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Why not just build on top of an Open Source project like GAIM. Afterall GAIM, even beta 3 is pretty darn stable.

gaim is on version 2 beta 5 and is rock solid. trillian is annoying as it wont uninstall itself properly. plus the pro version costs money and gaim does it all for free :D

gaim is on version 2 beta 5 and is rock solid. trillian is annoying as it wont uninstall itself properly. plus the pro version costs money and gaim does it all for free :D

I personally find Trillian looks "cleaner" than gaim/miranda, and I'm not sure how to fully convey this in words. It's just a general polished look/feeling. Also their log manager is excellent, I have logs going back several years and it's very easy to jump to a certain date/person with Trillian.

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I would have to agree with the general feeling that this is a ridiculous length of time for a freaking IM client.

They will need to show me something very impressive if they think they will get my money. A pretty face doesn't do it for me.

Oh, and the fact that they ignored the request of tons of users for a native UI option...well that is just sad.

I would have to agree with the general feeling that this is a ridiculous length of time for a freaking IM client.

They will need to show me something very impressive if they think they will get my money. A pretty face doesn't do it for me.

Oh, and the fact that they ignored the request of tons of users for a native UI option...well that is just sad.

Heh my friend said it best on AIM earlier - "these guys are worse than Blizzard."

That looks like a skin that could have been made for Trillian 3.

I donated to their cause back before they had a "pro" version. I got the first Trillian pro for free because of that. I haven't sent them a dime since. Back then they were releasing point updates all the time, fixing bugs, improving features, the usual bag. About when 2 came out a good 6 months after the previous release (or something, I'm sure I'm wrong, get over it) I decided it was not worth my "subscription" money to keep updated. As it stands, I sure hope they give any recent suppliers money back since it's been about two years since the last build version has been released. Why would anyone pay for updates that never come?

****ty business practice if you ask me. I'd be one thing if they offered a few updates in the meantime and maybe at a major release like this charge $5 to upgrade, but I'm not going to keep paying for software that isn't regularly supported just to be able to use it.

Should have been called Trillian Vista. :)

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