Everything you need for instant messaging,
Trillian
Astra is an instant messaging service that has a twist: it lets you
combine all your friends from several messengers on a single interface,
so only one application will be opened when you want to talk to everyone
on your lists.
This software imports all the contacts of your
selected instant messaging platforms (Windows Live Messenger, AOL
Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Skype), but it can
also directly access social networks (Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter,
LinkedIn).
In addition, Trillian has borrowed most of the
important features from other messengers that you like so much, and
added new ones.
You can open a new window and chat, or send a quick message to a friend who has just signed in.
Friends
can be sorted in the list in various ways (e.g. alphabetically, by
conversation history size), but also "resized" on Trillian's interface
(e.g. large, medium, small).
When you talk to a friend, you can
insert a screen capture (by clicking and dragging the mouse), flag text
as important (i.e. yellow text with red highlights), or change font to
code style (which is especially useful if you're trying to explain a
programming language to someone).
There are tons of emoticons you
can play with (smiley faces, objects and symbols), and some of them are
compatible with both Yahoo and MSN Messenger.
The chat history
is better organized than in typical instant messengers, because here you
can actually select a date from the calendar to view a conversation, as
well as view any images exchanged between you and your friends.
Trillian
supports several languages and uses minimal memory resources (a true
improvement, when you think about the messengers you typically use).
We
haven't found anything wrong with this instant messaging tool, and we
highly recommend you test it for yourself. It's free, and it has a bit
of everything!
Here are some key features of "Trillian Astra":
· Basic Messaging
· SecureIM
· Privacy Settings
· File Transfers
· Direct Connections
· Group Conferences
· Display Pictures
· Real-time Video Chat
· Video Filter Effects
· Image Capture
· Video Capture
· Emotiblips
· Picture In Picture
· Side By Side
· Full Screen Video
· Real-time Audio Chat
· Quick Access To Input And Output Controls
· Audio Muting
· Pause Live Video And Audio
· Rewind
· Fast Forward
· "Seek" Slider Bar
· Record Live Video And Audio Clips
· Capture Video Into Image Files
· Integrated Web Searching
· Instant Lookup
· Status Panel
· Notification Windows
· Add Extra Information To Contact Tooltip
· Rename Contacts
· Explorer Integration (Drag Files To Contacts)
· Icon View
· Meta Contacts
· Floating Contacts
· Panels
· Tabbed Chat Windows
· Emoticons
· Emotisounds
· Timestamping
· Transparent Windows
· Smart Tabs
· Basic Messaging
· File Transfers
· Display Pictures
· Audio Chat
· Video Chat
· iChat AV Compatible
Requirements:
· 64 MB RAM
· Internet Connection
· 30 MB HDD space
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