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-Lord- reviewed v6.2.0.11 on Aug 9, 2019

Pros: No pros to this software

Cons: Adware. Bloated.

Bottom Line: Pidgin does everything that Trillian does, and it's free with no adware.
This used to be a good piece of software, but they got too ambitious with it.

Sven123456789 reviewed v5.6.0.5 on Dec 21, 2015

Never thought I would be back using this, not that it was a bad software. Just that most old IM's are kaput. I'm using it for facebook im. Facebook gets allot of things right, but the im is pretty lame. I had never used Trillian for FB instant messaging. Wasn't sure if was included. It is included and works well. Other programs like Pidgeon and Miranda don't directly let you access FB im. Though with a ton of bells and whistles u can get it to work. Here with Trillian it was easy and works good.

Infidelus reviewed v5.6.0.5 on May 28, 2015

Not sure what the previous two reviewers' *brief* comments are about. Trillian works fine. Latest update resolves issues various issues:

https://www.trillian.im/changelog/windows/5.6/

FatBastard reviewed v5.6.0.5 on May 28, 2015

Utter Crap!

ZenoLabs reviewed v5.6.0.2 Beta on Apr 16, 2015

Useless

Sven123456789 reviewed v5.5.0.11 Beta on Jul 24, 2014

Still good, but I put this to rest. Since msn msgr is kaput, and I received no Im's from Yahoo, ICQ or AIm for over 5 months, I knew it was time to say goodbye to old school instant messaging. Those were the days...

CJ1981 reviewed v5.4.0.15 on Jan 6, 2014

remember when people used to instant message..? i'd still be using trillian if people still instant messaged.

tomkelly reviewed v5.3.0.16 on Aug 22, 2013

killer tool!

OmAleY reviewed v5.3.0.15b on Apr 11, 2013

Still awesome!!! I use it for Skype, LinkedIN and Twitter.

Great interface for the advanced user.

Sven123456789 reviewed v5.3.0.15 on Feb 28, 2013

Still the best at accessing multiple IM's

Music4Ever reviewed v5.3.0.12 Beta on Jan 16, 2013

Unless you reside in China MSN/Live is switched off in one month for good, you wont be able to use one of it's main features - Skype is becoming pretty universal & the Skype client does a better job than this does - This program is going nowhere ~

Sven123456789 reviewed v5.3.0.10 Beta on Dec 28, 2012

Not sure what all the complaints are for. It does what is says. You can add those old IM services all to this 1 software. Sure, most of my friends stick with facebook im, but for the few who dont, this saves me from having to install icq, yahoo msg or aim. As far as bloat, where? Not getting any secondary software installed, no pop up ads.

Music4Ever reviewed v5.3.0.9 Beta on Nov 28, 2012

As below MSN/Live gets switched off in the spring, with the likes of Sype where can this program go, apart from the fact it's a shadow of it's former self.

tvadakia reviewed v5.3.0.8 Beta on Nov 20, 2012

Many of the platforms Trillian supports are a dying breed. I miss ICQ back in the day, but only two of hundreds of friends use it yet. Yahoo, MSN, AIM... sure, I'm aware people still use them, but at what fraction of the pre-Facebook era?

This latest version of Trillian is bloat for a dying medium. iPad version finally released not long ago and I have to use for it, the iPhone/iPod version, or even the PC version any longer.

Time for a new business model for the changing times. Good luck Cerulean Studios.

Music4Ever reviewed v5.2.0.8 Beta on May 4, 2012

Was good years ago now it's not there are other free smaller (open source) & none ad based programs that do the job as well.

Worth a read ~ http://www.trillian.im/privacy/

-Lord- reviewed v5.2.0.8 Beta on May 3, 2012

Aside from becoming adware, it's horribly bloated now. It's used to be the mother of all IM apps because of the ease of bringing multiple Im's together into one place, but there are several other out now that are TRULY free. multi IM capable, and even portable (USB key anyone) Check out Miranda or Pidgin.

Trillian was a great concept, but sadly, now over reaching.
2 for posterity, and -3 for bloat, ads, and plain old "over it"

johnycarl reviewed v5.1.0.17 on Dec 19, 2011

hey cool work..

dougk2 reviewed v5.1.0.15b on Nov 16, 2011

Most of my contacts are on MSN Messenger, but a few are on Yahoo or ICQ. I give Trillian 5 stars for the convenience of replacing these individual IM apps with a single (smaller footprint) app, but deduct a star since it is not perfect. There are odd problems that crop up from time to time. Not sure if these are regressions due to the frequent releases or new issues due to the fact that these IM services are a moving target. Whatever the cause, the few severe issues that I have experienced over the years have been fixed quickly.

Input Overload reviewed v5.1.0.12 Beta on Oct 18, 2011

I've used MSN / Live for years every day without ad's or issues, what people use this piece of junk for I have no idea.

tontito reviewed v5.1.0.7 Beta on Aug 30, 2011

the new skype plugin is been considered as malware, but that will change in 1 or 2 days for avira.
I submited it and they agred it was a false positive.

BTW, betas are free, official version is not and has quite some limitations.

johnk119 reviewed v5.0.0.35 on Aug 20, 2011

Used to love it. Now that it's adware I'll stop using it.

Diam0nd reviewed v5.0.0.34 on Jun 30, 2011

I'm a paying user and I don't see any ads anywhere.
Their mistake is calling it "free", since adware is NOT free.

TechnoHippie reviewed v5.0.0.34 on Jun 29, 2011

Well I'm giving it 2 starts - down from 5 stars. All as nice until those stupid ad's start appearing in the chat windows. So much for my happy years with Tillian - I'm on the hunt for something else. Reason I gave it 2 stars instead of just 1 is that I like the meta-contact feature.

jorgosch reviewed v5.0.0.32 on May 12, 2011

Have to drop 2 stars and give it 3 now because I understand that from this version on it's adware.

NightFright reviewed v5.0.0.32 on May 10, 2011

Less bloated than previous version and also more efficient with system resources. GUI seems cleaned up and efficient, more developed towards usage with social networks.

Compared to previous beta versions, the Pro membership model has changed: Almost all Pro features are now in the free version. However, the free version has ads (!) and no chat logs. Pro users are ad-free and can use logs, but Pro membership needs to be renewed after one year. Anyone who bought Trillian 5 Pro during the beta stage will be able to use the Pro features indefinitely as long as he/she sticks to 5.x releases.

I am sure not everyone will like that, especially not the ads. However, many people complained the free version was lacking too many features which were exclusive to Pro users, so I guess you couldn't have it any other way. I upgraded to Pro before that, so I don't have that issue. Anyway, only 4 stars because of the increased adware aspect - and also keep in mind that it tries to install some unneeded crap during the setup process (be sure to uncheck it).

TuxmanXP reviewed v5.0.0.31 Beta on Mar 16, 2011

Not suitable for people with a looooong contact list. The blinking, extra-large skin is just bloatware. Finding out about third-party skins which are (mostly) incompatible with new versions is not too easy.

On the other hand, Astra seems to have a decent feature set. If it only was free for Android!

tontito reviewed v5.0.0.29 Beta on Dec 17, 2010

Finally not eating CPU like a mad cow :)

tontito reviewed v5.0.0.28 Beta on Dec 12, 2010

Still eating a lot of cpu like previous versions.

Donno what typing in a window can justify one core 100% used...

Eric20 reviewed v5.0.0.28 Beta on Dec 12, 2010

By far the best IM app of them all. Definitely give it a try.

thartist reviewed v5.0.0.28 Beta on Dec 11, 2010

Version 4 is a curse, like Winamp ;)

johnk119 reviewed v4.2.0.23 on Nov 7, 2010

great program. Trillian is definitely better than gaim.

RMerlin reviewed v5.0.0.26 Beta on Sep 21, 2010

As a former Trillian 3 user, I had skipped version 4 due to performance. Version 5 however brings back the goodness.

A reason to use this over Pidgin? It supports even more networks, and it has server-side account settings, so if you have multiple computers, you don`t need to reconfigure/maintain your accounts on each computer separately.

johnk119 reviewed v5.0.0.25 Beta on Sep 5, 2010

Please someone tell me why I should select this over pidgin

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v5.0.0.24 Beta on Sep 3, 2010

Nice, but still has a huge issue: it does not display the the contact names, only the nicknames.

... who is foxy81?!

I'm afraid I still need to use Yahoo Messenger for now :((

dotnetnightmare reviewed v5.0.0.23 Beta on Aug 19, 2010

The BEST! Interface is completely reworked & simplified. The picture is not version 5. Facebook chat works as it should this time and it can check you pop3 accounts to. This is a perfect match for Gmail as I can use my chat and read and SORT my email right from Trillian.

BadIronTree reviewed v5.0.0.23 Beta on Aug 19, 2010

Wayyyy better than the old 4.2 Version!

Finally Facebook and twitter work and look good

MikeEx reviewed v5.0.0.23 Beta on Aug 18, 2010

I've never really liked the bloated feel that trillian has had in the past
and I've been avoiding it like the plague.

When I read about what they were doing with this new version I was interested enough to try. What a surprise, They have really outdone themselves.

The interface has been well thought out and the small things like info popups feel like a tip of the hat to the user.

y0himba reviewed v5.0.0.22 Beta on Aug 4, 2010

The screenshot needs to be updated here at Fileforum. Visit the the website for a better look at the screenshots using native Windows' APIs. This new version is fast, smooth, and incredibly feature filled. Truly inspired Social Panels make using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Foursquare easy and convenient.

The changes in this version are amazing logical and well thought out. Not to mention it is simple and clean.

thartist reviewed v5.0.0.22 Beta on Aug 3, 2010

The interface... The interface always SEEMED to be fine with that shiny skin but it's been a clunky unintuitive mess.
Version 5 is coming to do the miracle, new skin, quite like MS messenger but still, much better.

vortal reviewed v5.0.0.22 Beta on Aug 3, 2010

Loving this release, much much better.
Switched back from Digsby to Trillian.

-Lord- reviewed v5.0.0.22 Beta on Aug 3, 2010

Awesome program. Been using it forever. Need a portable version.

Eric20 reviewed v5.0.0.22 Beta on Aug 3, 2010

By far the best IM app ive used. Far above all the other alternatives interms of quality and features.
The new version 5 looks wonderful and really fits well with Windows 7.
Give it a try!

dotnetnightmare reviewed v4.2.0.20 on Jul 21, 2010

This is the best piece of software for all messaging needs. It uses 4,987K of memory minimized in tray!!!! Google Talk with this retrieves all your Gmail and it display the full message in a nice slide out menu. This worked so well with Gmail that I now have ALL my email accounts being retrieved by Gmail. I can't say enough about this! I tried alot of email programs trying to find one that had eye candy and cool notification windows, yet be light on resources. This uses a fraction of what Thunderbird uses. If you like me most of email accounts are web based-Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and I have no need for a dedicated email client. This does both email & I.M. in a nice interface. Worth paying for the PRO version.

nms04 reviewed v4.2.0.17 Beta on May 4, 2010

one of the only program's i've ever paid for! simply fantastic ... but they could improve their facebook integration ... digsby's is far better to handle

pjb reviewed v4.2.0.14 Beta on Apr 16, 2010

I really like this update. It works really well for me.
Here is a list of some of the changes:

* Windows Live. Trillian now supports signing in to WLM from multiple locations! File transfer speed has been improved (more to come), and mobile messaging is now supported.
* Notifications. You can now use notifications to directly retweet, reply to a tweet, and interface with mail right away.
* MetaContact Windows. When talking to a MetaContact, if you receive a message from another of their usernames the window will automatically switch for you.
* Instant Lookup for Hyperlinks. Move your mouse cursor on top of links to preview. Youtube links will show a preview image, too. Great for detecting NSFW links before you open them in browser, and will even resolve shortened links for you!
* Instant Lookup for Popular Terms. We now have more up-to-date Wikipedia data, and more relevant links for each popular term detected.
* Activity History. A polished look and powerful new asset view feature that lets you browse through images sent and received help improve history.
* Quicker MetaContact Creation. You can now drag and drop one contact on top of another to instantly combine them into a MetaContact.
* Other Updates. Support for Twitter’s new retweet mechanism, Twitter Lists, a customizable timeout for notification windows, and the return of custom avatar support.
* Skin Packs. Emoticon and Sound Packs have been moved to a more prominent location in preferences and are easier to change on-the-fly. You can also change contact list icons now with the new Icon Packs.

Eric20 reviewed v4.1.0.24 on Feb 11, 2010

Best IM app ive ever used. Was worth every penny.
Try it out!

Antichrist reviewed v4.1.0.20 Beta on Jan 6, 2010

I was interested in trying this since people were saying it's better than Digsby, but even after changing the skin to the classic style, it just doesn't seem as usable. When you have Facebook, MySpace, Messenger and a few email accounts set up, Digsby, for all the issues people have with it, is just a lot more manageable and nicer to maneuver. Plus, I couldn't connect to the MySpace chat because I don't have a MySpace URL set up, which isn't a problem with Digsby (I could connect to Facebook Chat just fine). Checking mail is far superior in Digsby. I think it comes down to preference, and I use the 'lite' Digsby installer ( http://update.digsby.com/install/digsby_setup.exe ) so I haven't experienced all the bloat people complain about.

VictorAnderson reviewed v4.1.0.20 Beta on Jan 5, 2010

Thus far I like it.

Only problem I have is that while it *does* connect to facebook, it doesn't seem to want to connect to facebook-chat. Anyone else have this problem or know of a fix?

Grandpas reviewed v4.1.0.16 Beta on Nov 13, 2009

One of the best multi-network IM around .. no doubt.
It's subjective but for me it's the best

y0himba reviewed v4.1.0.15 Beta on Oct 30, 2009

Quite simply my messenger of choice since 2001. Quite simply, it is beautiful. The options for skinning and plugins alone make Digsby look like ICQ version 1. The folks who develop the software are reachable and work hard at making sure that the software works well. Plus, as a member, you get the wbe version which is invaluable to me.

This is a software worth downloading, and if you like the free version it is more than worth the money to with everything it has to offer.

Diam0nd reviewed v4.1.0.15 Beta on Oct 30, 2009

The default Astra skin sucks a** and always will, BUT switching skins to back to the classic Cobalt brings everything back to normal.

