Trillian is great for convenience. I absolutely refuse to get a new version of AIM. I stopped on like 5.2, because it just got uglier and more gaudy. I used to create custom expressions (skins), but they don't allow that anymore I don't think. You have to pay for a lisence to have your expression work. Which isn't worth it. And they keep screwing around with the button arrangement. And the last time I used actual AIM the program I couldn't maintain a connection for more than 10 minutes. I do prefer AIM's font customization more than any other program. But it's just not worth it just for that. Trillian, GAIM, or no AIM at all. Screw AOL. I appreciate a free service but they're just insane anymore. Now all my IMs look the same... Only thing I wish is Trillian would put in a good support for background colors instead of just highlighting the line of text with a color. That just looks dumb :/ But I'll still always back Trillian before AIM (I have issues with GAIM but its not worth getting into)