trillian trillian trillian!! i've been using the 3.1 basic version for about 2 months now and haven't had a complaint yet. our programmer uses the Pro 3 version [$25] for ages now and raves about [which is why we all use it now]. The thing I love most about it is having access to 4 im clients and mIRC but only having to use one prog for it [my comp loves it too... saves on my precious RAM]