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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: June 07, 2002
- Total Downloads: 37,204,376
- Downloads last week: 39,242
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1547 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
After nearly two years, Trillian is back to claim its rightful title as king of all chat clients. Version 3.0 offers a completely overhauled interface, tabbed chatting, enhanced messaging functionality, improved file transfers, and a new Instant Lookup feature. The program offers simultaneous access to the fab-five chat clients: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and AIM. By importing your passwords, buddy lists, and client preferences into its own interface, Trillian acts as a hub for all your chat traffic.
Installation and setup are simple, and the included features are useful. You can check supported e-mail accounts with one click, view detailed event logs for each client, and, of course, chat. Plus, each supported chat client has options such as video and voice messaging, SMS support, and file transfers. Trillian also offers skin support, although they can be a bit testy to install. While you'll occasionally lose contact with AIM, that's AOL's fault. Credit Trillian for fixing these blocks quickly.
The best thing about Trillian is that it's absolutely free--there's no adware or functionality limitations. So if you need help managing your schizophrenic chatting identity, this puppy's for you.
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Our editors say:
Trillian simplifies your chat as well as your desktop and system resources by letting you simultaneously connect with the five most popular chat clients on the Web: Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, mIRC, and AIM. By importing your passwords, buddy lists, various client preferences, and other chat specifics into its own simple interface, Trillian acts as a single hub for all your chat traffic.
Installation and setup are simple, and the included features are actually useful. You can check supported e-mail accounts with a single click, view detailed event logs for each client, and, of course, chat your brains out. Plus, there are individual options for each supported chat client. Trillian supports skins too, but they could be easier to install. Another drawback, though not a fault of Trillian, is the occasional loss of contact with the AIM client feature. Blame AOL for not playing well with others, and credit Trillian for fixing these blocks quickly.
Also noteworthy is the fact that Trillian is truly free. It contains no adware of any kind and has no time or functionality limitations. So if you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, chat using Trillian and you’ll be instantly multilingual.
Version 0.73 includes bug fixes and other minor enhancements.
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