Overall I think Trillian is the best all-around messenger on the market.

thartist reviewed v4.1.0.15 Beta on Oct 29, 2009

@netean: 70MB for 5 accounts is resourcy? you must love 1997 and barebone applications. who cares...

Anyway, always felt awkward, still does, probably always will.

netean reviewed v4.0.0.118 on Oct 29, 2009

if you have a monster amount of RAM, then maybe give this a go. Otherwise if you're not running with oodles of free RAM I'd give this a miss, it's very very memory heavy.

After startup, connecting to 5 services it's showing up as using 70Mb+ - that's an awful lot of memory to just sit there waiting for an instant message to arrive.

I thought pidgin was a bit resource heavy at 22Mb, but it's an absolutely lightweight by comparison.

I'm afraid once I saw that usage I uninstalled quickly, I generally have lots of apps running and not a lot of free ram on my 2gb system is spare. I can't afford to waste it on memory heavy instant messenger.

Shame, as it looks nice and I used to live old Trillian.

Sven123456789 reviewed v4.0.0.117 on Oct 8, 2009

Took me awhile to warm up to this new version. Now I think its great. Especially since they added facebook and myspace to the other im's. Little bit of a pain to set up, but once you do, its great. And for the people pushing miranda and Pidgin, its not even close,. Everything about this is much better.

thartist reviewed v3.1.14.0 on Sep 15, 2009

Why would they update this? the new Trillian ASTRA has been released already, and sucks a bit less than this one.

kbsoftware reviewed v3.1.13.0 on Aug 23, 2009

I haven't used this program in a long time, load times where horrible and it seemed to suck resources over time.
Decided to give it a spin again. This time during installing there was an option to install the ask.com toolbar, only fools install that crap and even bigger fools offer it. So I unchecked it and guess what it still installed the ask.com toolbar. Just to make sure it wasn't a mistake on my end I installed it on a clean system while running a screen recorder, again ask.com was installed despite the fact that I unchecked the box. Triple checked this by watching the recorded video of my screen, yep I unchecked it.

So trillian is going into my crap list again. Maybe in a few years I'll try again but pigdin for me.

Diam0nd reviewed v4.0.0.117 on Aug 22, 2009

For 25 bucks this babe does: Windows Live, Yahoo!, MySpaceIM, AIM, Google, ICQ, Jabber, Skype, IRC, while allowing you to check Email, and use Facebook, and Twitter!
Can the freeware Miranda do the same?YES.
Are there a million other freeware apps that can manager some/all of the protocols mentioned above? YES.

But I still paid them $25 for Trill, because it looks slick, it's very straightforward, flexible and of course it supports pretty much everything there is to support. If you like pain in the a** and digging in software, go for Miranda - spend a few days customizing it and you'll be happy. Me, I like simple things that look great and work out-of-teh-box.

OmAleY reviewed v4.0.0.117 on Aug 22, 2009

Seems stable. About time this product reached gold. :)

Very nice user interface and features.

Vexii reviewed v4.0.0.117 on Aug 17, 2009

This is a FINAL version so no more Beta tag :)

y0himba reviewed v4.0.0.117 Beta on Aug 14, 2009

Version 117 is the official Gold Code. I have been using Trillian since 2001 and have found it to be one of the best products I have ever used.

http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=537

Zankur reviewed v4.0.0.116 Beta on Aug 11, 2009

WELL I EXACTLY CANNOT CARE TO REMEMBER THE YEARS SINCE THIS PRODUCT IS IN BETA......I THINK EVEN OBAMA WILL COMPLETE HIS TERM BEFORE THIS IS RELEASED.......
AND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS......WHO CARES?

GET PIDGIN.........

Vexii reviewed v4.0.0.116 Beta on Aug 11, 2009

The best IM program.

ninjeratu reviewed v4.0.0.116 Beta on Aug 10, 2009

Getting there. Got it free from a TrialPay (InkClub).
Still got some issues and it's seriously lacking good skins and icon sets.

I've been a Miranda fanboy for a long time and I still like it. But Miranda's for the people who like to tweak and poke around with plugins and skins and have tweaks and customizations for everything. And hope it doesn't crash... Miranda's got huge potential and it's up to you to make it great.
Astra is good from the start and stays good but you don't have the same level of detail in your customizations. And Astra's more bloat than the vanilla Miranda installation. But not by much. Install a few skins in Miranda, some plugins and you're looking at a 78MB installation.

The Facebook plugin needs work, and some minor issues with plugins and protocols, other than that it feels finished.

I like it.

Skizelli reviewed v4.0.0.111 Beta on Jun 23, 2009

@rk05: If you did your research, you would see that it does in fact support Google Talk.

4 stars because it still contains some bugs that were present in 3.x. After trying everything else, it's still my client of choice.

dgtlchlk reviewed v4.0.0.111 Beta on Jun 22, 2009

Astra supports Google Talk out of the box. As well as any other Jabber based IM service. It doesn't support any of the video/audio extensions on Google Talk though.

rk05 reviewed v4.0.0.111 Beta on Jun 22, 2009

No mention of Google talk. Kinda pointless with out it.
Apologies... I was on the web page for version 3 and Gtalk wasn't mentioned there. You are correct.

ravemanson reviewed v4.0.0.110 Beta on Jun 16, 2009

You had a point with that Duke Nukem remark there. This app is dead before it's out of beta because of the many great website-services that does what Trillian does and more with more intuitive interfaces and that are entirely free forever. No video or audio application beats Skype in terms of quality for that matter so why anyone would pay for this is just another laugh.

LakotaElf reviewed v4.0.0.110 Beta on Jun 16, 2009

This works very well for me, I like it allot. I purchased astra as I want to support their efforts and all you complainers out there, you do not work for free so do not expect others too also. This software is well worth the money and I have had very few problems with it. Well worth the money and it works well and I had no problem with installation either.

Second Shadow reviewed v4.0.0.109 Beta on Jun 9, 2009

I don't know what you mean by "the Duke Nukem Forever of Instant Messengers" ... After all, it's *only* been three and a half years from the day the next version of Trillian was announced (in this blog post: http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=38 , on December 5th 2005) till a public beta. With a little effort maybe they can get the final version out before 2012 :P

Also, this is not *really* freeware, is it? Several advanced features are only available in the "pro" version of Trillian Astra, which you have to pay for, of course. Here's the list: http://www.trillian.im/learn/tour-features.html
So it's shareware, at best. Our friends at Softpedia actually think it's adware, and they are probably right, as usual. Link: http://www.softpedia.com...ging/Trillian-Pro.shtml

The Skype fiasco is not really Trillian's fault, however. It's just that Skype developers insist on people using only their client to access the Skype network, and their client alone. Ridiculous, but that's the way it is.

All in all, it's probably worth giving a try, but I'll give it just two stars.

MeanE reviewed v4.0.0.109 Beta on Jun 9, 2009

Wow, Trillian. What I used to use waaaaay back in the day. They have been trying to get the next version of Trillian out for so long. Trillian Astra is turning in to the Duke Nukem Forever of instant messengers.

niknetpc reviewed v4.0.0.106 Beta on May 18, 2009

Nice shining and rich colors.. So far,so good, for kids and adults. Pay for IM video feature ????? Absurd.

y0himba reviewed v4.0.0.106 Beta on May 14, 2009

Still the best and with the best features. Plugin support alone is worth the price of admission. Also, it isn't plain like many others out there.

I have been using Trillian since well before they first started charging for a pro version, and will continue to pay my yearly subscription. There is no better messenger.

thartist reviewed v4.0.0.106 Beta on May 14, 2009

After so many years, we got a new skin and an amount of features that were supposed to change everything... but they don't.
Trillian is still the awkward messenger that never made me feel comfortable using it. It can be as powerful as u want (and its a messenger after all) but... it can't get to like it.

It couldn't get rid of the "unintuitiveness factor". There are too many points of control to achieve whatever task you want. And the colors are like onion juice in your eyes.

Vexii reviewed v4.0.0.106 Beta on May 14, 2009

Skype needs to be running in the background but this is not Astra's fault!

rustik_one reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 17, 2009

Gorgeous IM app, now integrates MySpace IM & Facebook IM (Facebook IM is still experimental, but can be enabled through Preferences> Identities & Connections> Facebook> Settings).

I don't have Skype anymore, but I seem to recall the plugin for the last version required Skype to be running for Trillian integration... Can any Skype users confirm if the plugin allows for stand-alone connection through Trillian?

All in all, I'm very impressed so far!

pjb reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 16, 2009

Certainly is getting there at last!
Nice, Clean user interface. Connect OK, and seems to work really well.
Using it on Windows 7 *64.

Currently previous users of Trillian can get a new subscription for the reduced rate of $10. The link in within the Astra application.

Well worth signing up for the beta, as a previous poster has mentioned, you get the invite back straight away. I also have signed up ages ago, and not heard anything, and would encourage anyone else who did not hear back to re-sign up. :-)
http://www.trillian.im/signup.html

Vexii reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 16, 2009

Simply the best IM ever made!

eddie reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 16, 2009

Yes, it takes you to a beta sign up page but you get an email back from them right away (within seconds) with a download link.

ziggyjr reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 16, 2009

The download link takes you to the beta signup page and not the actual download. I signed up to test the beta when it first came out and have not heard a word from Trillian. Since Trillian is taking so darn long to come out with Astra I gave up on them and am using one of their competitors applications which does what I was looking for.

SuzzyWoozy reviewed v4.0.0.103 Beta on Apr 16, 2009

"Thank you for your interrest inTrillian Astra, you'll be notified when a new test slot will be open" (approximate message after login to their site)....

quess what? I don't need any "test slot", I have already yahoo, msn and icq aco****s, why you cannot let me download the software and check it myself on these providers?!

Really sorry, but I simply cannot give a proper rating...
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Later edit: everything looks ok so far, hopefully I'll find a not-so-gloosy skin. Noticed however, the same issue i have with most of the multi-im programs: it does not have the ability to display the custom budy names (first name/last name). Digsby and Miranda have the options tough ;)

Ranger187 reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Jan 21, 2009

If there is one thing we have learned, it's not to push/rush a product to be released because that almost always ends up with more bugs or a crappy product. Microsoft has fallen behind, Symantec etc. Although we all have our opinions on those companies too ;)

I've been with Trillian since the 2.x days and I'm currently a beta tester for Astra. My biggest issue with Trillian 3.x was the load time. My god it took forever. Astra is almost instant. You also can goto Astra's website: http://www.trillian.im and IM from that if your work doesn't allow IM programs. There are a lot of fixes, enhancements, improvements for the upcoming Astra. We are currently at Beta Build 94 and have opened up beta testing to more.

If you like a FULL featured program, astra will be the one, otherwise Pidgin is next in line.

http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/ has more info.

Sven123456789 reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Dec 12, 2008

I always gave this a somewhat negative review. Mainly because yahoo msgr never worked. Now everything works. Icq, aim, msn and yahoo all work well. Plus there email srvc work also here. Been using this for 3 days. No probs. This is definetly a keeper.

Diam0nd reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 28, 2008

Best IM client around. It support most of the popular protocols, has JUST THE RIGHT amount of options (and not overwhelming amount, unlike Miranda, for instance), it looks great, has a HUGE selection of smileys, supports encryption by default (it has to be trillian on the other end, BUT it's the same deal with any other client).

And v4 is even cooler - simply amazing!

kingbujulover reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 27, 2008

They have falled behind for the past few years

http://www.tsintegrator.com

Kamika007z reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 27, 2008

Great application, however they need to be a little more proactive on bug fixes.

Also, this software DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ADWARE. Betanews, please correct this. It's simply free'-ware".

pjb reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 27, 2008

Totally agree, it was good in it's time.
Now far surpassed by other IM's.

Even Astra will find it hard if/when eventually released to have the wow factor it probably would have got a year or two back.

dkratter reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 27, 2008

This was good years ago. Pidgin surpassed it a long time ago, and now Digsby (http://www.digsby.com/) easily blows them all away.

Ryusennin reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 27, 2008

I have to agree with GhoS, it was good while it lasted.

I was a big fan of Trillian, until I finally found Gaim/Pidgin to be usable at long last. Nowadays Trillian is just not worth the cost, especially since its development has stopped a long time ago (don't even mention Astra).

Not a bad piece of software by any length, but there are better and free alternatives.

maraskus reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 26, 2008

Miranda place is unstable.
Pidgin is good, but it is disconnected very much.
The Messengers of Yahoo, MSN, AOL, are good but they occupy very much place and have big holes of security.
Trillian will not be the better thing of the better thing, but it is stable.
ASTRA's version will go out when it is finished, not since it happens with Miranda place that it extracts Alfas and Betas to right-hand side and left hand and has to be covering faults constant and his attachés become incompatible with the new versions and it is necessary to hope that they extract new versions. Please, give an opportunity to trillian, it costs a sorrow.

GhoS reviewed v3.1.12.0 on Nov 26, 2008

The ship has sailed on this software. It was awesome when it came out, but too many good free alternatives to bother paying for a souped up version, not to mention it never sees a worthwhile update.
It has failed to keep up.

nilst2006 reviewed v3.1.11.0 on Oct 5, 2008

Adware =1

dhry reviewed v3.1.11.0 on Oct 4, 2008

An okay client. Miranda is better, though - more functionality and FREE. Plus, the company have simply taken too long in producing their Astra version. It doesn't take THAT long to write a simple IM client (or even a moderately complicated client, for that matter). Probably time to just forget about Trillian and get something else that you know will frequently be updated - Miranda is my top suggestion.

shroom reviewed v3.1.11.0 on Oct 3, 2008

Still in alpha-testing... They're taking their time :)
http://www.trillian.im/

Adrian79 reviewed v3.1.11.0 on Oct 3, 2008

what happened to astra??

netean reviewed v3.1.11.0 on Oct 3, 2008

I also used to be an avid fan of trillian.. but I also agree it's a bit dated now.. In its day it was far and away the best IM client bar none.

But V3 has been around for years and years now. The new version has been vapourware for just as long.

I used it religiously until a few years ago and then found other clients came along and did the same as trillian and were free and often more versatile.

Shame. because had they kept up the development Trillian would be amazing now.

