Trillian 3.1.9.0

Trillian

Not as a good as Pidgin.

by: JoyceNgo on 31-Dec-2007 09:18:53 AM

Pros: Although, I don't recall Pidgin having any skins, Trillian does. Trillian looks very nice, has very smooth sounds, and works like a professional client.

Cons: I used it for quite a while until I found Pidgin, and I dislike Trillian for many reasons. First, I never liked using AIM 6+ or classic AIM, so when I switched to Trillian, it was fine until I noticed it used a lot of memory, which sucked but maybe it's because of the very nice interface? Another reason why I don't like it is because personal profiles are only viewed in plain text and very poorly.

Also, a lot of their plugins don't work unless you buy the pro version. I really hate how some free products tease you like that! Bad enough, the Pro version basically works almost the same as Pidgin and Pidgin is free (although no skins/themes, a small price to pay for.)

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Trillian

all-in-one IM client

by: eddieandkids on 25-Dec-2007 12:46:28 AM

Pros: skinnable!!! all-in-one IM client

Cons: Certain plug-ins only work with pro version. A few bugs, for instance, some of my friends are "offline" although I am communicating ia IM at the time. Works very well with AIM, but is a work-around with the others (MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk...)

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Trillian

Great Program, Careful or You'll get Spyware with it!!

by: veganvenus on 22-Jan-2008 03:21:06 PM

Pros: easy to use multi-system chat.

Cons: Be very careful, it will prompt you to download the ask.com toolbar spyware. See Ben Edelman's research if curious how this program qualifies as spyware, but suffice it to say UNCHECK THAT BOX or you'll be barraged by pop-up boxes and have your surfing info transmitted back to Ask.

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Trillian

Trillian needs to step up to the plate.

by: ceo51378 on 30-Apr-2008 10:29:43 PM

Pros: Trillian might have been something of interest a few years ago but not anymore. Pidgin, and now Digsby, offer all of the same bells and whistle that you would need to purchase trillian pro.

Cons: Trillian is unstable and hogs memory. Webcam use often malfunctions. To use the gtalk(XMPP) protocol, you need to upgrade to Trillian Pro - yes, it will cost you. The interface is dated in my opinion. Setup/configuration is convoluted.

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Trillian

Great piece of Software

by: tampon101 on 26-Feb-2008 09:29:41 AM

Pros: I havent used trillian for around 8 years now and I have been very impress that it looks richer and neater with alot more features than 8 years ago.

The User Interface is pretty and clear.Features are neatly categorized so with a bit of time the program is easy to learn

Cons: Beginners may find this software difficult to use.It took me a while to find out how to change my display name .

Some people may have connection problems.I'm not behind any proxy nor do i have any firewall install and at first it had problems connecting.

Some people may find this program very confusing to use .I guess the people who do not like this software are the ones that use MSN day by day and are not computer literate

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