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From: "Glenn Meadows"
Haven't been able to test that yet, we're just starting to play with Video chat.
--
Glenn M.
"Gary Britt" wrote in message
news:42bc8eb1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Is it faster and less buggy than doing video chat than MSN Messenger and
> the
> others?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary
>
> P.S. What's MP3 Pro and how is it better than MP3 and worse than MP4 in
> terms of quality for sound??
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows" wrote in message
> news:42bc8c47$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Trillian has ZERO ads that flash at you, and if you have contacts on
>> multiple lists, it consolidates them all into one.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Gary Britt" wrote in message
>> news:42bc4869{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >I checked and Trillian Pro does do video chat.
>> >
>> > My wife and I only video chat with each other. We tried using
> Netmeeting
>> > for this purpose, but even with routers at both ends set to DMZ, I
>> > couldn't
>> > get it to work both ways. I could only get it to work one way only.
>> > So
>> > we
>> > were forced to do one of the instant messengers. We tried Yahoo but
>> > its
>> > software seemed a bit bloated and possibly buggy. We both needed to
>> > reinstall it more than once and the Yahoo servers were often busy and
> hard
>> > to connect through. So now we've tried MSN Messenger. It seems a bit
>> > less
>> > bloated not as buggy and haven't had as many problems with their
>> > servers
>> > than we did with Yahoo. However, its still plenty bloated and loaded
> with
>> > a
>> > bunch of cutsie kid stuff.
>> >
>> > MSN Messenger is free, so before I pop for Trillian tell me, if you
> would,
>> > why I should.
>> >
>> > I know its operable with lots of messenger clients, but that feature
> isn't
>> > important to my situation. Is Trillian less bloated, faster, and
>> > better
>> > able to handle some older hardware than MSN 7.0??? Does Trillian do a
>> > better job of synching up video and audio, etc. during a video chat
>> > session??
>> >
>> > How is Trillian able to get its client to work with everyone else's
>> > client,
>> > but MSN, AIM, et al can't figure out how to do this? Or are the
>> > instant
>> > messenger wars been long over and I just missed it?
>> >
>> > Thoughts anyone?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Chris" wrote in message
news:42bc3d03$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> I know it will do audio, but not tried video. If you do, you *may*
> need
>> >> to upgrade to the "pro" version. Please check
their website for
> details
>> >> and factual information as I have never tried it.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.trillian.cc/
>> >>
>> >> /Chris
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Gary Britt wrote:
>> >> > Does Trillian do video and voice conversations over
the internet
>> >> > between
>> > two
>> >> > computers?
>> >> >
>> >> > Gary
>> >> >
>> >> > "Chris" wrote in message
> news:42bb177e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> >
>> >> >>That's why I use Thunderbird. It has all the
functionality I
> need/want
>> >> >>and none of the MS side-effects, such as msn
messenger. I like
>> >> >>trillian
>> >> >>MUCH better.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>/Chris
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Glenn Meadows wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>OK, thanks. What's odd, is that it never
started till after
>> >> >>>yesterday,
>> >> >
>> >> > when
>> >> >
>> >> >>>I manually started it to do some testing with
a video conference
>> >> >
>> >> > thingie.
>> >> >
>> >> >>>Now, the bloody things starts everytime I
start OE, even though
>> >> >>>I've
>> >> >
>> >> > turned
>> >> >
>> >> >>>off the Start Windows Messenger when Windows starts...
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Why do they make it so hard.....>GRRR<
>> >> >>>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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