But as of now, well it's ok.. but hardly good enough to spend money on when there are dozens of freeware alternatives: Pidgin, Miranda, Digsby etc etc etc

twood reviewed v3.1.10.0 on Sep 12, 2008

Its an Ok IM Client, I prefer Pidgin, Pidgin handles more IM protocols, such as Jabber and MySpace IM, IRC, and ICQ. It works fine, but I don't instant message much on MSN or AIM anymore. It gets a 3 for the number of IM protocols it supports.

Tao2005 reviewed v3.1.10.0 on Jun 14, 2008

Great program, but my version is newer then this one. Don't know where they get the adware from, cause mine doesn't have it. Still worth the download. MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, etc. All have adware, in one form or another. It's the sign of the times.

ZenWarrior reviewed v3.1.10.0 on May 21, 2008

Trillian, in its present free version, has become very dated. Other free offerings now available cover additional standardly encountered protocols which it seems the developers of Trillian simply cannot see or refuse to support. For more years than I can recall, I was one of Trillian's biggest fans, but it simply has not kept up with what many of its users needs and its competitors.

That's possibly not surprising. My singular experience with the developer was far less than pleasant. Only the slightest constructive criticism of Trillian, and a suggested feature [still lacking], elicited a most unprofessional response and absolutely no indication of someone willing to listen to users. But still, I used it until competing products were just too superior to continue ignoring.

Adrian79 reviewed v3.1.10.0 on May 20, 2008

what happened to astra?

Diam0nd reviewed v3.1.10.0 on May 20, 2008

Best messaging client. Handles ALL protocols and has a TON of features.

And for those whining about memory use, does it REALLY relevant anymore when you can buy 8GB of ram for almost nothing.

KRome reviewed v3.1.9.0 on Mar 28, 2008

I wanted a freeware IM client. Pidgin is not secure and quite frankly I dont trust it.

AOLIM and WLM are nice but the adds are annoying.

This handles both my WLM and AOL needs with no adds.

5 stars

Sven123456789 reviewed v3.1.9.0 on Dec 11, 2007

Getting same problem as user below with Yahoo msgr. And i use this im the most, so that really defeats the point of using this if they can't get this working.

phark reviewed v3.1.9.0 on Dec 11, 2007

I have been using Trillion for years now, and have loved it. Having one client for everything helps keep memory free.

I am currently using Trillion 4 (Astra) and it's going to be a pretty amazing new product when it goes public.

mikefeuer reviewed v3.1.9.0 on Dec 11, 2007

I don't know when the Yahoo! problem appeared. I never had it under v3.1.8.0 but with 3.1.9.0 I'm now getting:
[04:22 PM] *** Unknown authentication type "67" requested; attempting login anyways, we may not be able to connect!
[04:22 PM] *** Error logging into Yahoo! Messenger: Unknown error 1.

Norton reports:Details: Rule: "Default Block SubSeven 2.1/2.2 Trojan horse" blocked communication.
Local Address: All local network adapters(2774)
Process name is "C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe"

Diam0nd reviewed v3.1.9.0 on Dec 11, 2007

Best PAY (pay!!) client around, if you ask me.

..::][Ben][::.. reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 20, 2007

Looks nice, but after several years it´s still bugy and lacks important options. I think Cerulean Studios will never made it because they are not able to.

Tenoq reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 18, 2007

Trillian is good, but still not quite as modular or customisable as Miranda. I've tried Pidgin too, but was thoroughly unimpressed with it - avatars wouldn't work, and it didn't login to MSN for me consistently. In fact Miranda is the sole reason I'm still using XP, not Ubuntu. I even tried running Miranda under WINE, but that didn't work either. :P

duntuk reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 13, 2007

as of this writing neither pidgin nor miranda have webcam support...

trillian does...

so nah, still in the game..

Diam0nd reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 13, 2007

Best pay messenger!

Golden Falcon reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 13, 2007

As much as I like trillian, Pidgin takes the cake for Multi-Protocol IM Software.

A Solid 4 for keeping the efforts though, but not a 5 as I don't think its the best.

AlbinoAsian reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 12, 2007

seems like a trend here... I too used trillian for years, and I have to give respects to creators of trillian, they came up with the first really successful multi-protocal chat program, and it worked fantastic too, they persisted with patches and fixes when MSN or AIM tried to block them out, it was great but that was then not now ... now I use Pidgin, and if I didn't use that I'd be using Miranda ... Trillian is no longer in the game. but thanks for the memories!!

Adrian79 reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 12, 2007

whats taking astra so long?

Kabak reviewed v3.1.8.0 on Nov 12, 2007

works fine, stable, regular updates, many features even in the free basic, supports many protocols, simple UI, works fast.

need more memory than other messengers (RAM ~20mb, swapfile ~20mb)
i hate the enormous smilies in there :-)

tested the software over a year. overall a good choice

ComradeF reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

I completely agree with cricri_pingouin. I tried Miranda at work because I wanted something lighter. I liked it so much better that after 6 years, Trillian got the boot. Over those years I saw Trillian get progressively more bloated to the point where it was actually taking 45 seconds to a minute for it to load when, and that doesn't jive with my system specs. I was running maybe 3 non-protocol plugins and had a list full of metacontacts, which I figure is average. It's true that Trillian is prettier out-of-the-box, but I don't think that's worth it anymore.

cricri_pingouin reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

I switched to Miranda which is small, portable, does everything I want (although you can get much more out of it via plugins), is free and updated frequently.
In response to "Miranda is still requiring 30-40 minutes of configuration out of the box", I must have entered a wormhole while installing it, because it took me nowhere as long as that.
But this is a review for Trillian. I used to be a Trillian fan for many years, and I too find that it does contain a lot of stuff that I simply don't need. I prefer the older, lighter versions, and as a result, I rate this one a 3.

Diam0nd reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

One of the best pay messengers.

ArKay74 reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

How is this bloated? It takes 30mb of memory when connected to AIM & Yahoo. Very stable and does what it's supposed to do.

ZenoLabs reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

The old free v. 0.74i gave me all I need:
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian-v0.74i.exe
Now bloated, time to MirandaIM.

Metshrine reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 19, 2007

Even better now, stable, not bloated and fast even on really slow computers. Miranda is still requiring 30-40 minutes of configuration out of the box, sorry miranda

armpit reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 18, 2007

Not so good now, unstable, bloated and slow even on really fast computers. Miranda is still my favorite, sorry trillian.

thebig429 reviewed v3.1.6.0 on Jun 18, 2007

Does what it says with no problems!

h377r1d3r reviewed v3.1.5.1 on Jun 4, 2007

Verry good app. I wouldn't buy it neither use it, but it seams only this app can sustain video chat with my gf, that's beind NAT, verry restrictive firewall and all sorts of routers and hubs.
And NO Skype sux, and drops connection every 2 minutes, and no i'm not newbie.

stisev reviewed v3.1.5.1 on May 6, 2007

"I paid for Trillian because i loved it but with this new version, the new third party software makes me want my money back and im sure alot of ppl think the same way, you had it going ceruleanstudios now you blew it. It's still a good IM client but i won't be using it anymore."

What the hell is wrong with this company? I just went through their installer and had to click NO NO NO to their g** d*** 3rd party software crap.
Trillian has really gone downhill.

Perhaps it''s time to use Open Source Miranda IM

AlbinoAsian reviewed v3.1.5.1 on May 1, 2007

man im so dissapointed this was my favourite application ... now its really lacking what i need. I guess its not gonna happen either

Sovarek reviewed v3.1.5.1 on May 1, 2007

I paid for Trillian because i loved it but with this new version, the new third party software makes me want my money back and im sure alot of ppl think the same way, you had it going ceruleanstudios now you blew it. It's still a good IM client but i won't be using it anymore.

jbaltz69 reviewed v3.1.5.1 on Apr 30, 2007

Does what is says, but it takes almost 30 seconds to load at startup with a Core 2 Duo 2 GHz processor and a gig of RAM. Pretty crappy!

wicketr reviewed v3.1.5.0 on Apr 30, 2007

Does not support Jabber/Google Chat in the free version - booo

Takes over 15 seconds to start up on a Xeon 2*3.4Ghz computer. WTF??

Why do I have to go to the preferences to login to one of my preconfigured connections? That should be in a dropdown somwhere on the main screen.

Klaus_1250 reviewed v3.1.5.0 on Apr 30, 2007

I used to be a paying customer, but Cerulean Studios refused to provide customers with bugfixes to get decent functionality, even though they had stated that they would provide regular bugfixes, updates and upgrades to the 3.x series.

maxxpilot reviewed v3.1.5.0 on Apr 30, 2007

I gotta say... blah.

What are you thinking? Installing Ask Tool bar and the Weather Channel Desktop as part of your installation now?

Not even un-checking the boolean had an effect as it was still installed on my computer. I must say stay clear until they issues a change log and actually respect the boolean for installing the Weather Channel Desktop. The Ask Tool bar was not installed when I checked the boolean. In any event what a disappointment.

Sorry guys, been a longtime user and paying customer and this one pisses me off.

Trendecide reviewed v3.1.5.0 on Apr 30, 2007

http://www.trillianastra.com/

Flebbo reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 6, 2007

Looked and worked ok. Then I saw the memory it used up! Damn memoryhog! It took about 8 times as much memory than msn....

roj reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jan 29, 2007

I recently started evaluating instant messaging clients to see if I oculd replace Live Messenger.

This is pretty poor. It can't talk over HTTP like aMSN or GAIM, it's nowhere near as configurable in terms of how you control the actual messaging window and to get any meaningful functionality you have to pay. To top it off, the interface is clunky.

TWO stars for an app that has seen its day.

some guy reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Dec 26, 2006

I will agree this is my favorite but needs to be updated fewdays untill 2007, last update was 2005 ?

unikum reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Nov 22, 2006

on icq non english letters like åäö is showing wrong. Needs an update.

dono1216 reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Oct 2, 2006

This is a good program, but in desperate need for an update. or at least some sort of gesture to show that the developers are still alive.

EatJesus reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Aug 29, 2006

Trillians the best hands down.

Pros:
Lightweight
No Ads
Small(doesn't take up your desktop)
Can log onto all your Chat accounts at once
Supports all major chat clients
Free.

Cons:
None.

Perfect, DOWNLOAD IT! Trash your yahoo, aim, msn, IRC applications.
Absol

improvelence reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jul 14, 2006

Trillian has a lot of annoyances, but its still a very useful piece of software for a single user. It would be nice if it featured a quick login type interface for when someone comes over and uses your pc. (similar to the older gaim). But it is still by far the best IM client. I still reccommend using Yahoo Messenger also, because trillians yahoo chat is a little annoying...but a great feat nonetheless.

Trillian+Ymessenger=All you need.

Zerbe reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jul 11, 2006

Trillian use to be great, not so much anymore.

Nikkie reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on May 4, 2006

Really not working the way i had hoped ...

Msn drops the connection - The fix expressed in the forums is to go offline and delete contacts ?!?! ..

The program is a pain in the butt to manage . Things are sorted in a way that makes it very confusing ..or atleast i am just not finindg the options i wish to be there .

czartem reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Apr 21, 2006

Problems with AOL connection and CYRILLIC fonts!!!

hines reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jan 22, 2006

i recommend trillian, gaim and deadaim

but trillian is far the best

only downside is aim profiles dont have color...

Adrian79 reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jan 9, 2006

well, almost a year later and let me tell u...trillian has fallin wayyyy behind as far as simular features of original clients...

I only now trillian inplace of AIM, but yahoo and msn official clients are extremely recommended if u enjoy the great new features :-)

wightboi reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Dec 27, 2005

Best IM client out there, hands down. I've tried many and have come to this conclusion. The plug-ins are endless, the skin forum rocks, and the support is top notch.

k3of4 reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Dec 3, 2005

I prefer Trillian over AIM and gaim and a couple random others I've tried, but it has its issues. Getting the buddy list to dock to the side of the screen is flakey at best on my machine - this is my biggest complaint, since I rely on this feature.

Build 121 has been around quite a while too. I'd like to see some sign of life besides the occasional protocol update. But overall, this is as good as it gets.

InSuboRdiNaTioN reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Nov 30, 2005

I switched from AIM to Trillian, and I'll never look back.
AIM is such a bloated piece of crap. It uses nearly 30 megs of memory when minimized to the taskbar. Trillain uses 5. It also has a superior GUI and no adware.
I can't wait to see what the next update brings.

RoSmecher reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Nov 24, 2005

i am having problems connecting to MSN using this client. i have upadted the plug-ins as they stated yet still does not connect. i cannot rate a product well if it does not allow me to truly see the features.

stisev reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Nov 11, 2005

The best all-in-one IM program. Hands down.

Dricon reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Aug 25, 2005

Best IM client by far.
Has the most popular ones all in one and is very as a very professional look.

I hope for a new version soon to fix up the IRC support sometime.

Josh P. reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Aug 16, 2005

I really like this IM client. Very very easy to use, feature filled, and multi-IM platform support. Deffinatly worth buying Pro.

MoeRL reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jul 14, 2005

Quite simply, the mother of all IM apps :)

DWolf reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jun 25, 2005

I like the program, I use the limited version, the only problem I detected It's the cpu usage when transfering files over the net... Nice application, need a little work on...

ogman reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jun 23, 2005

It's just crash-happy, always has been. Version after version and still the unexplained crashes.

imanino reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Jun 13, 2005

This program has got to have the best features but worse use of memory I can think of. It's really embarassing when efficiencies of program slike Miranda IM and Qnext are running rings around Trillian in this area when they've had many versions and a lot of time to work on this. I think they better watch out for IM2..a freeware program that has bugs at the moment but when it works will have more features with less memory use and trillian is going to have bill troubles...

