Trillian

Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Trillian is a multi-network chat client that currently supports IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger. It supports all of the features you've come to expect from a good IM client, including but not limited to docking, multi-line edit boxes, buddy alerts, multiple connections to the same medium, a powerful skinning language, easy importing of your existing contacts, skinnable emoticons, logging, "global" away/invisible features, and a unified contact list. Trillian is completely free with no nag screens or built-in ads.

Version 0.70 features a new and improved interface, direct connection for AIM, support for user profiles, complete type formatting, buddy icons, proxy support, emoticons, emotisounds, skinning enhancements, and more. Version 0.71 adds encrypted instant messaging to ICQ and AIM, AIM group chats, improved support for firewalls, rewritten Yahoo engine, shell extensions for file transfers, bug fixes, and more.

Trillian

Below is a quicklist of features available in Trillian, there are many more to be found:

General:

	XML-based skinned interface
	User Profiles
	Container Windows
	Proxy support / proxy authentication
	Emoticons
	Transparent windows
	Window "phasing" (hide buddyicons and toolbars)
	Resizable frames in each window (typing area, etc)
	Emotisounds
	No Built-in ads
	Text formatting (font colors, sizes, and styles)
	Event system (sound, hotkeys, and user definable popup windows)
	Customizable Contact Alerts
	Contact Renaming
	Extra Information for Contacts - store useful pieces of information for later retrieval via tooltip
	Message History
	Customizable "send" key

IRC support:

	Ignore List
	Friends/Enemy List
	Encrypted DCC CHAT
	File Transfer
	Resizable nicklists
	Nick completion

AOL Instant Messenger support:

	File Transfer
	Buddy Icons
	Get Member info
	Change personal details (profile, password, screen name appearance)
	Privacy features
	DirectIM support
	Contact Search Support

ICQ support:

	File Transfer
	View Member Information
	Change personal details
	Contact search support
	Supports latest ICQ 2001b protocols
	Customizable listening ports for firewalls
	Full Privacy features (invisible/visible lists, and more)

MSN Messenger support:

	File Transfer
	Group chats
	Privacy Features
	User is typing
	Hotmail notifications

Yahoo! Messenger support:

	Inbound file transfers
	Privacy features
	Yahoo! Mail notifications

How do I use the Help Center?

The help center is here to help beginners and advanced Trillian users learn more about the product. Each section on the left contains topics to guide you through the use of Trillian. Each category is described below:

	Trillian Help Center - You are here. This describes the help center.
	Trillian Tutorials - Learn how to use some parts of Trillian.
	The Interface - Certain parts of Trillian is described in detail.
	Frequently Asked Questions - Common questions that users have asked.
	About Trillian - Some basic information about the client such as what changes version to version.

How do I add a Contact?

You may monitor another user's online/offline state as well as their status while they are online (away, on the phone, etc) through the contact list. To add someone to your contact list is as easy a few simple steps:

First, choose the 'Add' button from the Contact List and this screen will appear:

Select the group from the left (a new group may be added by clicking the "Create new group" button) and select the medium. If you wish to import your list from another client, please consult that particular tutorial. Once these have been selected, a new medium-specific screen will appear. Each is shown below and described.

Adding an AIM/ICQ Contact

This screen controls both AIM and ICQ contact adding. First select the medium from the Choose medium group box, and then type either the screen name of the contact or their ICQ UIN. Once it is entered into the Name field, click the 'Add Buddy!' button. You may add as many contacts as you want (Certain mediums have limits) and when you are done either choose back to add more for a different medium or Done to complete the process.

Adding an MSN Contact

To add an MSN contact, type in their MSN name (Be sure to add their @hotmail.com extension) and choose 'Add Buddy!'. You may add multiple contacts. When you are finished, choose back to add contacts for a different medium or Done to leave.

Adding a Yahoo Contact

To add a Yahoo contact, type in their Buddy ID and choose 'Add Buddy!'. You may add multiple contacts. With each contact, you may enter an optional message which will be shown to the person you are adding. When you are finished, choose back to add contacts for a different medium or Done to leave.

Adding an IRC Contact

To add an IRC contact, type in their nick and choose 'Add Buddy!'. You may also provide a hostmask so you can differentiate between users which have the same nick. A default hostmask is entered for you and should be acceptable for most users. If a user comes online with that nick but does not match the hostmask, a '?' will be placed next to their name in the Contact List. When you are finished, choose back to add contacts for a different medium or Done to leave.