Ok so I usually use trillian on the PC, and I know my mac came with iChat, but it doesnt compare with Trillian. Are there any spyware-free IM programs for macs other than ichat? I need something much more user friendly and customizable that can import more than one type of IM client similar to Trillian. Thanks!
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Adium, Fire (and for the record, I got the home pages of both as the third and fourth hit right after two iChat ones when googled for "im mac os x". You should try looking a little harder).jayeskreezy said:
well I guess if my search had been that detailed I would have found what you didLinkjeniero said:
anyway...I typed in mac trillian to see if there was a such thing and I didnt find anything so thats why I came here....i'd rather get advice from experienced mac users on some things than a random search engine
I also prefer Adium
I use iChat with other Mac users... for great audio and video chats.
I looked around at a few when I first switched. Even (dare I admit it in public) used MSN Messenger for Mac initially (and hated it!)
Third party IM apps on Macs all seem nicer than when I was on a PeeCee.
Adium is great! Fully customisable, and I've never had any problems with it.
I use iChat with other Mac users... for great audio and video chats.
I looked around at a few when I first switched. Even (dare I admit it in public) used MSN Messenger for Mac initially (and hated it!)
Third party IM apps on Macs all seem nicer than when I was on a PeeCee.
Adium is great! Fully customisable, and I've never had any problems with it.
errr? Yeah.
I think we got a majority of the users here on Adium. Suffice to say, there is no need to search for a Trillian for mac. I never liked Trillians interface anyhow. It felt too much like a high-techy year 2050 (or the way we'd imagine it in books or movies).
I think we got a majority of the users here on Adium. Suffice to say, there is no need to search for a Trillian for mac. I never liked Trillians interface anyhow. It felt too much like a high-techy year 2050 (or the way we'd imagine it in books or movies).
Thought I'd add my opinion. I use Proteus (http://www.proteusx.com). It's technically not free, although it does have an unlimited trial period (with reminders to pay if you like it). Adium is a good app, but for some reason that I can't quite explain, I just don't like it very well. The interface is weird. Anyway, I'm very happy with Proteus. It's the only shareware I've bought for my Mac.
Yeah, I prefer Proteus to Adium. Much better interface and appearance. Could use an update, though..mduser63 said:
Not for long though, it's being worked on during Google's summer of code. At least the AIM portion of file transfers.Cless said:
you'll be pleased to know that adium got an update today, just downloaded it can't see much change, but saying that the only problem i had with it was that it would crash when file transferring otherwise its the best IM program on any platform in my opinion,plasticparadox said:
ShadoW
That's odd, Fire and Adium use the same libgaim, and I have no trouble receiving/sending files on AIM, Yahoo, or MSN. DCC is still being worked on for IRC. I prefer Fire, it's got some neat features that the others still haven't adopted.
iChat is a head and shoudlers above adium in looks, but in the functionality ease of use and the ability to do everything quicker department adium is king, so take your pick
http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=search&s=ichatiDM said:
I think you can get adium reasonably close to ichat - you can get adium to look like almost anything.
