Trillian, a popular Windows and web-based multi-protocol instant messaging client, has announced a new Mac-port of the software. According to a post on Trillian blog, because the core functionality of Trillian is separated from the UI, it isn't difficult to port the application over to the Mac platform.
Many Mac users may be wondering why the Trillian developers would bother given that the Mac platform already has Adium, which more or less mirrors the functionality of Trillian and is free and open source. Trillian on the other hand is not free in either sense of the word. There is a feature-reduced, free Trillian client, but it doesn't match the feature set of Adium.
Still, perhaps it will be good for Adium to have a little competition and Trillian's support for the iPhone (via a web-based interface currently in an alpha test phase) could lure away some Adium users.
At the moment the Mac version of Trillian is an early alpha build and will, according to the site, be “playing catch-up to the Windows [version] for a while yet.”
If you'd like to test out Trillian for the Mac, head over to the Cerulean Studios site where you can sign up to get copy of the new Cocoa client (note that you'll need to create a user name with the Windows client).
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