Isn’t the name “Triton” not “Tritan”?
And yes I find Triton disgusting. Although it has some nice features, manily from the guy who created DeadAIM, its a disgusting piece of bloatware. Either way people have tried and e-mailed the people behind Triton and there seems to be no chance of getting the software to be better. I mean who really needs a IMing program that is “High End”?, I’ll tell ya who doesn’t, me.

The creator of Messenger:Mate said something that really struck me as brilliant. If AIM Triton brags about their great plug in support then why not make things like Talking, Video Chat, Radio , and such available in plug-ins. That’ll save the rest of our computers from running this piece of crap they call the new AIM.

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Forget this garbage update. I just stick with older versions of aim, using either DeadAIM or Aimutation.

Its true, AOL is really digging their own grave.

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I hope the add on programs like Messenger:Mate and DeadAIM remove these ads…

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‘Report IM Spam’
It’s on the Tritan window.
hmmm; could it be used against AOL?
I’d consider an unwanted ad IM Spam…

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There is a setting in Triton to show the ads on the buddylist instead of in chat windows. Then it’s just like the current aim versions.

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The adds arent at all obvtrusive i dont know what you are talking about. Also if you want to in settings you can change it to normal in settings and make the adds in the buddy chat. However using it in the message box is way better becasue if you click the little grey arrow you can make it shwo the add doesnt show. So you guys are dumb. About the software, its not too bad, and this is a beta so it will get better, AOL isnt going to screw up the ONLY thing they ahve going for them right now, trust me.

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They already have.

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Hey, you could always get a program that can COMPLETELY takes away the ads, and then some.

I found this site because I know that there’s always a program that’ll take out the ads.  I just searched “AIM Trition ad remover” on Google and voila!

http://aftermath.dyndns.org:8888/~aimadhack/

Just download, install, and go to preferences.  Once you’re there, just select the tab “Ads” and select “Show no ads”

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Stop your yapping.  AIM is far from becoming obselete.  You get an awesome program for free and you keep whining.  They need ads to survive.  If you don’t like the ads go here and get rid of them:

http://aftermath.dyndns.org:8888/~aimadhack/

Triton is an awesome program with amazing features (yes…borrowed from DeadAIM and other programs of the such).  These features do not slow down your computer unless you use them…so theyre there for your use.  I can’t help it half of you have no friends to voice or videochat with.  Keep using your Trillian and twiddling your fingers up your butts and shutup. Please.

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I cant believe some people on the net these days. I’ll just agree with you “Charles” it seems like you got everything all figured out.

But bottomline AOL and Dell = teh devil!!!

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

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Triton is rediculous. ctrl+alt+delete to bring up the task manager and you will see that aim6 uses 50-60 megs of ram, and “aol software” or something like that uses around 30 megs of ram. A total of around 80 megs of ram, all for… instant messaging? There’s something very wrong here. I can go to http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=aim and download aim 4.8 and an old version of dead aim and use them. I get tabbed browsing, log managers, and transparency effects all using just 4 megs of ram. I can run 20 instances of deadAIM for every 1 run of triton and they would use equal amounts of memory. Triton is a waste.

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Yeah AIM Triton has some annoying as hell advertisements but just remove them and you have a great way to connect to almost anyone with a computer.  They integrated the whole address book and I find it very handy.  Plaxo is definately a great service.  Now with the new version of AIM triton coming out I have a complaint about the damn other crap they load during startup into your system.  But other than that they’re doing pretty good. 

I think most of you take it for granted that AOL has a way to communicate.  Without AIM you don’t have any of the other programs that use the AIM messaging.  And it’s FREE, so get a life and bitch about something you actually have to pay for.

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And one other thing, if AIM uses too much memory, (note that it tells you the system requirements before hand) then get rid of it and don’t use it.  Or get a better computer. 

They program as bad as the rest of them, what makes AOL’s programming worse or better than microsoft’s programming.  It’s life.

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There are many other instant messeging programs out there (Yahoo, Msn, Xfire, Etc.)... If you don’t like the new AIM, download a diffrent program and convince the rest of your friends and family to also.  Or just don’t update. Very simple. Quit complaining.

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I recently downloaded the new aim triton and at first I thought it was cool.  I like how you can close a chat box and the conversation is saved, etc.  However, I just tried to add an icon from my own pictures and I can’t.  You have to SUBSCRIBE to Aim Expressions and buy icons, wall paper, etc.  What a crock!  They advertise the product a free, but features you had on older versions now cost money.

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I want to get rid of this stupid AIM Triton, but I want to keep just the regular AIM. Whenever I go to iconator.com and want to download an icon, it won’t let me because I have AIM Triton. I want to delete AIM Triton, but I want to keep regular AIM. How do I do this?

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This message is specifically to the blockhead named Daniel Evans. You’re an idiot and a troll.

“...it’s FREE, so get a life and bitch about something you actually have to pay for.”

You have just as much of a life (maybe less) for coming on here to do nothing but cry about other people’s comments. This is GEAR LIVE. What do you expect from the message boards, universal praise of every product on here?

“if AIM uses too much memory, (note that it tells you the system requirements before hand) then get rid of it and don’t use it.  Or get a better computer.”

Are you an ass? I’m the juggernait, bitch!
But seriously, the memory hogging comment is totally viable and understandable. A jump of 20X the memory usage from aim4 to aim5 is ridiculous. also, this has nothing to do wth the system requirements. My computer meets all of the requirements, I’ve read them, and I still have a bump up of a factor of 20 when I run aim. An attitude of, “oh well, what can we do about it, go get a better computer insead of finding a SOLUTION” is for complacent jackasses.

Get off the board and get some common sense.

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I like AIM, but i dont like the new triton. To me its UI is unattractive and who needs AOL Explorer.  I know you can uninsall it by navigating the folder the uninstaller is contained in, but its still annoying to install in the first place.

For all you people that want an alternative way to connect with AIM buddies; try downloading GAIM and best of all its free too, but can connect with many different messaging protocols.  This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.  The link is right here http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php now use it and see what you think.

Jaison

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I absolutely hate aim triton!! It wont let me send messages & i would really like to get my old aim back but i cant seem to find it again. I have looked everywhere on the internet to find it again! There are WAY to many versions that i cant find my old one again! It makes me so mad!!

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Buy a mac and use Ichat.  Much better.

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k, i was looking for a way to make my triton windows transparent to match my windows live messenger, and stumbled across this, and couldn’t believe what i saw, so a couple things.

ok, to cfjeff above me, you’re retarded.  Mac’s blow and everyone knows that.  end of story.

Now as for Triton being good, anyone who thinks so MUST be slightly retarded.  Have you ever even used another messenger?!  First they’re ALL free, so don’t say “its free so dont complain”, second, ALL the others have more features than AIM, windows live messenger, yahoo, etc.  On top of this, they all do video, voice, games, sharing, and conferencing far better than aim ever did, and more people worldwide use msn than any other messenger.  So, for those who say Triton is great, you’re simply a retard, and you shouldn’t voice your opinion about anything.  As far as the original aim is concerned i’ve heard good things but never actually used it, so i won’t comment on it

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does anyone know where i can get messengermate for AIM for free????

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Hey does anyone know if downloading the new AIM version costs money?

xoxo

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Sorry, I’m not “retarded” (or a stinky head).  I am assuming that by “everyone” you mean people who are rude and don’t know what your talking about like yourself.

If you haven’t checked out Mac recently, you should.  I was checking out Triton to use for thevideo chat.  My son took a Mac to college and ichat works great.  We bought a mac because they are more secure and better products for the money.  My next computer will be a Mac.  The only thing they lack is gaming.

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