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Trillian 3.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the idling-for-fun-and-profit dept.

Octagon Most writes "Cerulean Studios has released Trillian Pro 3.0 which is still interacting with AIM, Yahoo, MSN instant messagers with impunity. It has a cool new Instant Lookup feature which links to Wikipedia, and a serverless messaging mode using Rendezvous. The free version is now Trillian Basic 3.0. Trillian is still Windows only, and if you don't like the FAQ response regarding Linux and Mac support let 'em know."

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  1. Serverless Messaging: Useful in Tibet & West C by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The serverless messaging feature should prove useful in Tibet and Western China (where the Uighurs are being butchered). The Tibetans can use Trillian to send messages directly to Western reporters who can frequently switch their IP addresses in order to avoid being blocked by Beijing. Does GAIM have the same serverless messaging feature?

  2. I tried to get my friend into Trillian by Jarwulf · · Score: 0, Troll

    But the darn thing was so unreliable when she tried it that a third of the time it would log on to AIM. That and the fact that she couldn't get all the smilies to work or the windows to popup drove her away completely. She wouldn't even listen once I brought GAIM around...

  3. Re:But it's not Open Source... by joebp · · Score: 0, Troll

    The free version is also adware. A fact they lie about on their website. For this reason I avoid trillian entirely.

  4. Re:But it's not Open Source... by fermion · · Score: 0, Troll
    you forgot the redeeming aspekt. It skrews viable corporate entities by using thier networks without a compensating fee.

    In fact the product is windows only because it is

    • not open source
    • requires a fee to use full functionality
    • wants to make a profit by being a parasite on other efforts

    Which frankly is and has been the MS Windows philosophy.

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    "She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
  5. Let's see ... by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    He said ... works on Windows and Linux.

    You said ... I (and most of the rest of the world) don't run linux.

    Way to go! The Shrub administration has a job for you.

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  6. Re:Trillian is nice, but gaim has cross platform s by fyrewulff · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft shares information aswell when AOL/Yahoo lock them out of their networks. The last time Trillian got locked out of AOL, Microsoft busted through it and told Trillian how they did it, who then dispersed the info to other IM client programmers.

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    "We need to get over this notion, that, for Apple to win... Microsoft must lose." - Steve Jobs, 1997