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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: February 17, 2010
- Total Downloads: 39,379,980
- Downloads last week: 38,629
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1612 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on August 20, 2009
More than three years in the making, Trillian is back with a slight name change and a slew of new features. It's keeping the beta code-name Astra as part of its official title, but more importantly it's been updated for the modern IM world. Skinnable but not modular, the chat client now supports Google, MySpace IM, Skype, and Facebook, as well as AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, and IRC. Both POP3 and IMAP e-mail checking see some love here, too.
Trillian now has deep hooks into Facebook and Twitter. It will automatically shorten URLs in your tweets, as well as allow direct messages, re-tweets, and replies. Twitter Trends can show up in your contact list, and you can get tweets to appear in tooltip form. Facebook features include news feed integration, Facebook Inbox checking, and synchronized message updating in addition to Facebook IM. Just on these features alone, Trillian Astra offers a bit more than its IM competitors.
Trillian Astra runs lighter than the previous version, too, and you're less likely to notice system slowdowns because of Trillian memory leaks. Video chat gets basic support, as does universal drag-and-drop file transfer. The paid upgrade gives you browser-based IM from Trillian.im, full-screen video and filters to colorize your vids, multiple simultaneous file transfer, and themes, as well as tech support. These features are available for the first 30 days you use the free version, then they deactivate. The biggest changes, besides the reskinned interface, are the long-needed performance improvements and support for a broad range of IM protocols. Longtime fans won't be disappointed.
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Publisher's description
From Cerulean Studios :Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports chatting on Astra, Windows Live, Facebook, Yahoo, MySpace, AIM, Email, Google Talk, Skype, ICQ, Jabber, IRC, Bonjour and others. It also helps manage your social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Trillian provides capabilities not possible with most original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio and video chat, file transfers, group chats, buzzing, tabbed chats, tablet-based drawing, message history, plugins, avatars, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, typing notifications, proxy support, and encrypted messaging.
Trillian also integrates with Trillian for Web and Trillian for iPhone, companion products that help you maintain a single contact list across all of your devices and locations.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.1.0.24 fixes some crashes and works with Facebook XMPP.
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- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1612 votes
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Version: Trillian Astra 4.1.0.24
Pros: Flawless control of your choice of IM, if its just 3 or 13. Instant mail notifications including MySpace mail, Web status updates, all this in one window.
Cons: Using the free version you get the ugliest skin.. so it doesn't matter much. but its ugly. Also you have to register a free Astra account, even though I have 0 contacts there.
Summary: I've used Trillian Astra through all the evaluations period and now I'm using the free version. It is absolutly flawless, I get mail notifications from MyS, Gmail, Ymail, Gtalk. I get Web updates from Twit and FB, and I use 8 total IMs no problem.
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Version: Trillian Astra 4.1.0.24
Pros: I have all my messengers in one small program. I don't have to worry about having the same version as my buddy to be able to do a file transfer. Cerulean Studios has not lost site of what IM programs are for.Cerulean Studios has only made it better.
Cons: Your friends don't have Trillian and its going to take you months to convert them over. Everything in the program works great but it would be nice to have a web cam function built in.
Summary: This is the last messenger you will ever need. Give it a try I think you will find its well worth it.
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Version: Trillian Astra 4.1.0.24
"great all in one product. Easy to use."
Pros: Combination of several applications and ease of use.
Cons: I have two msn accounts, can only add one. You have to pay for it.
Summary: I like it, I may pay for the pro. I will have to see how limited the free version is after my trial version expires. Otherwise i like it.
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Version: Trillian Astra 4.1.0.24
Pros: don't have to download ALL the other programs with their ads and spamware
Cons: I didn't have any cons
Summary: Excellent for multiple messaging service works like a charm
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Version: Trillian Astra 4.1.0.24
Pros: Includes lots of protocols,easy to use, nice interface:)
Cons: Price.....
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