MOTVG reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on May 19, 2005

I like this program although I wish it wasn't so bloated.

dirtyangel reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on May 5, 2005

Yay! One sleek piece of software for ALL your IM needs. Highly recommended.

boogeyman reviewed vBuild 967 on May 1, 2005

I use Trillian 3.1 (build 122).
And i must say, GREAT! the best IM chatclient.
it features:

- fantastic and useful plugins
- great skins
- SecureIM compatiblity

avino reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 31, 2005

I think it's great...

httpd.confused reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 25, 2005

http://www.betanews.com/..._in_Trillian/1111774421

mtech reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 12, 2005

Trillian 3 is great.... I have had Trillian since it first started... and I must say it has changed alot since and still remains my chat client over AIM.

csb.milky reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 11, 2005

I'm so happy there is no more Contact Merging ^^

The-Who reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 6, 2005

very nice prog. i use it for a long time and pretty satisfy. but y can't i write from the right side of the screen to the left one? this option exist so much time in ICQ, MSN Messenger and etc.
sometimes i also have a problem to send/receive files from ICQ/MSN Messenger. i hope this problem will be fixed in the next version.

danniboi reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 3, 2005

Simply the best around! Never had a problem with this software and just regret spending so much time with IM2.

I highly recommend this software to everyone!

fragsta reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Mar 2, 2005

great user interface

jsc315 reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 26, 2005

This is probably the best of its kind out there. I have had the previous version of trillian for a while and was great. had a few prblems but wasn't anything major. I think that being able to go into chat roon through the program is an excellent idea, although it tends to crash at times. I have a few problems with the new version. It takes a while for it to start up. Unlike before it started up well. Also, When i keep trillian on for a while it tends to have a higher CPU reading. And finaly it crashes on me form time to time. for no reason. i am not sure why it does this but its heppend about 4 times since i have had upgraded. it is still excellent by all means and have fixed the problems from the past.

jpmccord reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

Awesome program! But I just wanted to comment and say that the download size is 8800KB (8.58MB), not 6700KB as the betanews info suggests.

SaCo reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

yes it is a good prog but .....its not for me cmon it is FREE but 2 pay..pay for plugins and thats bout it BAH! im with GAIM all the way and its Open S so coders can have thier fun and the bloat...look at the prefs menu remember the 2.X ...and there going for ease of use wihich is good but no noob who just got a computer is not saying I MUST download trillian or gaim ...im neut not good not bad

cooldude7273 reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

Best darn IM program there is! And I couldn't have said it better myself, Domingo!

Domingo reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

I've nver quite understood the "bloat" comments either. If you add more features, it's going to get bigger. If you don't want new features, go back to version 1 and be done with it.
This isn't like Real/Quicktime or something that takes over your system and adds things you don't want. It allows a lot of custimzation as far as what's installed and what you want.
People who are whining are probably still running Win98SE or something.

jroe reviewed v3.1 Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

Absolutely the Best IM out there - If you only want to simply message - sure go with Gaim or something - but for Video / File Transfers/ etc - this is tops - by no means bloated whatsoever - in fact I'd venture to say it is more stable and alot faster than Version 2 - Give it a try!

OPaul reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

@ Pipewrench, Build 121 is final.

Kamika007z reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 121 on Feb 24, 2005

Great program! Keeps getting better and better with every version.
To all the people calling Trillian bloatware: Enough. The more features you want in a program, (like audio & video) the larger it has to be. Also, Trillian is not slow whatsoever, it keeps getting more and more speedier.

nuclear reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 121 on Feb 23, 2005

Used to be good...just slow and bloated now. I'll stick with miranda or gaim...

Pipewrench reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 121 on Feb 23, 2005

Man.......quit releasing a new beta 2 times every day. Just wait a week and release 3.1 final.

Good Grief.

As far as software, I guess Trillian is OK. It's getting bad bloated like every other IM application out there. Needs to be more like Pro 2.0. Oh well, such is life.

LiNUS|X reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 120 on Feb 23, 2005

Simple the best, and fastes IM on earth. Only take this one, it includes damn much Plugins (for Pro users) and skins (for free, and pro).

aerthling reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 120 on Feb 22, 2005

Overall, it's an alright messenger, but it's not as customisable, light, stable or as good as Miranda. Miranda does everything that Trillian plus more (except perhaps skinng).

Also, I don't think the price tag is justified at all. Having to pay for the Pro version before you get access to basic functionality like the Jabber protocol is just stupid.

bab5470 reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 120 on Feb 22, 2005

Skip this build - its buggy. So far I've experienced:

- Multiple Crashes after running only a few hours
- Buddys complaining about font sizes and colors
- Buddies not receiving IMs (Seems especially problematic after direct connects and with Mac Ichat/AIM)
- Inability to edit my AIM profile (To be fair I had this with an older build of 3.1 - not sure if its been fixed yet)

I went back to 3.0 and plan to stay there until 3.1 is stable.

Valathax reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 120 on Feb 22, 2005

I have to agree with DarkHound, Trillian Pro use to be targeted at corporate users, now it feature set appears a less clean and more bloated.

The basic version now has more than enough features.

I am rating it a 5 because it is still operating reliably for me and I haven't had any problems.

dzjepp reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 117 on Feb 18, 2005

Build 119 is available via the update checker.

DarkHound reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 117 on Feb 18, 2005

I like trillian, I've been a paying member for over a year, but the program is getting away from it's original intent. It's becomming full of bloat. I've moved to Gaim and have not been happier. It's free, it's opensource, and I can use the same program under linux as I do in windows.

I rated a 4 because of the bugs and the fact that the bloat is getting out of control.

OPaul reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 117 on Feb 18, 2005

This build has a problem with the contact list where it doesn't display buddies with spaces in their name. To correct this remove the "%20" from your buddies.xml.

pvolk reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 115 on Feb 9, 2005

Dono whats substantially new in this version but....whatever its a new release to a great program, so it could only be getting better! And rendevous is for businesses pretty much, if you dont like it then disable it!

.:zoo:. reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 115 on Feb 9, 2005

What's up with "RENDEZVOUS" private LAN connection. I can't see it in the Connection Manager. :(

BroughApps reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 115 on Feb 9, 2005

ok. for those of you who are saying it crashes too much, get a better f**king computer. And for the skins, get pro u dips***. Notice how all the skins say *for pro* or whatnot. Or maybe you too just need to get a better computer

tvadakia reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 115 on Feb 9, 2005

http://browse.deviantart...mp;order=9&limit=24

There, a link that actually works.

And people complaining about the stability of a beta should review what the meaning of beta is.

Trillian 3 keeps getting better and better... this beta version is unstable, but I'm sure that will be fixed before 3.1 becomes final. UPnP support is a welcome feature. This release loads noticeably faster; however, could load even faster if optimized even further I'm sure.

All in all, it's such a wonderfully thought out application.

Let's see how this beta version progresses...

Pipewrench reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 115 on Feb 8, 2005

Just Fair.

@ erehwoN,

Post a link to skins that actually work dude!!!!!!

erehwoN reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 8, 2005

Works great. For decen skins, check here: http://browse.deviantart.com/skins/im/trillian/v3/

oXit reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 8, 2005

Trillian 0.74 was the best IM application on the scene, but this time Trillian3 can't make it. It loads slower, it crashes most of the time, it even refuses to close itself sometimes.

I prefer Miranda for its small size and effective memory usage. Of course Trillian is still the most active community and updates are lightning fast. But Trillian3 gets 2 from me for its clumsy and unstable structure.

Zapatta reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 7, 2005

This is a sad tale I met Trillian 0.74D on-line - it was love at first byte, everyday I would take her out, she always loaded for me - and we never crashed without rebooting aftewards - and we always worked well together.
I have to confess when Trillina 3.0 beta first showed up I initially smitten by her sheer sexiness ... there was no comparison to my 'reliable old' Trilly 0.74D - and one day I downloaded the younger Basic 3.0 ...
Now I am stuck with this version - she crashes all the time - won't re-skin, she recognise any of those skimpy, slinky plugins 0.74D did ...
One day 3.0 crashed on me and 'Doctor Watson' advised me to consider reinstalling with 0.74 ..
I have searched every sleazy software site, every freeware webpage and I went on a massive network trawl ... Germany, Netherlands, Spain, even Russia - with luck. I have even been tempted to download Trillian Pro, but I'd still miss 0.74D.
3.0 and I well we crashed yet again, I reluctantly indulged in a bit of manual disonnection. I would reinstall 3.0 yet again - if I thought it would do any good, but I know will never love Basic 3.0 the way I did 0.74.
If you have Trillian 0.74D cherish her, keep away from free 'uncomplicated' downloads and youinger improved 'upgrades' - once you've 'interfaced' with another version you can never turn back the CPU clock and make 0.74 once more your default setting.
If never realised they were planning to axe Version 0.74 if I had I would have never have entertained Basic 3.0

laxmiddi44 reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 6, 2005

Great chat program much better than aim

.:zoo:. reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

Yep, me. And is a very good IM option. :D

guevara reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

some people like this.

i dont

pvolk reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

Wow this program only gets better! Its about time they allowed for real html for your text colors and also for profiles. Trillian is just getting better and its a must get program!

Links to skins and plugins here: http://www.geocities.com...2/TrillianDownloads.txt

Mark Gillespie reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

Excellent, Basic is good, Pro is awesome. Pay the $25 and get Pro.

3.1 is a great update, loads really fast (compared to 3.0) and has UPnP...

Peek A Boo reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

The problem with a 'hanging' Trillian is configuration of the proxy. It's common and covered on their support page. You'll have to disable auto login and set the proxy, and then re-enable auto.

MoeRL reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

Even better than 3.0!

The 3.1 Beta has been treating me without any problems since I've installed it. It seems no less stable than 3.0, and I'm eager to see the new features and additions that are doubtlessly about to be implemented while 3.1 nears final status :). It's lookin DAMN good.
Trillian has become so powerful and good that it has become the best IM app in the world IMHO. It's so good that it even beats the protocol's individual original apps.. like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM.. Trillian beats them all with functionality, looks, the fact that it doesn't have s***ty ads, plugin support, and much more!
IM2 doesn't compare just yet. IM2's font management still sucks, I've tried out v1.5, they've made no improvements in that department.. it sure is an ambitious effort, with the implementation of audio & video.. but it seems too "hobbyish" and unprofessional in general as that it could reach Trillian with its very polished and solid feel. Of course I could make more comparisons and point out cross-criticisms.. but suffice it to say that Trillian Pro kicks IM2's a** in just about every way imaginable.
Miranda, while a great idea and project.. isn't even close to a final release. They're just about at 0.4, as far as I know, and that's just not very compelling. Trillian is at 3.1, has been a stable product for years already, and keeps going strong, with v3 being the best version yet.
It's also got some of the best skins for any IM app. Check this site for the best available v3 skins: http://browse.deviantart.com/skins/im/trillian/v3/

It's currently dead, but I hope it's gonna be back up by the time you click on it.

Cheers!

SmackDaddy69 reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 5, 2005

On a standard Dell Optiplex GX1 machine, Windows XP SP1 with Trillian 3 Pro, build 964 working just fine....I thought I'd give the 3.1 beta a go since people below were saying it seemed to load faster! Well, so far, no dice for me...it won't load at all. It's sitting in my Task Manager as a process....but it never fully loads. Just "hangs"...I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, doing a fresh install using the beta...still get the same results. The beta is almost 1MB smaller than it's previous install...so what's been removed? Maybe something essential for some of us? I don't know. I've given it a 3(.5) because most of the time Trillian works as it should, but it has gotten a bit too bloated for it's own good in recent times. I'm starting to eye the IM2 client...and as soon as the IM2 client supports video, I won't be paying to keep my Trillian Pro any longer.

VikingBlade reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 4, 2005

Don't know about anyone else, but this loads a whole lot faster...

Domingo reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 4, 2005

A program I've been using since I first heard about it. Admittedly the revisions haven't been as sweeping as you might think, but it's nice to get new interface changes, bugfixes, etc.
Considering how many IM networks and how everyone has their favorite, it's nice to have 'em all at once. Yes, Miranda is "lighter," but I think Trillian is more polished. I'd personally rather have a polished "professional" feel that Trillian gives me, while Miranda feels like a project from someone's spare time. It's kind of like WinRAR vs. PowerArchiver. I prefer a slick interface as long as it's not bloated.

ZJAM reviewed v3.1 Beta Build 114 on Feb 4, 2005

it just keeps getting better and better all they need is some of the features we love from the main instant messaging programs to be added and it would be the best one out their

brotherS reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 31, 2004

Well, it's ok... but I prefer it more light-weight and customizable like in Miranda IM: http://fileforum.betanew.../Miranda_IM/957048618/1

express15_99 reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 23, 2004

Thank god for Trillian, I truly can't say how much I love this app. If it weren't for Tril, I don't know if I'd be doing IM any longer on any of the major IM networks. This program gives me so much control and ease of use that it makes Iming a enjoyment and not a blundered mistake as AOL IM makes it. The only thing I can't wait for is Google IM which will I switch to on day one from AOL. wish the free version had some of the features that the pro version has, but nonetheless, worth buying if you are an IM freak. I have used all the goofy clients, from AOL, to MSN, to Yahoo, and even a tad of ICQ. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, touches Trillian. A perfect 10.

Aspect reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 21, 2004

Trillian was already a great program, now with version 3 its even better. Great app!

DigitalSin reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 21, 2004

Pretty good. I wasn't able to use video over AIM though, it kept saying the connection failed whereas when I use AIM or AOL the video works fine. I'm using NAT so maybe thats the problem, hope they fix it.

zorty reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 21, 2004

Skins -> advanced -> interface: minimal

there we go.. quite useable contact list.. but I don't like the message windows yet :-/ Maybe I need to get used to them. The basic version does satisfy all your needs.. hardly anyone needs video conferencing and best of all: basic = free. So go grab it!

Josh P. reviewed v3.0 Build 967 on Dec 21, 2004

An infinate times better than version 2... the interface simply roxors!

lion7718 reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 20, 2004

They removed all of the Right Click options for IRC....bad move.

bleh427 reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 19, 2004

Trillian does what it says and as the old saying goes you get what you pay for.

ssb reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 19, 2004

Trillian v2 was nice although a bit unstable.
This new version is worst then before. Silly user interface, a voice / camera chat that requires ...QuickTime (!!!) to work, many compatibility issues with MSN protocol and bugs - bugs - bugs.
Sorry, no more than 2 stars :)

PS: I own a Trillian PRO license but cannot stand v3.

zridling reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 19, 2004

One word for version 3: WOW!

Alex T. reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 19, 2004

OMFG, Trillian 3.0 is teh pwn!!!! Only 3rd party IM that supports MSN voice and video.

