06-22-2006, 09:50 PM
As much as possible I endeavor to avoid cookies, ads and crud on my computer. I keep apps running in the background to a bare minimum. I have never used IM; never had the need or desire for it. My son is in Peru right now, working at a computer all day long and has talked me into it. I loaded Windows Live messenger up on my machine, and on my wife's I have Trillian. ( Windows Live messenger won't install on hers--she doesn't have ME--even though the page from which Windows messenger downloads states ME will work.) Trillian seems to be a clean ad free interface.
Is there any reason not to use it on both machines and ditch Windows Live messenger?
Or to rephrase the question, is there any reason to dislike or be paranoid about Windows Live messenger?
My inlaws have IM running at startup and constantly in the background and their computers run like crap. Of course they would probably run slowly even without IM. I'd like to use my machine without IM continually running, but then that defeats the purpose doesn't it? Any comments or feedback is welcome.
Is there any reason not to use it on both machines and ditch Windows Live messenger?
Or to rephrase the question, is there any reason to dislike or be paranoid about Windows Live messenger?
My inlaws have IM running at startup and constantly in the background and their computers run like crap. Of course they would probably run slowly even without IM. I'd like to use my machine without IM continually running, but then that defeats the purpose doesn't it? Any comments or feedback is welcome.