I just found this great software which is a must try for every one, like me if you hate having MSN Messager and ICQ running at the same time and contantly changing to talk to your friends, or just cant be bothered to install more than 1 client? then this is for you! Trillian 0.70 Below is a quicklist of features available in Trillian, there are many more to be found: General: XML-based skinned interface User Profiles Container Windows Proxy support / proxy authentication Emoticons Transparent windows Window "phasing" (hide buddyicons and toolbars) Resizable frames in each window (typing area, etc) Emotisounds No Built-in ads Text formatting (font colors, sizes, and styles) Event system (sound, hotkeys, and user definable popup windows) Customizable Contact Alerts Contact Renaming Extra Information for Contacts - store useful pieces of information for later retrieval via tooltip Message History Customizable "send" key IRC support: Ignore List Friends/Enemy List Encrypted DCC CHAT File Transfer Resizable nicklists Nick completion AOL Instant Messenger support: File Transfer Buddy Icons Get Member info Change personal details (profile, password, screen name appearance) Privacy features DirectIM support Contact Search Support ICQ support: File Transfer View Member Information Change personal details Contact search support Supports latest ICQ 2001b protocols Customizable listening ports for firewalls Full Privacy features (invisible/visible lists, and more) MSN Messenger support: File Transfer Group chats Privacy Features User is typing Hotmail notifications Yahoo! Messenger support: Inbound file transfers Privacy features Yahoo! Mail notifications check it out I'm sure there are other application/s out there which do the same thing, but this app seems the most feature full and cool looking
It's great on the laptop as it means I only have to have one messenging program open instead of three