Trgiaol reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

Dislike 3.0.. my major problem is that I can't seem to find anywhere to redownload 2.013 from.

improvelence reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

How could anyone give this a bad review, I mean it eliminates the need for a whole s***load of apps on your PC and combines them into one beautifully designed program. The pay version is also well worth the money, I have been using pro since it was released and with this new version comes all of the things I hoped for in the last. Trillian is the greates communication program available. My only beef is that you cant join users and follow users on yahoo chat (or I just have not figured out how).

slimshady165000 reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

burn it with fire!!!!

mrmagoo reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

Bad bugs that have been there since the start, far from impressive.

Josh P. reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

YES! Finally... I have so been waiting for 3.0 final. My dreams have come true, the best IM client in the world. Multi-platform support, and an awesome skin make this one a great program to try.

oc-athlonxp.com reviewed v3.0 Final on Dec 18, 2004

tyrone3k16, are you crazy or just a freakin' moron?
As for Trillian 3 Final, the best IM client out there. Please support Cerulean Studios by paying for it to become a Pro user. If you don't want to pay, then use the Standard version. If no one pays, how will they be funded to make the program even better?

tyrone3k16 reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Dec 18, 2004

Well i installed the new trillian from there site, and when i installled it, it said i needed a login, and in the trillian 2 pro i didnt because i had a crack for it. So i was wondering if someone on here could give me the crack for the new trillian so i dont have to login

Thanks Tyrone, reply here or reply at: tyrone3k16@hotmail.com

tvadakia reviewed vBuild 963 Beta on Dec 17, 2004

sirhardi

EASY! Create a new section, create the account you want to use in that section. No meta contacts, no switching between profiles. If you traverse the forums at the Trillian website you could have found that solution to your problem almost a year ago.

Josh P. reviewed vBuild 963 Beta on Dec 17, 2004

Nice... getting more and more stable by the release :D

Josh

-Lord- reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 17, 2004

OK so like maybe they can tell us what changes are in the new updates?

sirhardi reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 17, 2004

My beef is about the meta contaxcts bein announced to users, i am onmly using on a different scxreenname.....that sux biog time.....
There has got to be a way to disable meta or cross profile uses of buiddies / frienmds/ contacts/.........
I use one profile for support calls and cannot have friends pm me while on calls.....
In other news, we are two releases down the road at 63.......they are uopdating sometimes 2x daily.so work is definetly bein done

Pixelsmack reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

I do like what they are doing but I have a HUGE beef about one a couple things.

Not being able to set a global style set for all message windows! That's a HUGE oversight.

I want to be able to set all my message windows with the same formatting. Like turning off the tool bar, kill the conversation viewer, etc. I like a nice simple old school ICQ style message window. Right now I have to set this for EVERY USER in my list. And it's not remember some of those settings.

Also, the still have not added "Send Same Message to selected users" function. Like ICQ has had.

joecartoon1 reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

Why say so what? Obviously you have used trillian or trillian 3.0. It is much better than any other messenger programs and 3.0 is looking to be awesome. So far I am very excited and I have no crashed on this or the last 5 beta versions. So what? This program rocks!

guevara reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

Trillian 3 Update
So what ?

sanderg reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

@Pixelsmack: you can send a single message to selected users: 'send a message to all'.

For your ICQ-style windows, there is another theme, called MCP (multi client pack) that allows you to select ICQ style windows as default.

pjb reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

Yet another class update to version 3 Alpha. No issues here with this latest release. Excellent IM Programme.

Pipewrench reviewed vBuild 961 Beta on Dec 16, 2004

Not bad.

I own Trillian Pro 2.0 but I don't want to pay for it again.

I think for now I'll stick with IM2.
www.im2.com

It's good stuff.

forresterinc reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 12, 2004

I don't know why everyone has so many problems with Trillian - I've been running Trillian 3 for about a month now and it hasn't crashed, slowed down, or caused any problems since. I use it with Yahoo, MSN and ICQ and there's not a glitch in sight. About every other time I fire it up, it notices me there's an update, downloads that, reinstalls, and runs.
FYI, I'm running the free version since payment is a real problem where I live (Belgium - no, I do not own a credit card).
My only 'problem' with Trillian is that not everything works (yet). So what? This is a *beta* - and you still get a wonderful, beautiful, lightweight messenger.

zridling reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 11, 2004

Trillian Pro 3 looks to be fantastic! It's one of those pieces of software that you get hooked and never want to look elsewhere.

dumaiso reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Dec 11, 2004

Trillian is the best IM ever. And the new Pro features are just amazing.

smw reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 11, 2004

To those of you who think Trillian has "lost it" and is riddled with unsolvable bugs - that's the point of a public beta test. We are happy to work with you to resolve your issues, so please contribute your bug reports. I am willing to work with anyone who has an unsolvable issue with Trillian 3. Just email me at sco@ceruleanstudios.com. Thanks!

Staff_Tech01 reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 11, 2004

I agree with the previous post. I have multiple IM accounts & trillion was a godsend at first, but the bugs are soon to follow. I never had the idea to buy the Pro version. Based on the Freeware version I would not consider it. The big problem I had was, and I am not sure if other users encountered this, when I would mark myself as "Away" global or not, it would not mark me as being back online unless I logged out/in again...

baarsel reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 11, 2004

I agree with other reviewers; Trillian has lost it. Okay, it's a nice messenger, but there are others, most for free! And this is NOT freeware, Trillian (Pro) will cost you 25 US Dollars per year! With that in mind, those little ads in MSN Messenger ain't a big problem ;-) I've used Trillian 0.74 for a while, then I bought the Pro version, since the freeware version isn't updated in a long, long time. The Pro-version is nice, but not more than that. I've used Miranda for a while, but I'm back at MSN Messenger with Messenger Plus, a great (and working!) combination. No ads and all functions you need... for FREE!

Diamhair reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 10, 2004

With this build, file transfers and direct connections are fixed! Finally!

M3wThr33 reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 10, 2004

These aren't meant to be released yet. They are not optimized. These are releases to remove bugs.

mrmagoo reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 10, 2004

I used to love this program. And then I bought it. I thought they were going to fix old bugs in a month or two. That was one year ago and they still haven't fixed crucial issues like certain characters not displaying properly in away messages. The pure arrogance of the developers frightens me. And I been a fanboy of Trillian ever since it was released.

pjb reviewed vBuild 959 Alpha on Dec 10, 2004

Great new features. I have found this build and previous 3 builds very stable. Well worth the break from MSN Messenger and it's Ad's.

laxmiddi44 reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 27, 2004

It is a very good program very well designed
Pros: Very nice design, support all messanging systems
Cons: Doesnt directly connect and send files with aim sometimes i dont know why they will probably fix this with the final version

Great Program cant wait for it to fully come out

fourte3n reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 21, 2004

Some people seem to not understand what 'Rating' a program is all about...

"I got an invite to download Trillian 3.0 but after I downloaded it said I was missing a file. Can anyone tell me where I can download a copy that works."

And this person gave it a low score! WHY? Cause you got a bad copy...

Then this guy, rates it bad because he wants the OLD version to be bug fixed... HUH? Why does that matter? Maybe all of those fixes have made this version better!

I dont use IM but in the days that I did Trilian was always the king. It still is today as all other 'competition' is just CRAP. Im giving Trillian a 4 Star for this ALPHA due to the quality of the software in comparison to the rest of the market.
Reviewer: r4dius Nov 10, 2004
Version: 3.0 Alpha 1

I think they should solve the major bugs from previous version before releasing a new one...
Rating:

MoeRL reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 14, 2004

Extremely clean and pretty interface, very nice set of features and just well-organized.

I keep looking at GAIM and MIRANDA and so far I've absolutely loved Miranda IM. However, this latest Trillian release made me switch :). It's great! It feels a bit sluggish though.. :(

For "just a chat app" it should feel lighter. What *I* want to see is a keyboard shortcut like in Miranda or ICQ where I can bring up the message windows when a new message arrives, or with which I can make the main Trillian window show and hide :)

When is the update to this Alpha comin?

laws2kuk1 reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 14, 2004

I have had the "Trillian 3 Alpha" for one week now and havnt experienced any problems atall. This is infact the first version of Trillian that I have tried and im very impressed.

I would highly recommend this to anyone even if they only use one messaging service in the first place.

ice_cajun reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 11, 2004

I got an invite to download Trillian 3.0 but after I downloaded it said I was missing a file. Can anyone tell me where I can download a copy that works. I know other people have downloaded it and it works for them.

r4dius reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 10, 2004

I think they should solve the major bugs from previous version before releasing a new one...

Sky-Dexter reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 9, 2004

Nice , i have been waiting for Trillian 3 for soooo long :D

No crashes since 3 days and no more bugs , great job ! :)

operic reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 8, 2004

It duplicates my ICQ contacts :(

Lord Death reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 8, 2004

This is a program i have been waiting for a very long time. I installed it and it works like a charm!

No errors of any sorts, no disconnecting, all contacts are there, MSN file transfers finally work!

This is just sooo GREAT! When the Final version comes out i will sure buy it.

5/5!

Yinchie reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 7, 2004

Excellent IM program.
Havent encountered a problem yet.
The GUI is sure patched up.

danilloOc reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 7, 2004

Looks REALLY cool but i'm getting a error.
Everytime i start Trillian 3, i recive a pop error that says:

"A crash was detected within Trillian. A crash report will be available at: C:\Program Files\Trillian\Crash Files\crash.1099706263.dmp and can be attached to a bug repport. Trillian will now shut down, sorry for inconvinience."

Then i click ok and the program don't shut down, open and work ok but don't save any setting after i close it and open it again, just the same thing...the error message and etc. :(

Josh P. reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 7, 2004

The best just got better! I am really digging the new UI.. it looks very clean and is super usefull. File Transfers still wont work all the time, but other than that I have no gripes :)

wormeyman reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 7, 2004

So far so good i really like the new laout of the prefrences panel

Kylde reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 7, 2004

crashes every time while cancelling or closing an attempted file-transfer, and still wont log into AIM (invalid password, which isnt true)

mlevit reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Just installed the new Trillian 3.0.

I love their new settings look, although it seems they are missing the window resizing setting. The new tabbed chat is a great feature, although it might be nice to have a setting to turn it off, maybe there is, just haven't seen it yet.

Over all, this is so far better then their previous versio. Will get Trillian 3.0 when it's released, might even get the Pro :)

bnd reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Once again Cerulean Studios delivers a superior IM client. The features are endless and the design is seamless. If I could give this a 6 I would.

Cubbie reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Right, there is a Jabber plugin... but only Trillian Pro supports plugins, Trillian Basic does not. Still a fantastic piece of software. :)

Enigmatic reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

I love Trillian. It't the best IM Client.

liquidblaze reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

I recommend checking out this magnicifent piece of software and you will see that Trillian supports Jabber. It actually supports Jabber since over a year. But hey - ranting without checking is probably easier ;)

swartlkk reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

I have used Trillian for the past 3 years and it has been nothing but GREAT!

'jrepin', No Jabber support... You better check again. Did you even install it? It is a plugin that must be activated just like the AIM/ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, and IRC plugins must be activated to use those protocols.

I like this plugin support because it doesn't require those protocols that are not being used to be loaded, saving on the amount of memory soaked up by the app.

What can I say... This chat prog keeps getting better and better with each revision.

jrepin reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

As far as I know Jabber is only supported in Pro version and not in the free one.

pjb reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Excellent upgrade from 2.013. I especially like the way the plug-ins are optional. Good work ceruleanstudios.

xushi reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Bah, if there's one thing and one thing only which i miss in windows, is having trillian =/ If only they port it to linux...

DarthVeda reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Excellent program. The difference between 0.74 and this version is amazing.

Mark Gillespie reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Excellent, and working very stable here so far.

A great upgrade to Trillian Pro 2.01 and a HUGE upgrade to anyone still stuck on the free version (0.74).

I have just renewed my Pro membership so I can enjoy the latest Pro features in 3 (my membership only allowed Pro for 2, I had to renew to get it active again for 3).

rawd reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Looks good! Although I can't seem to see other people's MSN buddy icon's

HolyLiaison reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

This update is awesome. The fact that it integrates Wikipedia defenitions in IM's is the greatest idea since sliced bread.
You can see it here: http://www.holyliaison.com/personal/tril_wiki.jpg -
Not to mention everything seems to be more integrated together. I've been running it all day and it has yet to crash. Being marked as Alpha 1 is crazy. Seems like almost a final release to me. Great work Cerulean Studios!

RaveN-FH- reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

well that didn't take long to leak out. not even 24 hours ... how sad. oh well, don't b*tch if and when trillian eats your contacts or blows up.

nmhps reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

Excellent upgrade!! Better than msn messenger 7.
I just miss a tool to grab the avatar pictures... :)

Merlyn_3D reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 6, 2004

I don't know what you're talking about chook, trillian has never used more than 15MB of RAM, pro version with all my plugins is only at 11MB right now, and compared to AIM and Yahoo's 33-35MB, I'll take this anyday.

I am completely and utterly amazed at this release, I have yet to run into a single crash, all the old 2.x plugins work with it, it's so beautiful, and such low memory usage! The new history manager is absolutely amazing, I have pro, so I don't know what the regular version includes, but it's well worth $25 for pro (regular version is free).

3.0 has so far fixed a few issues I've had with 2.0, like buddy icons not working all the time. This version also allows you to go invisible (appear offline while remaining online) in AIM, Yahoo, Jabber, and ICQ.

deviantATTILA reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

I got it directly from Trillian's website. So far so good, I'm taking screenshots as I go through testing. The design simplification in this version is remarkable. Testing its usability is an issue though as it's giving me some problems connecting to AIM currently.

chook reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Looks nice and works pretty well, but still way too much memory usage.

VikingBlade reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Works surprisingly well for an alpha. Good to see CS working hard at it.

dzjepp reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

This *is* supposedly both Pro and Basic, depending if you have your old license, you can use it here as well [for the time being].

dim, there's a good chance some of the good skinners will release a nice 'lite' skin for this, so it should look nice and clean if that's what you are after. =]

pvolk reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Still my favorite IM program, hopefully this one actually works well with other IM clients. Seems to be doing well so far. Cant wait fro pro since it will probably have more features, but this one has a great interface, some of the new things are dumb like the tabbed interface but it can still be gotten rid of. And its pretty stable for an alpha. But another excellent release from Cerillean!

