Unimatrix Xero Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 ohh thats nice, you got a link to download the skin Bang? also got this myself, completed 1 offer and got Pro for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 ohh thats nice, you got a link to download the skin Bang? http://forums.ceruleanstudios.com/showthread.php?t=95262 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 I used TrialPay for get Pro for free. Sweet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 Am I seeing this correctly? It appears as though any changes I make to my AIM buddies (for instance) do not get reflected in my buddy list as it's stored on the AIM servers. I remember this behavior from years ago but thought it was finally fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritas310 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Wow, Trillian Astra is finally out of alpha/beta? Yea, seriously, I remember years ago waiting for that to be released. Oh well, years later and I don't care anymore :p . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lels Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Not out of beta, out of closed beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I don't see any difference. Just a week ago I said for my girlfriend to try it out. She put her email, and applied, 2 minutes later got the download link (via email) :p What's the difference now? You don't have to sing up? Just that? Ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 10, 2009 MVC Share Posted June 10, 2009 Just tried Astra again with that skin bangbang linked to. Its a much better looking skin than the default, but its still very Busy. I dunno maybe i've been using Digsby for too long. The one feature I really miss in Astra has to do with Gmail. I'm really spoiled with digsby being able to archive / delete or mark as spam right from the gmail notifier in digsby. I feel lost without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 Just tried Astra again with that skin bangbang linked to. Its a much better looking skin than the default, but its still very Busy. I dunno maybe i've been using Digsby for too long. The one feature I really miss in Astra has to do with Gmail. I'm really spoiled with digsby being able to archive / delete or mark as spam right from the gmail notifier in digsby. I feel lost without it. Use the built in Minimal Cobalt skin. Any word on the question I asked above? Am I seeing this correctly? It appears as though any changes I make to my AIM buddies (for instance) do not get reflected in my buddy list as it's stored on the AIM servers. I remember this behavior from years ago but thought it was finally fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 10, 2009 MVC Share Posted June 10, 2009 Use the built in Minimal Cobalt skin. Any word on the question I asked above? Dunno, I know when I loaded my contact list I see people on aim and other services I've deleted along time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'm thinking it doesn't, then, which is hugely disappointing considering every other client does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGar Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I've been using Trillian Astra since some of the early builds (40 or so, I think we're on 108 now), and while I admit they have been going fairly slow, they have really done some nice work on Astra. Their changelogs and bug fixes have been massive, and they have really made a gorgeous IM program. It is extremely flexible and support a large wealth of plug-ins, while still remaining relatively fast (the early builds were horrendously slow compared to today) and beautiful. Honestly, Astra should have been public beta at least a year ago if not earlier, it has been in a perfectly usable state for quite a while now, I don't know why they waited so long. I tried using Digsby a while back, and while I appreciated the low resources and minimalistic style, I really wasn't a fan of its looks. In order for me to use a fairly ugly program, it needs to considerably better than competing programs. I am a real fan of aesthetics when it comes to the things that run on my computer (Firefox, Trillian, RocketDock, etc.), and Trillian just has superior customization hands down. Don't get me wrong, Digsby works great and I applaud anyone using it, it just wasn't for me. On a side note, awesome skin bangbang, I'm definitely checking that out when I get home Edit: Contact List editing is one of the things Trillian has always vexed me. The latest builds have done a pretty good job at resolving most of these issues though, and I haven't had any major issues adding/removing from services. I still keep AIM/MSN/ICQ installed for large-scale maintenance of my buddy lists though, because they offer 100% reliability, and some nifty features that can't be done in Trillian (or at least would be a waste of the developers' time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted June 10, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 10, 2009 For the record, it appears as though Trillian doesn't save any group changes, at all. I've gone back to using Digsby. Ridiculous that the only pay to use client doesn't do something so basic that all the free clients already do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I tried it for 1 week, but it wasn't my think... I think it just has too much stuff. Back to using pidgin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarrant64 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 This was not much a of a review, but that's already been mentioned by several other posts. Trillian Astra has been in Beta for a long time now, but I do think they are making a lot of progress. There are always new builds with details on all the things fixed. I know most applications aren't 100% perfect when they are released but Trillian appears to be taking it seriously in how it releases it's product. Here are some more pics. Custom skins and stuff. These are things I think should have been put in the "review". Trilian has tried to give every user the ability to control their own profile you could say. It's more of an 'Astra Users Only' network feature right now but I can tell you that interaction with users who use these features is pretty cool. Even the forums can be linked to your IM to give your current status (this probably doesn't work right now on other forums but would be SWEET if it did). Here's an OLD one (2 years maybe now): Just my few cents. There's a lot that can go into an Astra review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I don't think they cold have made astra more gaudy and ugly if they tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted June 16, 2009 MVC Share Posted June 16, 2009 I don't think they cold have made astra more gaudy and ugly if they tried. Amen Brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvcaudill2 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 I didnt include pictures because I linked to the Astra Gallery ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy-Dude Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Anyone looking to test the iPhone version? Cerulean Studios has been busy... http://blog.ceruleanstudios.com/?p=476 Looks promising. And they've been polishing this for YEARS. But hey, at least it beat Duke Nukem [>.<]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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