Trillian 3.0 Released

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."

But it's not Open Source...

[DarkHelmet]

I really do love running Trillian on my windows platform, but I can't help but wonder if this story goes along with the rest of Slashdot type stuff. I mean, Trillian is:

• Windows only
• Not open source and probably never will be.
• Its pro version isn't free.

I was honestly surprised to see this on slashdot this morning. After all, there aren't many slashdot posts proclaiming excitement over new versions of SQL Server, right?

Re:Trillian is nice, but gaim has cross platform s

[bhadreshl]

Apparently trillian is supposed to work with Wine and/or Crossover Office.

I have gotten it to work with skins but it runs extremely slow on my Duron 700MHz.

On windows, I have found that Trillian is the best Multi-IM client out there. I'm off to check out what new features they've added and if its worth upgrading.

Ill come back...

[Dr Reducto]

Ill come back when they support HTML profiles/away messages, and fix file transfers.

Trillian is blah

[GlassUser]

Not open source, costs too much, tons of bloat, and still not finished (eg the UI still requires a cheap hack of a skin, and most dialogs don't respond to keyboard input).

I'm far more impressed with miranda.

Gaim

[ucblockhead]

Does the same thing and works on Windows and Linux.

So why use Trillian?

Nice but crashy

[. visplek .]

Trillian 3 is a very nice app indeed. The speed of file transfers has been increased and the Rendez Vous (LAN messenger) is a nice addition too. Too bad file tranfers (via MSN and Rendez Vous) seem to crash the app randomly.

Re:Trillian is nice, but gaim has cross platform s

[Tarcastil]

It's good to emphasize that, although Trillian and GAIM are competitors, they share information with each other when things go awry. Whenever Yahoo! makes a change that screws up GAIM and Trillian, you can bet the devs on both sides will be helping each other out. Now that's a good proprietary/open source relationship.

Re:Trillian is nice, but gaim has cross platform s

[Clete2]

Yep and we have proof of this. On several occasions, their websites have reported that one helped out the other or vice versa assisting with code to get it working again.

It's a major issue.

[FreeLinux]

Almost all of the IM services support voice and video but, none of the open source ones seem to. I would have expected Jabber to be leading the way in this area but, Jabber's development seems to have stagnated. I'm really surprised that the open source clients haven't got the features that the closed source ones do.

Re:But it's not Open Source...

[Cee]

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

Well, from an outsider's point of view.. how do we know you're not just trolling? Some proof backing up what you're suggesting could be helpful.

Other Serverless clients - Open Source?

[nurb432]

The serverless component sounds interesting for those of us behind firewalls.. Too bad its not in the 'basic' version....

Are there any easy to use serverless clients out in the open source world ? Multiplatform would be a bonus..

Yes I can google, but I'm looking for reviews here....

So Far So Good...

[ShadowBlasko]

I've been running the Beta for about two weeks now, and I really do like it. I've been using Trillian itself for about 2 years.

Honestly, Trillian was one of the first programs that I've used that, well, I was using a cracked version of... and decided after about 28 hours of use that it was worth my money.

I am a happy paid user... 3.0 Really does seem to work better. The connection manager is MANY times improved. I can connect to all three of my yahoo accounts with no muss or fuss now.

I will admit the daily (or more often) updates with the beta have been somewhat annoying, but it shows that the Cerulean team really is working hard to address problems.

Still seems to have somewhat of a problem with deleting users from your list who are on MSN, but I can live with that.

So far... after beating the hell out of it, my only gripes are:

1) The default "user icon" display is set *way* too big for starters. A problem that is easily corrected by the user, but it certainly didn't make a very good first impression with me there.

2) The new "Chat History" window and browser is useless. With it I can see the first line of a conversation that I had with someone, but I can't seem to get any deeper than that. Granted, there may be something simple that I am missing, as I have been concentrating the most on my primary problem,, which is...

3) My webcam seems to be completely useless now. I've tried the updates, tried re-installing my quicktime drivers and codecs (Why God? Why Quicktime?) I've updated my cam software... and even went out and bought a NEW camera because the one I had was 5 years old. Still no good. I get a very nasty looking green and yellow window when I start my webcam, then the cam crashes. HARD.

In fact, Trillian will not release the camera until I shut the program completely down.

All that being said, the support staff at Cerulean have been very good at keep me abreast of updates and possible causes for the problem. I know I am not the only one with the webcam problem, but there seems to be little rhyme or reason for it.

Would I advise my friends to use it? Hell yes! I do that on a daily basis.

However, I am hoping that the news about 3.0 being released public is swallowed by the firefox wave.

Seems to me that everytime something good happens with Trillian, either Yahoo or MSN change things to break it.

(eep, after previewing I realized how rambling and poorly worded this post is, but its been the 48 hours from hell here, and I just don't have the energy to correct everything)

Slow...chat client?

[Sivar]

I've always thought it was absurd that a chat client would use 100% CPU just to resize a window, and have had problems with Trillian not painting its custom controls over the standard Windows buttons. The client works well, but the coding for themes, non-square windows, and resizing seems to have been done by rather unskilled coders. It also uses a hell of a lot of RAM. It's a freaking chat client, and it requires more hardware resources than my web browser.
This is just my opinion, of course.

Re:No Mac/Linux Support

[fireboy1919]

So...how about OSS efforts to develop Trillian clones?

I've already got the names picked out:
Zaphod: OSX ('cause it's the hippest OS)
Arthur: Zaurus (small brain, but still very valuable)
Slartibartfast: Solaris (older than the rest)
Marvin: EarthSim (here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they make me run an IM client. I'm not getting you down, am I? Because I wouldn't want to get you down. Life! Don't talk to me about life).
Last two I can't think of any really good reason for the names, though:
Eddie: BSD
Ford: Linux