new to AIM, halp

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:12 pm

I can't seem to read the text I receive in AIM when I'm messaged, sometimes a window will slide up from the taskbar with a summary of said text, but no IM window. When I open one to chat, others can receive my messages but I cannot read their's even as I do hear the noise associated with received messages.

Is this common? I've upgraded my AIM to no avail.

TIA.

Post by **Doombrain** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:30 pm

shit pants?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:22 am

internet experts, what do you make of this?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:53 pm

do you HAVE to use AIM's client? use gaim or trillian instead.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:05 pm

i don't, this is news, i'll report back later with results

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:55 pm

Use miranda

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:56 pm

Or this if you want the flash without doing any work

http://www.miranda-pack.com/

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:44 pm

Gaim or anything else > Any official clients.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:06 am

I ended up choosing GAIM over Miranda.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 7:42 pm

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:55 pm

I liked the GUI, and some of it's features seemed more user friendly.

Personal judgement call, to each their own.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:58 pm

You should of at least tried miranda pack. Granted miranda is hard to configure to look nice but there are options where it's all done for you.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:39 pm

In time, perhaps, I just needed a simple and quick alternative to pos AIM.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:04 am

I've tried both. GAIM > Miranda when it comes to ease of use. It just works, to steal a phrase.

Post by **Cooldown** » Sun May 06, 2007 7:53 am

I've also tried both and prefer Gaim.

For those unaware, Gaim is now Pidgin.

Get the new version: http://pidgin.im/pidgin/home/

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:34 am

dzjepp wrote:Dumb

miranda sucks.

:icon11:

Post by **Foo** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:57 am

dzjepp wrote:You should of at least tried miranda pack. Granted miranda is hard to configure to look nice but there are options where it's all done for you.

Pidgin is beating Miranda right now on features and looks, even with the Miranda-X or Miranda-Pack bundles. I've been trying them all over the past few weeks.

I've been using Miranda for a few years now, but I'm back on and sticking with Pidgin. Its better right now.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:03 pm

Yeah, I just installed Pidgin and have been surprised by the simplicity and ease of use. Came across a few kinks but I'll be sticking with it for now, at least until I get a shot at Trillian Astra. (I've pretty much fucked my install of miranda too much and would have to re-install completely to get it going again, which I don't feel like doing right now).

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:25 pm

dzjepp wrote:Yeah, I just installed Pidgin and have been surprised by the simplicity and ease of use. Came across a few kinks but I'll be sticking with it for now, at least until I get a shot at Trillian Astra. (I've pretty much fucked my install of miranda too much and would have to re-install completely to get it going again, which I don't feel like doing right now).

dzjepp wrote:Dumb

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon May 07, 2007 4:10 am