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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 18, 2007
- Total Downloads: 37,204,376
- Downloads last week: 39,242
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1552 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 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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Publisher's description
From Cerulean Studios :Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, tabbed chatting, system-tray notifications and alerts, and privacy settings.
Version 3.1.6.0 closes a previous security vulnerability.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.1.6.0 closes a previous security vulnerability.
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User reviews of Trillian 3.1.6.0
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1552 votes
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Trillian 3.1.6.0
Pros: I used to use AIM by itself until one day they release a newer version that contained WildTangent malware which I believe related to gaming of some sort on AOL. Anyhow, it also required me to install a separate popup blocker otherwise AIM popups. That didn't set well with me. I tried Trillian and wasn't really used to it but have gotten used to it by now. Have since ditched AIM, and acquired Trillian which is an all-in-one and doesn't use a ton of resources either. Best of all--no advertising or adware whatsoever!
Cons: Add Google Talk in the future. The Trillian Pro has different plugins, add Google Talk to the Trillian Basic please!
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Version: Trillian 3.1.6.0
"nice looking and good working multi messenger"
Pros: works reliable as substitute for the native messengers of the big services. I've had more problems with Gaim.
no ads (that's really great).
very good looking customizeable interface. docks to the screen frame and hides automatically.
Cons: program starts very slow (not only for reason of connecting to the different services).
does not support all emoticons e. g. of Yahoo. about 50% you have to guess which one you did receive ...
video chat with Yahoo does not work reliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes not (more often "not").
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Version: Trillian 3.1.6.0
"Excellent way to stay connected"
Pros: I love how this program allows me to connect to multiple usernames on various IM networks. It also allows me to connect with AIM while it's running, so I can still use the original program alongside Trillian with no conflicts. Great program!
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Trillian 3.1.6.0
"It is aweesome, almost flawless..."
Pros: I love how it is a multi chat client. It even supports IRC!!! The themes they have, are awesome. This is an overall great program.
Cons: Sometimes the buddy list doesn't show everyone...mainly yahoo. And, they are killing us with the wait for Astra!!!
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Version: Trillian 3.1.6.0
Pros: Lets me talk to all my friends almost all different IM protocols, its free ( the Basic ) and its skinnable. The windows are also dockable, a feature sorely need as a standard Windows feature.
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