Hey LunaticGirl... I moved your post to our Trillian forum. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Trillian's got some great features. Of course it works with all the big IMs (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ), but it also lets you sign in with multiple screen names (like cloning).
One cool thing is that you can setup alerts for your buddies, so you get notified when they come online... and it works regardless of what IM system they use.
It also can keep logs of your chats, something AOL and MSN don't do by themselves.
Hmmmm.... it's got tons of cool skins. And it also has it's own emoticons; some really different ones.
How's that for a start? <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>
Jeff Hester aka "Mister BigBlueBall.com"