Domingo reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Well, it IS an alpha so bugs are to be expected here.

Anyway - I'm very much looking forward to the final release of Trillian. I've never really had any issues with either version of the program and I don't want to have to pointlessly update the program every year if there are no major issues. I'm sure everyone can come up with a tiny gripe that less than 1% of users have...but they've been good about releasing patches for major issues.

This Trillian looks great. Very integrated with WinXP...nice interface, too. I'm thinking with MS's "default IM client" option we might see a VERY integrated IM client at least (MSN's great...but I seem to only know Yahoo people...and I know AIM is still huge).

dim reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Dear Pixelsmack, this has been possible for a long time, at least in Trillian 2.x. Simply click a few contacts holding the control key, then right-click and choose "Mass Message", or create a Meta-Contact, which you can subsequently use to spam all your friends in one go. ;)

Anyway, Trillian 3.x looks nice, although it's starting to get a bit too dumbed down for my taste. And of course its memory usage has gone way up too. It's a pity they don't have a "light" version, without the skins and all the pretty pictures...

Pizda reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

ArKay74, don't count on it. And I hear a new price structure will be put into place, once this thing goes final. Care to pay 39.95 for a single computer license? ;)

I'm sick and tired of 1 update a year deal. v 2.0 is still bug ridden; they have some nerve releasing 3.0.

i guess I'll have to go with miranda.

Pixelsmack reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

I really WISH they would add ICQ's mutli-user message send! I hate having to copy/paste 30 times to send all my pals the same message!

NEOBassDUDE reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

I'm liking it a lot thus far.

Especially nice is the configuration UI. Far more user friendly than ever before.

They've obviously done some work on the file transfer problems they used to be cursed with (at least though aim). A friend of mine and I used to never be able to send files to each other even though we both had our routers configured correctly.

The new trillian fixed that.

Once we get a final version and some skinners working on this, trillian will be a fine multi IM client once again!

MOTVG reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Wow, after all this time I thought Trillian was dead and I moved on to other programs. In my opinion this new trillian shows some great promise. The new UI looks far more polished than the previous trillian versions. A little bit more work and I'll go back to Trillian.

Blueshadowz reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Someone give me login info ;)

ArKay74 reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Here's hoping that they are not going to charge me again for the Pro version of 3.0, considering that I bought 2 versions already which barely got updates. :/

felix reviewed v3.0 Alpha 1 on Nov 5, 2004

Hope they fix the bugs from previous versions. In particular the very old and outdated free basic version. Would really like to dump my MSN & ICQ clients if they can get things right.

kmleow reviewed v0.74I on Sep 26, 2004

File transfers do not seem to work behind router. I hope that trillian can introduce UPnP support for all the IMs that it supports.

whiteout13 reviewed v0.74I on Sep 12, 2004

if u use different IM accounts then trillian would be a wise choice. If you only use , AIM, for instance, its unnecasary

SFAMonkey reviewed v0.74I on Jun 25, 2004

I have used trillian for sometime. But I thought the free versions interface wasn't very good. Plus it lacks things the other IM programs have. I have found that a program called GAIM. It is very nice. It is somewhat like trillian, but it includes a lot of features trillian doesn't, but it lacks support for file transforing and talk to talk. In the current build. It is always being developed through. I find it to be a very good program. It has support for aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, and some other ones. So you should take a look at GAIM. GAIM even has some nice plugins. Also a other program that is better then both GAIM and Trillian is Miranda. It has a lot of plugins and you could change the way it looks. I am new to Miranda, but so far I like it. Plus both GAIM and Miranda are free.

RaveN-FH- reviewed v0.74I on Jun 24, 2004

proving, yet again, how futile yahoo's efforts are to secure their servers.

Collision891 reviewed v0.74I on Jun 24, 2004

I personally like the program, but i am going to switch to Gaim soon most likely because of trillian's lack of certain features. I would also like to add that there is a nag screen after that begins to appear randomly after using the program for 1000 hours or so.

Neoprimal reviewed v0.74H on Mar 10, 2004

Trillian is an interesting concept. Several messengers in one program is a good idea, but the execution is flawed. As a messenger it works fine in that you can chat with other people, but marketed as a multi messenger client, I can't give it a good rating, as it messes up immensely in that area.
I have used it sparsely for a while, and I decided to make an account on each respective clint to keep testing it because of the dangers of using it with my real accounts.

I have several msn, aim, icq and yahoo accounts. Trillian for no good reason merges the list on each of their networks. It doesnt seem merged on Trillian itself but when you use the respective programs, all of a sudden you have all users from all accounts on each network on 1 list. This was exceptionally bad for msn because every user on my list was asked to be added to all my various accounts, the same went for yahoo.

The program has lasted alot longer than I thought it would. Yahoo and AIM are trying their best to get 3rd party clients off their networks for security reasons. MSN recently announced a more open stance, but imho this is more of an attempt to attract aol and yahoo then 3rd party, and as soon as that happens or doesnt happen, I'm sure msn is going to close up too.

There may be safer solutions out there than trillian.
If you intend to use it with a single account on each network ie: msn, yahoo, aim and icq - it works to message, but it lacks unique features and capabilities of the original clients.

I gave it 2 because it's a good idea and it works if...

glasslan reviewed v0.74H on Mar 8, 2004

Still leagues better than any of the corporate defaults, but can't stand up to Miranda or even Gaim until there's better support for file transfers. It's bombed on that since well before the Pro days, with no mention of upcoming fixes.

Perezoso reviewed v0.74H on Mar 8, 2004

Not bad but it can't hold a candle to Miranda IM. I don't follow the IM market too much, but besides these security bugfixes, Trillian (free edition) development seems stalled to me. As time goes by Trillian slips further behind.

Alex T. reviewed v0.74H on Mar 8, 2004

To the person that said it will not work on the MSN network soon, that problem was debunked last October. The new Trillian supports the new MSN protocol and will not cause problems at all.

bsr500 reviewed v0.74H on Mar 8, 2004

It's a great idea, but they didnt execute it right. And also, pretty soon MSN messenger wont work with other clients.

bbhermit reviewed v0.74G on Feb 26, 2004

I like this program, as it integrates my most used messengers, in one application. However, the font selection options seem to be irregular at best, and I can't copy anything to another program. No voice n' video, but that's no biggie, as I've seldom used those anyway.

illuvatar reviewed v0.74G on Feb 26, 2004

I have to revise my previous post about Trillian. There are better and faster multi protocol instant messengers. I've been using Miranda IM these last months and it blows Trillian away! It's way faster, it's got loads of plugins, it's highly customizable, it uses little memory and it's open source :-) Get it here: http://www.miranda-im.org/

spade_spitter reviewed v0.74F on Nov 22, 2003

Its pretty good (for an amature)

goFurShELF reviewed v0.74F on Nov 10, 2003

Trillian is an awesome combination of IM interfaces into one beautiful GUI with good feats and ok handling...updates are less of a hassle than reinstalling each Fn messenger (think, a dll or an entire suite) so you guys can rethink that...freeware (plus points)...it's the only IM client I actually use nemore!

adaminferior reviewed v0.74F on Oct 10, 2003

To Adidas1532: You do not need to be continually upgrading if you use a multi-IM protocol client. I have been using them for over two-to-three years now going from the early days of Trillian, to Gaim, to brief visits with Miranda, and possibly others that I can not recall. I have never been forced into updating when I did not want to and have always been able to connect to my accounts when I needed to. At most the required continual updating that you speak of happens once or twice a year (as far as I am aware) as it takes resources and manpower to change a network and companies would rather not spend that time and money unless a good reason existed to do so.

TheD2JBug reviewed v0.74F on Oct 10, 2003

reply to the previous comment. You use Trillian so that you can be connected to all the respective IM services AT THE SAME TIME. I use it for AIM/MSN/ICQ, and it works for all three, with a smaller memory footprint than some of the standalone clients.

Adidas1532 reviewed v0.74F on Oct 10, 2003

it seems like a waste to me to be using a chat program which you continually need to upgrade because aim, yahoo, msn etc change their protocols so you can't. how about the simplicity of just signing on with the respective program and using that?

sirhardi reviewed v0.74 Patch F on Oct 10, 2003

The patch works flawless.
Thanks Trillian !!!

woodengod reviewed v0.74F on Oct 10, 2003

An excelent program, but no Jabber support. And I know there is in the Pro version.

eL MaesTro reviewed v0.74F on Oct 10, 2003

this might be free, but think about it, this interface is sooo outdated. When I see the features of the msn messenger 6.1 plus Patchou' Msgr Plus and then look at Trillian I fell back in the Windows 3.1 days. Icons visible only to other trillian users, no display picture, no webcam support , etc . . . hmmmm hmmm :/

oachkatzl reviewed v0.74E on Sep 18, 2003

i do NOT like trillian. i recommend MIRANDA IM. it's free, fast and has alot of functions that trillian do not has.
get it at www.miranda-im.org

trapanator reviewed v0.74E on Sep 18, 2003

Gaim is better and supports ALL protocols! The latest version, 0.68 is AMAZING! Try it! It's freeware!

http://gaim.sourceforge.net

dacaveman reviewed v0.74E on Sep 18, 2003

u guys should try miranda. www.miranda-im.org
its the messenger out there, its opensource. join the miranda community :D

Lick reviewed v0.74E on Sep 17, 2003

Trillian es Bueno! I'm not sure if that was used correctly but at any rate I have been using Trillian for over a year as well as testing Gaim and Trillian is still what I opt for. I simply must bite the bullet someday and pay for the Pro, but I am sooooo glad they may a patch and continue to support the freeware. Thanks!

Scorched Earth reviewed v0.74E on Sep 17, 2003

The Pro version is a lot better, but the free version is great too. I recommend it to anyone who will listen. Most people I know only have one instant messenger (AIM), but I still like to try to get them on Trillian for the encrypted chat feature. Especially if they share a connection. Nosy people suck.

SuperRob1 reviewed v0.74D on Aug 5, 2003

THIS PROGRAM is WORTHY, it does everything like it claims. I gotten the Pro Version, AMAZING, there is no reason to continue using multiple instant messaging when you can use one program to connect to them all. So worth the price.

zonk3r reviewed v0.74D on Jul 17, 2003

Works very nicely, with a nicer UI than GAIM (though GAIM is open source so that is a plus). Nevermind the guy who said it doesn't work with Yahoo. Yahoo changed their login setup recently, but there is a *very easy* workaround. All you have to do is change your login id from capital letters to lower case. If it is already lower case, then you will not be affected. Check their website for more on this or if you are having other problems.

kingy reviewed v0.74D on Mar 19, 2003

i havn't acculay tried the 25$ version yet but the free version is good except for the part that you can't get in yahoo chat

illuvatar reviewed v0.74D on Mar 15, 2003

This programme is great! Although this free version isn't really evolving anymore, it's still the best alternative for anyone who's tired of running a zillion IM programmes. It gives you all the basic chat options and more! It supports file transfers and has a built in irc client. What do you need more?

Mark Gillespie reviewed v0.74D on Mar 15, 2003

Excellent program, I can have anyone on any IM network contact me, I don't need seperate programs running for each network.

The free version is good, the Pro version is excellent. (well worth the $25).

Zulithe reviewed v0.74 Patch D on Feb 19, 2003

I've tried trillian and trillain pro, neither have impressed me. It certainly has improved, as most software does, but it's not quite to the point where I would use it on a day-to-day basis. Not only that but the skin selection is pretty unexciting.

jpasula reviewed v0.74 Patch D on Feb 13, 2003

There are a few problems with trillian. ICQ contacts aren't uploaded to the server, it's difficult to add people to invisible/visible lists and to un-ignore people. However, trillian uses less resources than ICQ, Yahoo, MSN or AIM by themselves. I love trillian and will continue to use it. :)

xippon reviewed v0.74 Patch D on Feb 12, 2003

It doesn't support Gadu-Gadu...

Apollos reviewed v0.74 Patch D on Feb 12, 2003

All in one chat client, connects faster and with the new patches, things are working smoother. The pro version is an advantage for serious net talkers though.

MrPuddles reviewed v0.74 on Sep 13, 2002

Trillian Freeware has had virtually no features added since the inception of 1.0 pro. The pro version is great, but the freeware version will most likely go down the hole. The Pro is worth the $25.

espectro reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

Because betanews screwed up, they should have put a page to review Pro, not 0.7x, since we know what that has and .74 has only a bugfix. So i will review pro too.

Skin is really ugly compared to ther 0.7x one, but it is also much lighter. My amd 333 really is thankful for this.

Some nice features are added. Plugins, but some are really bad, like the weather one. It uses zipcodes (u.s only) instead of using worldwide ICAO location indicators.

Some nice windows added. For example when you get mail, when a user logs in, etc.

They removed the list flowing in the status window of msn. That info was pretty much useless and was badly coded (it made msn connect in 2-3 minutes in slow pc's)

Unfortunately, they screwed up. Do you remember 0.7x that has a "feature" that allows you to know when a person closes your msn window? It showed "person has joined the conversation". They removed that from trillian pro, the best feature of the whole program to me.

I complained about it in the forums when it was beta and they erased my post because people are not supposed to talk about it.

reidyn reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

Ask83: Why are you reviewing something OTHER than what is presented here?

ask83 reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

(Reviewing Trillian 1.0 Pro)
This program is amazing! It does exactly what AIM, ICQ, MSN, IRC, and Yahoo messenger does. All the things that are in 0.74 are in 1.0 plus so much more! The plugin capability is amazing as it makes Trillian so much more extensible. If you do enjoy Trillian, then you should seriously consider getting 1.0. I know that lots of people who have tried 1.0 will NOT go back to any other chat client.

Reglovin reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

Nice solid program, excellent features, fast.

abischof reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

There used to be a changlog for Trillian on their site, but I can't find it at the moment. Does anyone have the URL for that?

