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.
Features:
AOL Instant Messenger
- Basic Messaging
- SecureIM
- Privacy Settings
- File Transfers
- Direct Connections
- Group Conferences
- Display Pictures
- Mobile Messaging
- Mail Notification
- Full Native Status Support
- Audio Chat
- Video Chat
ICQ
- Basic Messaging
- SecureIM
- Privacy Settings
- File Transfers
- Display Pictures
- Mobile Messaging
- Full Native Status Support
MSN Messenger
- Basic Messaging
- Privacy Settings
- File Transfers
- Group Conferences
- Display Pictures
- Mobile Messaging
- Mail Notification
- Full Native Status Support
- Audio Chat
- Video Chat
Yahoo! Messenger
- Basic Messaging
- Privacy Settings
- File Transfers
- Group Conferences
- Yahoo! Chat Rooms
- Display Pictures
- Mobile Messaging
- Mail Notification
- Full Native Status Support
- Audio Chat
- Video Chat
Other Network Support
- IRC
- Jabber (including Google Talk)
- Novell GroupWise Messenger
- Rendezvous
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