I'll try not to let it cloud my opinion of you Yazzy
Seriously though, the Trillian software lets you connect to MSN and AOL simultaneously and crashes much less than MSN does
I no longer need it as I've managed to wean all my mates off AOL
Trillian Website
It also has the ability to do IRC chat, Google chat, Jabber and through plugins to do RSS and many other things.
Arfie