SlowNeasy reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

Great program. For those considering upgrading to Trillian Pro you won't be disappointed :)

Faction reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

Trillian Owns but i haveone problem i can send or recive fils while in Trillian LOL other than that I owns Great program ***** stars :)

bsf reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

hm.. I guess it's better than using AIM/ICQ/IRC/MSN separately.. but since I'm an only AIM/IRC user, this still takes more than 1% of my CPU. hm... though nevertheless it's great idea, but it's just my personal taste that I like really simple designs without graphics.. just simple frames and stuff

cosmotic reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

The interface is good, but slow. Contact list, menu and IM window drawing is slower than it really needs to be. And why can't I resize the windows in realtime? Why is it some supid dotted line? The management of connections is realy nice. the contact list icons are a bit confusing, but hey. And why did there website get raped? its all a bunch of 404s and super crapy layout. any way, good program, but theres still a lot of room for improvement.

akamatsu reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

This program wants your chats to be secure. These are honest authors who sebject themselves to peer review and discourse. The UI is elegant, the memory footprint is smaller than ICQ ALONE! And it interconnects AIM, ICQ, Y! MSN and IRC. This program keeps getting better, they support both the free and paid version, and for those who donated a mere dollar before, they get 1.0 FREE. This is a far cry from programs like FlashFXP that call home and play games, this renews my faith in Win32 developers. They dont all have greedy beady devil eyes and want to put you in the poor house. I wish this thing was $10 bucks, but $25 isnt a bat to the back of the head, so its feasible, and 0.74 isnt a watered down version.

zeio reviewed v0.74 on Sep 11, 2002

This program is GOD. Supports blowfish/128bit secure chat on AIM and ICQ. Awesome interface, honest authors. I feel guilty for not having purchased pro yet. Logs well, you can pack AIM, ICQ, Y!, MSN and IRC into one client and logger. Now we need a ports for things that dont run windows, and maybe Jabber support (for more secure sessions).

ilasoft reviewed v0.74 on Sep 10, 2002

Can't believe they ask for money now (the Pro version)... Well, at least they still update the free one...

sting reviewed v0.73 on Jun 9, 2002

The best just keeps getting better.

OverBurN reviewed v0.73 on Jun 8, 2002

Black-Wolf - You can do that you know. look through the options
Windows - Initial - Hide the window and notify me via the systray

thats been there for a few releases now

DigitalSin reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

Trillian just plain owns. I'm glad Microsoft is so willing to support a 3rd party app.

MadEx2k2 reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

The best just got better! And yes, very nice what MSN did... AOL should take an example of that...

phark reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

Excellant program with lots of updates. It was nice to see that MSN informed Trillian about the changes on their servers, so Trillain could make the changes and keep chatting!

Black-Wolf reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

Good program, but I hope they can implement ICQ features like messages won't just popup until I click it in the System Tray, because I don't want people to see that I am chatting or see my messages accidently.

sirhardi reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

Trillian is by far the best and most often updated chat client.
I can get my hotmail notification, my yahoo mail, which other client does this?????????? all in one on top of it.
Stable, no resources, no stupid JAVA hog either :-)
Offline messages, individual alrms blocking, secure IM Trillian is KING !!

ensidian reviewed v0.73 on Jun 7, 2002

I just LOVE Trillian I use it even though I dont really need to just becouse I hate AOL. But even if i didn't hate AOL Trillian is the best out there. Nobody is more on top of there software then these guys and we aren't even paying for that kind of support, c'mon could you ask for more? ITS FREE!!!!

Aranyic reviewed v0.725 on May 6, 2002

It's ok, I used it for MSN/ICQ but like using Miranda ICQ and regular msn better.

espectro reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

Still some bugs. No matter how much times i tell it to default all windows to be inside a container and start maximized (and with mute sound) it "forgets".
I wanted to use a nick with some special chars and I almost got a null nick in return. Does not show that you have returned from away some times. Bits here, bits there, but still unbeaten

Latz reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

Trillian has problems with AOL, but who wants to talk to those AOL guys,anyway? Was a nice feature but I don't drop this great programme just because those dollar junkies from AOL don't want us. Get back to the basics, AOL: Internet is about information and fun, not about money!!!

xer0_kelvin reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

No compromises. Trillian is top quality shiznit. I'd really like to see a BeOS version tho for two reasons. 1) It would supply me with the one thing that keeps me from running BE as my only OS and 2) I can throw the illegal burnt copy of WinXP (Which sux btw) in the trash and burn the trash behind my house and piss on the ashes. Ohh.. goosebumps :D that would be nice.

debonair reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

Trillian has joined the programs which I've payed, or as in this case, donated for. For a measly $5, I got to support the best chat client on the market. I love the fact that noone is pushing you to support it, and most of all, even if you dont want to donate, there are no real hidden features. Keep it up!

voystar reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

Yeah the security issue is given, but first you had to get certain files from the user so you must have access to his computer over another exploit. I think this is not really a big issue, but can be maybe made better by the developers by relating the files just to the machine, or encypting them more.
Well whatever. I have to say: Great Job Trillian developers, really fast support with "bugfixes" against AOL IM. I really love Trillian, because it annoys me opening up 3 messengers, but I can understand AOL too, they got their Ad's in their software, from which they gain money, and they host the users, and they get the network traffic. So Trillian is actually just like a parasite on a big worm, who has already a lot of food. I reallt can understand AOL, but when there are several messengers out there, and friends and collegues use different ones, you want to use every single one at the same time, and then if Trillian even looks better (nobody can tell me AOL IM looks any good) and adds new features, eg Secure IM, which is really cool, why not using Trillian.
IMHO it is not fair against AOL to just use their service, but I also belive that AOL should have a talk and open their doors for Trillian, because it is just better. Maybe one could somehow figure out how to give money to AOL, since it is their money we are wasting by not looking at their ads (even tho you have oppertunities to delete them out of the program ;)

voystar

djdanska reviewed v0.725 on Feb 22, 2002

yeah, but how would you get access to someone's file? The same goes for aol 7.0, if you copy the right files you could do the same. But for now it is still the best im program.

OneSecondAgo reviewed v0.725 on Feb 21, 2002

I just tried this for the first time today, and I can easily say I'm quite fond of it. All it needs now is embedding images in AIM IM's while in direct connection, and voice chat, then, it will be the ultimate chat program (as if it wasn't already the best out now).

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v0.725 on Feb 21, 2002

I kinda hate the way AOL is causing the put back of Trillians development. While the developers are fighting hard to get their client to continuly work with AIM, they are getting no other time to improve their product. Damn u aol. I still give this product a 5, nothings changed my opinion on that.

verbatim reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

This is simply the best chat client around. Enough said.

mambo reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

I think this is a great program and we should back it for several reasons:

1. Cerulean is making this for Free. For all we know ICQ can become commercial anytime...
2. It's the only program that lets us have all the accounts of yahoo, aim, icq, messenger and what not under one (1) window.
3. It's Cute.
4. It's not made by Microsoft or AOL.
5. It pisses off AOL.
6. It ain't a monopoly.

Reason's enough?

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

People people people! Will you stop giving the latest versions of trillian a bad review simply because of it's inabilty to connect to AIM!!!. It is NOT their fault and they don't deserve a bad review for something they are fighting so hard againt. Trillian is still as great as it always was, even better in fact, they are just going thru a rough phase in which they will only win with the users support! So cmon people, keep them spirits high and back trillian 100% and at least we will have a chance against the monopoly we call AOL.

hond70 reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

Want a protected CD-ROM? Look no further! This is a true gem. With EP CD-ROM you can easily create a partially or fully encrypted cd-rom. When you want to access the cd-rom, just type the password and everything on the cd is viewable and accessible. Unlike other programs, files on the cd-rom will not be (temporally) copied to the harddisk: EP cd-rom decrypts files on-the-fly!

ditoa reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

this program is good however i use AIM alot and this program pretty much sucks for AIM as AOL keep blocking it! I also use MSN Messenger alot and personally i prefer MSN Messenger to this, i am sure if you use loads of IM clients then this would be great but as i dont i cant really say it does much for me.

pplchamp reviewed v0.724 on Feb 8, 2002

It works on occasion, it seems once they connected, they figured the bug was fixed, but it wasn't as you can see by two versions in the same day, and, again it seems as if once connected they figured it was fixed again. It looks as if AOL is a step a head in the chess game.

sirhardi reviewed v0.724 on Feb 7, 2002

WOW,

I just DL the .23 version and five minutes later is the next released, RIGHT on.......hehe.AOL hates them i bet, I do hope that my "dbl click" on desktop is working again.

Keep it up Trillian

nuo reviewed v0.723 on Feb 7, 2002

Great program! But a little pity...it cann't support 2-byte character. eg. Chinese ~~~

ScoJo reviewed v0.722 on Feb 6, 2002

Great proggie! I give Trillian a 5, though I wish they would move to a plugin setup like Winamp so support for the various messaging services are contained in separate DLL files. That way only the plugin needs to be updated when AOL changes the protocol for the umpteenth time.

bbhermit reviewed v0.722 on Feb 5, 2002

Bit late on this, as it's been updated twice, in the past week. However, the updates allowed my contacts to be kept, so good nuff! Love it! Haven't been able to figure out how to install the skins yet, tho. ;-(

ATMAvatar reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

umm... there IS a spam block function, and there IS an auto updater :o

Richard30ky reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

a well deserved five stars but again i hope they read this and put a spam block option in the mirc or give a addon option for that and a auto update if so 10 stars from me ..

scottct1 reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

I love this program... This thing is getting out of hand with AOL. I wish the program would autoupdate just whatever they fixed to work with AOL instead of makinig me download the full version over and over again.

MrMeph reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

I have not had any problem with Trillian connecting to AIM at all and I'm still using version 0.70. Now I do have a problem with connecting to yahoo at work on Trillian because of our firewall and a friend of mine has a problem connecting to yahoo on Trillian while connected to MSN.

Anybody else have similar problems?

reidyn reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

Trillian still takes less RAM than having 4 separate messengers running. AIM cannot connect to MSN, Yahoo!, or ICQ.

xweston reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

why doesnt anybody ever mention that trillian takes 12meg of ram and aim with aim+ takes about 4?

Andy B reviewed v0.722 on Feb 1, 2002

This fixes AIM for about 6 hours before they block Trillian again.

I really hope this isn't going to happen every few days

KAMiKAZOW reviewed v0.721 on Jan 31, 2002

AOL, you suck. Trying to block Trillian is lame. There wouldn't be a need for Trillian, if the official apps (AIM, ICQ) were good. Luckily Trillian is made by 2 very talented programmers. 7 Stars!

scots reviewed v0.721 on Jan 30, 2002

AOL has now started blocking Trillian like they've done with every other IM client that's tried to integrate AIM access. According to an article on ZDnet, the Trillian guys say they are going to keep issuing updates to work around AOL's blocks. I suggest that EVERYONE who uses this program go to the Trillian web site, click on the PayPal icon, and donate SOMETHING and show your support for the little guy and this EXCELLENT program! Even if you can only afford to donate a dollar or two, it all adds up and every little bit helps! I am NOT affiliated with Trillian or Cerulean Studios in any way. I'm just someone who's tired of big companies who think they can do anything they want just because they have a lot of money.

espectro reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

Great software, but i cant give it 5 stars yet. Some bugs and missing features (especially on irc) are the culprit. For example, i cant use extended chars in my msn nick, because it will set a corrupted illegible nick. Window flashing and sounds work a little different than i would like. Still, this is THE IM program. No competition there (linux version please!)

ATMAvatar reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

GREAT program. I use MSN, ICQ, IRC, and AIM with it, and it's great not having to wade through mIRC, MSN Messenger, AIM, and ICQ, each taking up more memory than trillian :o Definitely a must-get!

Andy B reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

I been using this since 0.70 and its brilliant

I use every single one of the messaging programs on there and have too many contacts to mention. Its a god send having everything on one application and all the messages coming through it. 2 clicks and I set away on all apps instead of about 20 on all 4.

However the IRC I don't use because typical MIRC is much better especially when you're an irc op and need to use scripts and such to retain law and order :P

With 0.72 (and 0.71) the features have been slowly added and refined. I don't really care for video conferencing and stuff but the ICQ SMS feature would be a great addition for me.

This little beauty has never crashed or mucked up AND its skinnable (anything thats skinnable gets good marks in my book)!!

Download today if you use more than one of the apps it supports! If not just leave it unless you hate the native application.

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

Certainly is a great app. But will never replace the originals if your already using EVERY SINGLE feature, because Trillian hasn't got every single feature, but it still kicks ass.

FZ reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

I've been using the program (version 0.70) for about 3 months both for my ICQ account and IRC connection. It runs so smooth and without any problems on my Windows 2000 system that it's a real pleasure using it.

Whatever connection you need, IRC, ICQ, AIM, Y!Messenger, this is THE program to choose.

kgruber reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

Overall, I think this is a great client, especially for the size and features. However, I would like to see native video conferencing for each respective IM service, supported in future versions.

ShafuyZ reviewed v0.72 on Jan 30, 2002

They fixed the two bugs I compained about: auto-resume (file xfer) didn't work properly, and multi-msgs didn't come in. I promised on their msg board I would donate if they fix those bugs quickly and they sure did. Donation of $10.30 (30 cents went to PayPal) for the next 6 months usage has been made to Cerulean Studios. If they keep improving the software, and I find myself still using it (instead of the competition) after 6 months, my new donation is sure to come. Oh, and this is basically the only software I paid for in the last couple of years (the rest I warez cuz I'm such a naughty boy ;) ) ... And hey, I won't feel dumb/sucker if MS/AOL buys them out (when universal IM protocol is decided upon) either. These guys DESERVE the honor of getting paid by a cheap $@$!@$ like me ;) ta-ta

rseiler reviewed v0.72 on Jan 29, 2002

What's keeping this program out of the top spot is lack of a real History function like ICQ has always had. Logging messages to a text file is a very poor substitute. Anyone know of their plans in this regard?

xwtx reviewed v0.72 on Jan 29, 2002

still working out the kinks, but this program is quickly becoming the most popular, and best IM client around. my one gripe is that i wish that, for once, someone would realize how annoying it is not to use native UI widgets. i know that the trillian guys are probablly planning on porting to other OS's, and using XML (i think thats what its UI is based on) is easier and quicker to port... but i hate how programs like trillian stick out like a sore thumb on the desktop, no matter how nice the skin may be.

