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Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.

Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history, a powerful skinning language, tabbed messaging, global status changes (set all networks away at once), Instant Lookup (automatic Wikipedia integration), contact alerts, an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client, docking, hundreds of emoticons, emotisounds, shell extensions for file transfers, and systray notifications. (Source: http://trillian.cc/learn/ )

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Pros:
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Allows the use of multiple chat protocols with ONE universal app
+3agreedisagree

Shared buddy lists from all contacts in one easily accesible space
+2agreedisagree

Contact message history very useful (chat logs)
+2agreedisagree

Contains all features from standalone apps plus more
+1agreedisagree

Many skins available (skinable)
+1agreedisagree

Cons:
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you are allways asked to go pro and pay
+2agreedisagree

No Google talk (yet?)
+1agreedisagree

No Skype compatibility
+1agreedisagree

all ids are displayed with addreses not aliases.
+1agreedisagree


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Comments

1.  avatar meNNis said:

I have been using this chat program since it was in its early pre-1.0 stages... they have improved remarkably on it, and now offers flawless access to ALL major chat protocols, as well as additional features that most of the messengers don't even have standalone!
Dec 14, 2007 8:36am
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meNNis

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December 14, 2007
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ProSCORE
83
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5 pros
1 con
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Pros

  • Allows the use of multiple chat protocols with ONE universal app
  • Shared buddy lists from all contacts in one easily accesible space
  • Contact message history very useful (chat logs)
  • Contains all features from standalone apps plus more
  • Many skins available (skinable)

Cons

  • No Google talk (yet?)

Comments

"I have been using this chat program since it was in its early pre-1.0 stages... they have improved remarkably on it, and now offers flawless access to ALL major chat protocols, as well as additional features that most of the messengers don't even have standalone!"
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Manzabar

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June 4, 2008
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ProSCORE
100
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3 pros
0 cons

Pros

  • Allows the use of multiple chat protocols with ONE universal app
  • Shared buddy lists from all contacts in one easily accesible space
  • Contact message history very useful (chat logs)

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Competitors

Manzabar prefers Pidgin, Miranda IM, Google Talk over Trillian
Manzabar prefers Trillian over AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger
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kslkguard

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September 27, 2009
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ProSCORE
50
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1 pro
1 con

Pros

  • Allows the use of multiple chat protocols with ONE universal app

Cons

  • you are allways asked to go pro and pay

Competitors

kslkguard prefers Pidgin over Trillian
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nuxu

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March 6, 2009
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0
negative
mixed
positive
0 pros
2 cons

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • you are allways asked to go pro and pay
  • all ids are displayed with addreses not aliases.

Competitors

nuxu prefers Digsby over Trillian
nuxu prefers Trillian over Windows Messenger, Windows Live Messenger
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SasquatchPDX

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June 4, 2008
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0
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0 pros
1 con
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

Did not agree with any pros

Cons

  • No Skype compatibility

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