Hi! I've just installed trillian, and it was much easier to set up than adium. The problem is, I've got my accounts set up, but now, I can't figure out how to do anything with them. There are a bunch of unlabled buttons, and I can't figure out how to do anything, especially regarding the facebook features you described. If you could please explain how to get started, I would really appreciate it. Like I said, I've got it logged in to all my accounts; that part was relatively easy, but I can't figure out anything else. Thanks for your time, and I hope that you're having a great day! Missy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Trillian - a new kid on the IM block Hi folks. >I am testing out an app that could or couldn't be an alternative to Adium. The >name of the program is Trillian and it's available from the Mac App store. It's free, but apparently there is a pro version ov it as well, though i haven't tested that one. This app has a whole lot of goodies, like facebook, twitter, and the most common Instant messaging services like Aim, Icq and MSN and more. The facebook plugin actually lets you not only chat, but also lets you read and write posts, like and comment on others posts and see friends and so on. In the Twitter part, you can see following and followers. The IM part works like Adium, it has an edit box for you to type your message in, and a html area where the answer appears. Both are very accessible, although the bug where in groups mode you can't see more than one page is there. On the whole, Trillian seems at least to me to be accessible, however there are some tips and tricks one should be aware of: In the facebook part, if you want to comment on a certain message, you have to find it and then route the mouse to it (vo+cmd+f5) then you'll have to click the mouse (vo+shift+spacebar) to highlight the message. After this, you can right click on the message (vo+shift+m) and from the popup menu, decide what to do. Trillian works with Growl so it's actually possible to have Trillian speak the incoming chat messages, however that seems to be true only when the app is in the back ground. The biggest issue this app has is that when in the Facebook or twitter part of the app, you can't send your own posts to the services. There's an edit box to type in your message, but there's no send button that VO can see and the shortcuts for sending don't seem to work. I have filed a bug at the Cerulian studios bug tracker, so let's see if this gets fixed soon. Over all, i think Trillian is a nice experience, and hadn't it been for the fact that i can't send posts to facebook or Twitter, i might actually switch from Adium to Trillian. /Krister -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