Tylenol reviewed v0.72 on Jan 29, 2002

GREATEST IM PROGRAM EVAR!!!1111

scots reviewed v0.72 on Jan 29, 2002

Trillian ROCKS! Connects to EVERYTHING, and best of all NO ADS!!! If you're not using this as your IM client you must be crazy. Get it now!!

debonair reviewed v0.71 on Dec 21, 2001

rocks, and keeps on rocking. 0.7x series is the best yet! forget using any other chat clients.

Djuby reviewed v0.71 on Dec 21, 2001

The best IM client bar none.

jdmeeker reviewed v0.71 on Dec 21, 2001

Every revision gets better and better. I have just recently had friends that use MS Messenger and it was a pain to keep that and AIM going back and forth.

verbatim reviewed v0.71 on Dec 21, 2001

This program is just great. Within a few more releases I could really see it growing in popularity enough to compete with aol's aim client... it's definitely a better program.

j0m reviewed v0.71 on Dec 21, 2001

It just keeps getting better and better. The lack of file-transfurs was the last thing on my slowly dwindling list of things that Trillian needed.

MrMeph reviewed v0.71 on Dec 20, 2001

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I found the setting that was causing the problem. Ok, this program now has a 5 and I apoligize for not doing so earlier based on my own ignorance. :-)

aeroe reviewed v0.71 on Dec 20, 2001

i'd give it a "5" if it beefed up the irc client with some options and sped up the program a bit.

kyrex reviewed v0.71 on Dec 20, 2001

MrMeph: Your proble is actually an option in the preferences. There are a lot of preferences in different tabs and screens, so they are hard to sort through. But you CAN enable an option that makes trillian keep you in away or invisible mode while you IM others.

OneSecondAgo reviewed v0.71 on Dec 20, 2001

This program is great, but I'll wait until more AIM features (specifically tapping into the AIM server for buddy lists and embedded images in IMs) are added.

MrMeph reviewed v0.70 on Dec 15, 2001

I love this program. I'm glad they finally released an update. Finally I can direct connect with AIM buddies and file transfer. I only have 2 minor complaints. The first is that on yahoo, I like to remain invisible since I leave that connection on 24/7 (connect via cable modem) so that the few people that know that I stay invisible can contact me whenever they want if I am home (saves on the ol' phone bill). For some reason on this new version, everytime I IM anyone through any medium, it makes me visible not only on Yahoo but on ICQ and MSN as well. I sent a bug report and I hope they fix this problem.

Second, I still cannot connect to the Yahoo service using Trillian while I am at work due to the firewall. I have no problem connecting using Yahoos client, but Trillian won't connect.

Oh well, anyway, even with those minor annoyances, I love this program and hope it just keeps getting better!

folio reviewed v0.70 on Dec 12, 2001

Yeh, bit delayed post I know, forgot all about the review :D Very good program, everything that you will need to chat :) Check it out, even if you have tried it and didn't like, you might be surprised :)

exotrip reviewed v0.70 on Dec 7, 2001

Trillian is awsome. I haven't used the official IMs for months. Trillian really is a suitable replacement for ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo. This ain't "too good to be true", it's "how much better can it possibly get?".

horhe reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

would not go as far as buying it, but it is a great program!

spagBender reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

NICE!!! Finally, the long awaited update to Trillian, and worth the wait. If you use more than one instant messaging client you need this. Wait.. Even if you only use one, Trillian is better than any client out there. Tons of new features added to this release. If you didn't use .635 because it was missing something you used regularly it is probably in .70. If this wasn't free I would definately buy it. At least I can donate.

KAMiKAZOW reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

This incredible programm deserves 7 stars (at least).
It gets better with each release.
I'm just impressed.

Richard30ky reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Im impressed ,i had tried some of the other muliple im clients and they where so bad i stayed away from even trying thisone this is the first time use.so if your like me and run multiple im clients this is the way to go and best of all (FREE) as they state no ads no spyware just free i will also donate in hopes that they will improve the mail notification and maybe a spam block for IRC users , its a worthy ***** stars product

mpomory reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Although I liked the last version (0.63), I kept my original IM clients because 0.63 didn't support file transfers. This version does, and it does it well! I love the single interface for all clients and it's intuitive interface. I donated 15.00, and wish I could have given more. Great work!

estops reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Now that they delivered as promised, I think it is about time that we started donating so they will keep this great program going!

Latz reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

This program was cool at v0.635 and now it's freezing cool!

oudoulj reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

What can I say? This prog just RULES!
You try it, you never want to go back to the other IM proggies. If you d/l something today, Trillian should be it :)

GimieGimieGimie reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

WoW!

irchs reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

YES! Finally the new version is out, and its amazing!

baso reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

This prog just Rullez the messaging world !!!
GET IT NOW !
Best of best.

znowman9898 reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

This app has been great since .63, was missing a few features and now it has those features, the real question is why aren't you using it?

ComradeF reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Well, they skipped the 0.64 everyone wanted so much, but it's worth it! This version finally has FILE TRANSFERS, and even includes little extras like buddy icons. It has more support for all the IM mediums, and it's still got tons of potential. If you're tired of using all those damn resource hogs, GET TRILLIAN. You won't be sorry!

Triadian reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Having used trillian for quite a while i feel that this version outdoes the previous version 10 fold even though it still has some quirks that i'm sure the developers will no doubt do apatch for i feel that now it has File Transfers over all networks i feel that the IM community will greatfully receive what is to bbecome the forefront for The IM world

I Can't Wait For v.8 :)

bobbill reviewed v0.70 on Dec 6, 2001

Great work...as if the previous version wasn't good enough, we get hit with another gem :D. Please...keep it up.

pmolaughlin reviewed v0.6351 on Sep 2, 2001

Trillian does an excellent job of combining multiple chat protocols. It lacks a large number of the features that come with the individual chat programs but it is still in beta development. Trillian has a huge ammount of potential.

mrbee reviewed v0.6351 on Jun 26, 2001

AOL, which owns AIM & ICQ, is once again striking out against all-in-one chat programs that log onto their instant messenging networks...Trillian is most likely on their list. For now though, it works. I don't find it's interface all that great myself, but others seem to like it.

sehryan reviewed v0.6351 on Jun 24, 2001

This program is really kicking...there are only a few tiny problems, little things that i got into the habit with on the real programs, and they are being fixed in the next version. the only major problem i have is no file transfer for aim/icq, but i have been told it is coming in a test in 0.64 and full blown in 0.7. get this program, it kicks.

fenzo reviewed v0.6351 on Jun 22, 2001

App continues to get better. The only problem I see is that I still can't into channels on IRC if they have a password set on them. The client doesnt seem to process the password after then chan properly.

reidyn reviewed v0.6351 on Jun 21, 2001

I would really give this a 4.5 ... It's *ALMOST* there!! The only things lacking are: 1) Conferencing support, 2) The colors & fonts for Yahoo (including rainbow colors), and 3) the full range of emoticons, including case-insensitivity. Other than that, it works great. I love the multi-login feature.

curien reviewed v0.6351 on Jun 21, 2001

This is an *awesome* chat program. I can deal with the ads in other programs... the lack of ads in Trillian is a goodie, but not the real reason I use it. I use it because it is simply a brilliant program. If you don't try it out, you are truly selling yourself short.

toekneec67 reviewed v0.635 on Jun 18, 2001

This program ROCKS. I use it just for AOL IM only. Why? Because there are NO ads. And it's skinable. I have had it up and running for over 2 weeks with no problems on a Windows 2000 Pro machine.

JoeVega reviewed v0.635 on Jun 8, 2001

This is the best IM app I have seen! You can even be logged in with all of your screen names at the same time! Best of all, it appears to have most of the functionality that made me like AIM. When I loged on for the first time, it even downloaded my buddy list from the AIM network (although Trillian doesn't send updates back to the server, yet)! As long as AOL doesn't block use of this app (as they did with the MSN Messanger), you have just found a big fan! :)

isaacg reviewed v0.635 RC1 on Jun 1, 2001

TRILLIAN ROCKS!!! If you didn't like it before, get it again, tons better now!

KAMiKAZOW reviewed v0.635 RC1 on Jun 1, 2001

GREAT!!!

zedwunare reviewed v0.635 RC1 on Jun 1, 2001

the first version of Trillian i tried, i was impressed with. it was nice. a little unsure of itself, wobbly fawn legs, but nice, and it worked fairly well, bar a few bugs.
the next version i tried was a lot more sure of itself. Trillian had matured. less buggy, definately more mature.
the current version, this one, Trillian is a very very pretty and beautiful thing. i haven't picked up any overt bugs yet, but am only using it for IRC and ICQ. the one thing lacking is the ability to send files via ICQ.
however, Trillian makes up for this with her looks. Trillian, as i mentioned before, is simply stunning. a beautiful piece of ^H^H^Hsoftware. not overtly wanton in any way, but simply twirling knee high summer dress sort of pretty. i absolutely love this application.

007Cheater reviewed v0.635 RC1 on Jun 1, 2001

This is the best multichat program I have ever used. In includes more features that are compatible with the other chat programs then I have ever seen. Odigo was good but did not have enough features to compare. This program allows you to integrate much much more then others :)

snowman_xx reviewed v0.63 on May 7, 2001

Fast, small yet has everything but file transfers (Summer 2001). You couldn't ask for better support and response from the developers and just an amazing program.

j0m reviewed v0.63 on Mar 24, 2001

A bit tricky to get the hang of, but once I figured out how it all worked, it's awsome! Way to go!

soundgard reviewed v0.63 RC1 on Mar 11, 2001

this program worked flawlessly on everything for me. i really love the idea .. now if it were only open source =) great job integrating all these networks - including irc was a great idea even though it's not really a messenger. you should at least give this a shot .. it's worth it (imho)

metababble reviewed v0.62 on Feb 1, 2001

Let the Golden Age of Instant Messaging begin!

jasonk reviewed v0.62 on Jan 31, 2001

I just downloaded trillian, and man, it rules.
I don't know what kinda problems the guy below me was having, but everything integrated _perfectly_ and worked great! I've found a replacement for all my chat clients. From what it looks like, this program is just going to get better and better!

clones reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 28, 2001

Can't wait for Buddy Icon's on AIM and custom Fonts.

ManiacRed79 reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 27, 2001

Not bad...not bad at all. It's actually very functional for a beta. I fired it up about 2 hours ago, and have been using it heavily (sorta as a test run) and it's been flawless so far. By far the best multi-IM/Chat app I've seen. I like it better than Odigo and Jabber. We'll see how things progress, but this one could become the next big thing!

reidyn reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 27, 2001

Not bad, and a whole lot of potential. I have longed for a single messaging client that offers support for the three messengers that I use (Yahoo, AIM, ICQ). Previously, attempts have been terrible. The client is ugly, cumbersome, lacking in features that the other messengers need (away status, etc), drops connection regularly, and/or is generally unstable. This is the first to remedy most of those issues... NOT ALL, though. It still doesn't support updating the server-side buddy lists in AIM and Yahoo, file transfers, and multiple away states and status lines (e.g., Yahoo). The interface is very attractive, though still a bit cumbersome to use. It has several windows, which I would rather see consolidated into a more usable single window. It was unintuitive to pull in ICQ's address book, even though it automatically grabbed Yahoo and AIM. It didn't pull in ALL of my ICQ buddies, only about 1/3 of them. The heirarchy of buddies is a little chaotic, and I didn't take the time to figure out how to rearrange them beyond turning on an "offline folder" mode that helped but didn't solve it. It seemed to connect to all of my services right away, which is a first. Other multi-messenger clients always seem to stumble along for a while before managing to connect to all of them, if it ever does. This has potential to be a 5 and then some, but right now it is worth a 4. I'm keeping a close eye on it, and I hope to be using it as my only messaging client soon. Until they address more of these issues, I'm still not using it, but am leaving it in my "watch closely" file.

felix reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 27, 2001

Great program. Takes a long time for search results to show up but I think it's worth if you're on a 56K modem or slower connection since the downloading speeds seem to be much faster. You need to keep the icon blinking in the systray even while downloading your song(s) with Getright. Beta 4 finally allows you to search by Title/Artist. Let's hope they can fix the current problems. Keep up the good work!

Falerin reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 27, 2001

Trillian is an incredible program. Especially since its free (donateware) The features are absolutely incredible, and whats more the development team is absolutely incredible. I have never met a more responsive set of software developers in my life. This blows competitors like odigo and Maxxchat away....

DavidJohnson reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 26, 2001

Good software. Small, fast and easy to use.
Beta 2 works very fine, no serious bugs found.

MarkBloom reviewed v0.62 RC1 on Jan 26, 2001

It's cool. I can protect my files on CD-R (CD-RW) as easy as record it.People who save their data on CD MUST HAVE this software.

radams reviewed v0.60 on Dec 3, 2000

Ok. Got everything thing working. All it needs is import routines and the rest goes in the garbage. :)

larson reviewed v0.60 on Dec 3, 2000

man, this program rocks!

/me throws mIRC and ICQ in the trash

boobless reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

wow what a killer prog but its a freakin shareware. dammit betanews! i give it 4 out of 5.

PS: using odigo 3.0 right now. tehe.

zdogg reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

it looks cool but i wouldnt pay 20 dollars for it. considering all them chat progs are free. i doubt aol or msn will like trillian making money off there serivces.

dso47 reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

my god this program rulz! There's not much more I can say :-)

pitcherk reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

This is one hell of a program! When it adds Yahoo! Messenger support and gets everything implemented well it'll be incredible. For now, it already kicks the crap out of Odigo. Way to good Trillian team! :)

DigitalSin reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

Seems to work pretty darn well. A little rough around the edges, but its beta =)

Keep up the awesome work

jmp5531 reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

This thing is so cool! I finally dont have to have 4 programs open to talk to all my friends. Can't wait for future versions.

happyman reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

Very good program that shows great promise. Chatting on many networks at the same time is awesome!!

ck22 reviewed v0.60 on Dec 2, 2000

This is Schweeet. Works VERY well. Cursors look extremely cool....only wish they had more to choose from, but I think that will come with time.
Integrated perfectly with my Logitech MouseMan+Wheel mouse.
This may be another piece of sharewhare that I *actually* buy.