trillian alternative that is less of a resource hog

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I noticed trillian is my 3rd worst resource hog (15M) after Outlook (23M)
and Word (18M). Miranda and gaim don't look as polished though. Anyone
use something better?
 
I use Easy Message, I've tried them all and this is the best one I've
found.

"JT" a couché sur son écran :
 
JT wrote:
J> Miranda and gaim don't look as polished though. Anyone
J> use something better?

I stopped using Trillian for the same reason - resource
usage.

Easy Message is a good choice - still some bugs to be worked
out (it doesn't handle groups very well for me.)

Miranda doesn't look so great by default - the first time I
tried it I went away in disgust. But the awesome thing is
that you can make it look however you want. Here's a shot of
how mine looks now:

http://shell-shocked.org/misc/miranda.gif (25 kb)

Resource usage is about 5 MB (and another 5 paged) for all
those messengers including IRC.
 
JT said:
I noticed trillian is my 3rd worst resource hog (15M) after Outlook (23M)
and Word (18M). Miranda and gaim don't look as polished though. Anyone
use something better?
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I do not know what you mean with resource hog, but if you are refering
to the RAM it uses, then you should try to use a lighter skin. When I
changed from the default Trillian skin to Mircoscopic, it seemed to be
faster.

bye,

Onno
 
["Ravi"; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:58:19 GMT]
Resource usage is about 5 MB (and another 5 paged) for all
those messengers including IRC.
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Once it gets a decent Yahoo! protocol plug-in, I'll make a complete
switch. It's got a bit of a learning curve, but is quite nice.
 
["Onno Tasler"; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:37:06 GMT]
I do not know what you mean with resource hog, but if you are refering
to the RAM it uses, then you should try to use a lighter skin. When I
changed from the default Trillian skin to Mircoscopic, it seemed to be
faster.
Click to expand...

Same here. I use Microscopic and Trillian only uses 7 MB of RAM. (Don't
know what it was before.) I only applied Microscopic because I like the
way it looks, so this is just an added benefit!
 
FWIW, a quick Google would have pulled this up in seconds:
www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=easy+m
essage
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As I mentioned to Ravi on the 21st:
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

"Though not required it would be nice when people recommend software
to also post the URL also. Some people pay for their (some
times very slow) online usage by the minute and can not spend the
time or $$ to look this up. Just my 2 cents worth."

URL: http://www.easymessage.net/
 
The voice of "J44xm" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...
["Onno Tasler"; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:37:06 GMT]
I do not know what you mean with resource hog, but if you are
refering to the RAM it uses, then you should try to use a lighter
skin. When I changed from the default Trillian skin to
Mircoscopic, it seemed to be faster.
Click to expand...

Same here. I use Microscopic and Trillian only uses 7 MB of RAM.
(Don't know what it was before.) I only applied Microscopic
because I like the way it looks, so this is just an added benefit!
Click to expand...


Sitting around 9.1 MB here with Win ME skin...

http://www.dragonfur.ca/nowhere/Memory.jpg (53K)
http://www.dragonfur.ca/nowhere/Memory2.jpg (30K)

Normally this would be an issue for some users, especially those with
constrained resources, but I have Ram to spare. The system is also
running quite smooth for 6:15am start time today. Not bad for a Win98se
system... };8)
 
J44xm wrote:

J> Once it gets a decent Yahoo! protocol plug-in, I'll make a complete
J> switch. It's got a bit of a learning curve, but is quite nice.

Yeah - some folks are working on that. I use a miranda
plugin that works fine for my needs - so in my mind they're
done.

But in reality - there's still some work to do - to support
file transfers etc.
 
I just started using Miranda - http://www.miranda-im.org . It's freeware
and it uses only 2-4 MB when running with only AIM support. It has
plugins to expand its capability so you can add only the things you use.

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