I use it mainly as ICQ replacement, but it supports AIM as well.
It's uses far less than 10 MB RAM and doesn't stress the CPU at all.
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Anonymous2006-07-02 16:48
gaim
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Anonymous2006-07-02 18:37
since when does AIM stress the processor? unless you guys are talking about one of the newer versions. i refuse to update past version 5.5.3599 (the last one before they changed the layout and made it look super-retarded)
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Anonymous2006-07-02 20:19
Well if you use AIM, AOL basically has the right to read your conversations these days. Average Joe has nothing to worry about but if that is a problem for you then it's good to look for alternatives.
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Anonymous2006-07-02 21:05
iChat :|
But seriously, probably Miranda, although I really disliked Miranda when I tried it. You need to install a billion plugins for it to support many basic features I'd miss if I wanted a main AIM client, and the interface is pretty weird, and I just generally didn't like it.
I agree with number 6, though, sorta. AIM 5.9whatever has no issues, go install that instead of these crappy alternatives that don't work right. Triton isn't very good yet and is probably the only version of AIM you could perceive to "consume system resources" in a heavy way.
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Anonymous2006-07-02 21:51
Trillian is the best right now. It used to be ass because it didn't work with half the features (like direct connect and webcam) but in the most recent version I havent had any problems.
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Anonymous2006-07-02 21:54
.. "least system resources"? I dislike Trillian for a variety of reasons, but I think one of the least contested would be the fact it's one of the "larger" alternative clients out there.
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Anonymous2006-07-03 2:45
>>10
well, you can change your font, and it doesn't crash every 20 seconds, and it has a native GUI! TALK ABOUT FEATURES RITE MIRANDA
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Anonymous2006-07-03 4:32
I like GAIM. After using Trillian for years I got pissed off because it had a bug that didn't show me the requests to add me to their contact lists in MSN, and I was missing talking with some chick. I moved on to GAIM, and liked it pretty much. I just like how it's designed, everything is where I'd expect it to be and every feature seems to be designed with common sense. The bad is it's GTK and it takes as much RAM as Trillian, and in Windows, I had to tweak some GTK configuration file by hand because otherwise fonts would be tiny.
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Anonymous2006-07-06 1:43
USE GAIM FAGGOTS.
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Anonymous2006-07-06 2:42
Gaim sucks... miranda sucks... trillian is hefty for a chat program but its the best there is... personally i suggest we all start using jabber (pandion is a decent client) googletalk uses a similar program.
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Anonymous2006-07-06 3:25
i use regular aim with deadaim to get rid of the ads and other excess, though i dont know if it's resource efficient
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Anonymous2006-07-06 5:21
KOPETE BITCHES
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dark!d0c5rQcjdA2006-07-06 5:45
Trillian.
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Anonymous2006-07-06 5:51
Actually, no, misread that- the one that uses the least amount of resources would probably be Miranda-IM
That's hefty? What is this, 1999? RAM usage is not what slows down your system, shitty emulated GUI hackups are what does.
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Anonymous2006-07-06 17:26 (sage)
>>21 %CPU TIME S %MEM VIRT SWAP SHR DATA CODE COMMAND
0.0 5:43 S 73.4 765m 396m 13m 686m 10m firefox-bin
RAM usage doesn't slow things down, you say? Just wait until my Firefox hits the critical point at 1G where it fills all of my RAM and swap. CPU instantly up to 6.0 and system to a crawl/halt.
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Anonymous2006-07-07 7:14
>>22
You've failed your Firefox. Mine takes no more than 50 MB RAM after 1 hour of use.
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Anonymous2006-07-07 9:54
>>23
You must on have extensions or use only one tab at a time...
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Anonymous2006-07-07 9:55
on = not
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Anonymous2006-07-07 10:36
im not >>23 but i do only use one extension (the 4chan one) and its the only one i use and yes its under 50mb for probably 2-3 hours. I hate the opera fags who think its bloated as soon as you start it up it only does that once you add shitloads of useless extensions and themes that you will never use
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Anonymous2006-07-07 10:57
>>24
One tab, but several windows. No useless extensions (I don't want videogames, spreadsheets or mortgage calculators in my web browser), but I have Web Developer and View Source Chart plus DOM Inspector.
>>28
Dammit, why the heck are you running old Furfox? That's the problem. There were a few insufficiently tested versions which had grave memory leaks, and you are using one, then bitching at world4ch that Furfox takes a gig of RAM when it's your fault for not upgrading it, these bugs have been recognized and fixed long ago so don't give Furfox a bad name. I'm using Furfox 1.5.0.4 and right now with only world4ch open after ~1 hour of use it's taking 27 MB in my Windows box (not too different from what it does in my Lunix box).
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Anonymous2006-07-07 15:17
>>28
Oh, wait a sec, just realized, what the heck are you running? I hope it's not an experimental Cairo-based build. Cairo is bullshit, get rid of it. Install plain standard 1.5.0.4.
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Anonymous2006-07-07 20:13
>>30
It says Cairo right there in the browser agent ID.
>>29
Well, I've used quite a few builds recently, and all of them show the same problem. Not the archaic 1.5 builds of course, but no one in their right mind would use that deprecated version.
>>30
Nah, it's stable, nothing like the unstable 1.5 branch.
>>33
Cairo equals win, so I'd rather not. And I suspect Firefox is statically linked against Cairo (off to check), hm, it's not. Then it might be as I have suspected, that is, my Cairo somehow leaks.
I really doubt that though, but I might as well build it myself just to make sure there's nothing wrong.
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Anonymous2006-07-08 6:37
Oh god, my Cairo is 4 month old... I can't believe it even runs :X
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Anonymous2006-07-08 13:05
I used Trillian, switched to GAIM and sticked with it.
Small, decent Layout (i like it clean or boring if you will).
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Anonymous2006-07-08 13:42
IRC
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Anonymous2006-07-08 14:54
Trillian
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Anonymous2006-07-08 22:04
>>35
1. 1.5 is not archaic
2. 1.5 is stable
3. 1.5.0.4 doesn't exhibit these problems
4. Cairo sucks greasy monkey balls and is slower than drawing objects myself on the screen with a pencil, then deleting them as necessary.
5. Why the fuck are you using shit software then claiming Firefox fails? Go fucking get 1.5.0.4 and shut the fuck up.