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Trillian is a
proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by
Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM services, such as AIM, ICQ,
Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger,
Bonjour, Jabber, and Skype networks (the latter four with Trillian Pro which
allows for additional plugins).
Initially released July 1, 2000 as a freeware IRC client, the first commercial
version (Trillian Pro 1.0) was published on September 10, 2002. There are
currently two types of Trillian available, the original and free Trillian
Basic 3 and the commercial Trillian Pro 3. An upcoming product called Trillian
Astra (4.0) has been announced and is currently in alpha testing.
Trillian connects to multiple instant messaging services without the need of
running multiple clients. Users can create multiple connections to the same
service, and can also group connections under separate identities to prevent
confusion. All contacts are gathered under the same contact list. Contacts are
not bound to their own IM service groups, and can be dragged and dropped
freely.
Trillian represents each client with a different-colored sphere. Prior
versions used the corporate logos for each service, but these were removed to
avoid copyright issues, although some skins still use the original icons for
the mediums. The decision of colors were compared to subway lines in London
Underground by the designer of Trillian.
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