and buy out Trillian the way they bought WinAMP, the IM wars would be over.

    Trillian. You know you wanna.

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    Toodles D. Clown
  2. Re:Trillian by dl248 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Trillian is free!!!

    Only the "pro" version costs anything, however the plain version comes with many many features, including skins, message window options (no pop-ups!), etc.

  3. iChat! by Jedi+Paramedic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I should point out that in anticipation of iChat, Apple worked out something with AOL so that users could login to AIM using their mac.com (now .mac) userid and pw.

    Although I know little about the AIM client and software, it would seem that all they've done is add a method to log into a new group of userids/pws.

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    That's my purse! I don't know you! -- Bobby Hill
  4. Newsflash: AIM, ICQ, MSN, Y!, IRC integrated! by CathedralRulz · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Free And NO ADVERTISING! Except it's not really news and AOL is a little late to the party.

    It's called Trillian. Though it's not open source (sorry purists), it does all of these things and integrates all of the functions of each of these messaging programs.

    It's compact, lightweight, and skinable. You can download it, all free, at Curelean Studios. If you like the program, make a paypal contribution and register it. Well worth it.