Have any questions about Astra? Ask in comments, and we'll try to answer. In the meantime, if you want to sign-up for Astra testing, click here. No news on a solid launch date for Astra. Adding both of these protocols to the core client is great. txt-based log files and they also took away the ability to put your user folder wherever you want on your HDD.
TRILLIAN FORUMS SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD
(You could use Google Talk before, but you had to download the Jabber plug-in and edit the settings.) Likewise, to IM via MySpace required a software download and install. Trillian is the best IM client in existence but 2.0 r0x0rs and 3.0 is teh ghey. Trillian forum (and blog) breach Trillian is a multi-client messenger program: A single Trillian account can be set-up so to access and communicate via several/all of the users Yahoo Messenger, AIM (AOL-Instant-Messenger), ICQ, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, and GoogleTalk as well as a few other services. Trillian Astra also includes plug-ins for newer IM networks such as MySpace and Google Talk. Also tweaked is the ability to change skins without having to restart the app. While the default theme is slick and good looking, choice is a good thing. As with Meebo, the interface looks like a desktop application.Ī neat addition to Astra is the new framework given to designers for creating advanced skins. You can see examples of this at Cerulean's forums.Īlso cool, but unfortunately not working well enough for me to fully test was the Astra Web interface, where you can login from any Web browser to chat with your buddies. Widgets are created by community developers and provide things like local weather information, mood, and pictures from Flickr. New to Astra are widgets, which can be added to a customized status bar that can be embedded into forums, Web sites and e-mails. While talking with a friend of mine about his Nintendo DS, it brought up a news clipping for CNET's coverage of StumbleUpon's Wii viewer. You're also given a news ticker of sorts, which monitors your conversation and brings up content based on what you're talking about with your buddies.
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Options for sending files and setting up conferences are at the bottom of message windows instead of the top, cutting down on clutter.
Message windows also seem better designed to handle tabs, and have a larger, more user-friendly design. It's also functional, taking up no more onscreen space than the current version of Trillian does.
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The new default skin called 'Cordonata' has that slick plastic look you'd find on Mac OS X or Windows Vista. The alpha build lacked some of the new features being pitched on the Astra preview site.Īstra is pretty. Just wanted to ask if anyone knew what the text was. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the alpha build of Astra this morning and muck around with some of its new functionality. Well, actually I was mentioning the emots folder to Trillian users since my post was in the Trillian ForumI dont want to download EVERY SINGLE skin just for the one smiley Im lookin for. Trillian Astra is the next generation of Trillian, the popular multi-account instant messenger from Cerulean Studios.
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