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Trillian For Mac Coming

Friday October 5, 2007 7:13 pm PDT by longofest
Cerulean Studios, maker of popular windows AIM client Trillian, has announced that it is developing a Mac version of Trillian.

Though this first alpha build of the OS X version of Trillian is still very preliminary and minimal - the functionality pulled through is about the same as the Flash-based web version - the code for every single feature on the Windows version is there in the underlying mediums. As the UI is expanded, those features will become available. The OS X version will be playing catch-up to the Windows one for a while yet, however.


The developer warns that the Mac OS X version is on a completely different release cycle than the Windows version, so non-simultaneous releases of Windows and Mac versions are likely.

The alpha build is available for users who have already set up Astra accounts and contact lists under the Windows version of Trillian.

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Merlyn3D
57 months ago
http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=205


This is so exciting!
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psychofreak
57 months ago
I'll stick with Adium, but its cool that major Windows apps are coming to the Mac :)
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Celeron
57 months ago
Another vote for Adium. If Adium wasn't available I would probably consider Trillian.
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Merlyn3D
57 months ago
Adium is cool, but I do miss the functionality of Trillian. Trillian was actually able to do all the audio/video chat stuff and was fully skinnable and pluginable.
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Veritas&Equitas
57 months ago
Yeah, as much as I love Adium, Trillian is sick. It'll probably be my default when it comes to OS X.
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mkrishnan
57 months ago
Exciting! I generally prefer Adium to Trillian, but Trillian has some nice features. In particular, the Trillian folk are sitting on workaround code (as mentioned) for doing webcam and voice on the major networks, which the GAIM/Pidgin people do not have, and which therefore the Adium team also does not have. There are a couple other features I like, like the mouse-over Wikipedia summaries of words.

But just in general, I don't see Proteus or Fire or other OS X IM programs as major competitors to keep team ducky innovating, so I think Trillian is certainly welcome to the fray. :)
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richard4339
57 months ago
I've been testing the Windows version of Astra for awhile now. I can't wait to get the Mac invite though! I've been waiting for this for ages!
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czeluff
57 months ago
Since the article clearly states that the Mac version will be behind the Windows version for some time, i'll gladly stick with "the duck".

cz
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GSMiller
57 months ago
Niiiiice. I've wanted Trillian on OS X for a long time. Adium just doesn't cut it for me.
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yoyo5280
57 months ago
web cam support? im there! wait, its only AIM?

I want the duck or adium now!
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