Google Talk vs. msn messenger

fredarn · 12-28-2005, 07:13 AM

What is best?
SHould i download google talk?

mondine · 12-28-2005, 08:51 AM

Why one or the other? Many people have 3, 4, or more IM programs.
What do the people you know use?
And what do you have to lose by trying it, yourself?

Gerard · 12-29-2005, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mondine

Why one or the other? Many people have 3, 4, or more IM programs.
What do the people you know use?
And what do you have to lose by trying it, yourself?

Personally, the thought of using three of four IM's seems insane, I use Trillian Pro personally. It works with all major IM's, including Google Talk.
It also has loads of features that Google Talk, and even other IM's have failed to provide.

What I like too is the fact that these additional features are available as add-ons. They are not part of the basic program; meaning that a user is not saddled with excess baggage he/she does not want.

Pepper · 12-29-2005, 05:26 PM

i hate my msn because it always screws up my computer...i love how fast gtalk comes up becuase it doens't have such a load of crap like msn's, and i also like aim because its the same way.

mondine · 12-29-2005, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Quote:

Originally Posted by mondine

Why one or the other? Many people have 3, 4, or more IM programs.
What do the people you know use?
And what do you have to lose by trying it, yourself?

Personally, the thought of using three of four IM's seems insane, I use Trillian Pro personally. It works with all major IM's, including Google Talk.
It also has loads of features that Google Talk, and even other IM's have failed to provide.

What I like too is the fact that these additional features are available as add-ons. They are not part of the basic program; meaning that a user is not saddled with excess baggage he/she does not want.

Personally, I believe that people that are addicted to IMing are insane. But there they are, and many using different clients.
Some people enjoy using the different 'flavours' for the sake of variety. Some have their favourites, and will use another only begrudgingly, when forced to, in order to chat with someone specifically using another.

I myself, also use Trillian Pro. Very rarely, as I've yet to be convinced that email is too slow a form of communication.
If and when they incorporate the Jabber protocol into the free version, they'll have a lot more converts.

Gerard · 12-30-2005, 02:22 AM

Yes, Jabber is only available in the full version of Trillian Pro, not the free version. However, considering the wealth of features at your finger tips in the full version, paying twenty five dollars is ridiculously cheap. At least it is in my opinion. You also get a full year's worth of updates and the access to full technical support.

It works for me!

zima · 12-30-2005, 03:44 PM

Well, only problem beeing that there are clients that offer the same/more for free...

Gerard · 12-30-2005, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by zima

Well, only problem beeing that there are clients that offer the same/more for free...

I have not seen any that I thought were worth while. Perhaps you would be so kind as to list a few, so that I might inspect them for myself.

fredarn · 01-01-2006, 06:32 AM

thnx for all the answers, i am going to check it out today

zima · 01-01-2006, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Gerard

Quote:

Originally Posted by zima

Well, only problem beeing that there are clients that offer the same/more for free...

I have not seen any that I thought were worth while. Perhaps you would be so kind as to list a few, so that I might inspect them for myself.

Look mainly at Miranda, GAIM and Psi (I assume you want only something for Windows...)

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