# Ok, I got trillian now so... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344 "2006-01-24T02:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/1 "2006-01-24T02:08:15Z")
Anyone who has an AIM, Yahoo, MSN, or ICQ identiy is welcome to add me to their list. I am sad, lonely, and desperate for conversation. It even has an IRC connection which I am not sure of the workings of (since IRC is a communal chat medium and the rest are two-way) And something called ‘rendezvous’ which I have never heard of. My AIM username is LobbersEWS My Yahoo username is LobbersEWS My Msn is [pjlobley\_spam@manx.net](mailto:pjlobley_spam@manx.net) My ICQ is 259137986 ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/2 "2006-01-24T02:24:40Z")
I use Trillian as well. I’m not going to type out my digits, since you can plainly see them right under my Location tag. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/3 "2006-01-24T03:05:56Z")
Now that you have trillian, uninstall it and get gaim. Gaim to trillian is like trillian to aim. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/4 "2006-01-24T03:13:40Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Now that you have trillian, uninstall it and get gaim. Gaim to trillian is like trillian to aim. 😉 Now you tell me. I already paid for trillian pro. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/5 "2006-01-24T03:24:31Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Now you tell me. I already paid for trillian pro. Trillian handles file transfers better than GAIM. Welcome to Trillian! ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/6 "2006-01-24T03:27:35Z")
Ok, added you as a contact. Ring me up if you get bored. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/7 "2006-01-24T03:32:08Z")
> [@SlickRoenick](#): > > Trillian handles file transfers better than GAIM. Welcome to Trillian! Does it? Hmm…does trillian show links in profiles yet? That’s why I hated it before. Everything was all plain text. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/8 "2006-01-24T05:22:38Z")
You can add me if you like. I only use MSN though, and I don’t get online that often. Plus I’m probably pretty boring to talk to since I’m 19 and all I do is work and go to school. ---
**Author:** ![autobulb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@autobulb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/autobulb)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/9 "2006-01-24T08:04:58Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Does it? Hmm…does trillian show links in profiles yet? That’s why I hated it before. Everything was all plain text. There was a free plugin that would add HTML to profiles though everything still looked crappy. Gaim 2.0 will hopefully fix troubles with file transfering. The beta already did, now they’re just fixing up some stuff they changed which they probably shouldn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/10 "2006-01-25T00:46:54Z")
I think all those who’ve replied so far are on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/11 "2006-01-25T01:00:42Z")
FYI, GAIM beta 2 was just released today. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/12 "2006-01-25T01:01:54Z")
Forgot the link: [http://gaim.sourceforge.net/](http://gaim.sourceforge.net/) At work I was looking into extending GAIM last week, but then I got laid off Friday. Do’h. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/13 "2006-01-25T01:36:22Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > FYI, GAIM beta 2 was just released today. Noted. But I paid for Trillian so for now I’ll stick with it. To the thread: I just added the details of my Yahoo, AIM, and ICQ accounts (created for trillian) to my SDMB profile. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-got-trillian-now-so/341344/14 "2006-01-25T04:46:20Z")
I’ll add you to my AIM and Yahoo Messenger lists. Talking to Dopers online has been quite fun over the months.