Thanks to everyone for taking a look at our Mac alpha release! This week we spent time carefully analyzing all of the feedback we’ve received and are happy to announce Build 103. Notable changes:

• Basic Growl Support: A handful of many common events can now be sent directly to Growl.
• Sound Preferences: You can disable or enable different sounds individually, or mute all sounds if you so choose.
• Debug Logs: Standard Trillian debug logs will improve our ability to diagnose bugs!
• More: View the changelog for details.

In a future build, we’ll be adding a fully-featured events system into Trillian for Mac, similar to the Windows product. This system will include the ability to bind an arbitrary number actions to program-generated events and more!

If you’re using Build 102, you should receive an automatic update the next time you start Trillian for Mac. This will be our first “in the wild” test of the auto-update code, and we do anticipate that a few bugs will need to be ironed out. If the automatic update process fails for you, you can always grab the new build on the download page. Please be sure to file a bug report if you notice an issue with our updater. Have a great weekend!

Today we’re pleased to announce that an alpha build of Trillian for Mac is being made available for download! We’ve worked hard on building a clean, fast, user-friendly product, and we hope you enjoy this early build. Trillian for Mac will utilize an “open” development approach with functional builds being released early and often. Help us make Trillian for Mac your ideal client by testing the alpha builds and providing your feedback and bug reports! A special area of our forums has been opened to gather user feedback, so please contribute – your comments will help shape our development priorities.

REMEMBER: This is an early alpha and may not work for you at all. Please download only if you’re interested in testing and helping with bugs! We currently require an Intel-based Mac and Leopard or higher!

TRILLIAN FOR MAC 1.0 ALPHA:

• Visit the new Trillian for Mac webpage.
• Download the alpha for Intel-based Macs and Leopard or higher now!
• Screenshots: Contact List, Chat Window, Login Screen
• Spread the word! Help us find bugs and add features! Retweet the news!

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Today we’re happy to announce the full release of Trillian for Windows 4.1! Automatic update notifications will begin rolling out to all of our existing 4.0 customers over the next few days. 4.1 includes hundreds of new changes, including mail improvements, Windows 7 integration, an improved status control, and powerful new Twitter and Facebook features! We’ve already started working on version 4.2, and will continue to support and maintain 4.1 should any new bugs appear.

If you enjoy Trillian, please consider showing your support by  purchasing a Trillian Pro license or spreading the word about the product to your friends and family! For now, we’re going right back to work and will have a progress update on the Mac version coming up next – we know many of you have been waiting patiently for an update. Thanks to everyone who helped us test and improve this version of Trillian!

TRILLIAN FOR WINDOWS 4.1:

• See what’s new in Trillian for Windows 4.1.
• Download the new version now!
• For geeks: the full changelog.
•  Help spread the word: Retweet our announcement!

A new version of Trillian for iPhone is being sent out to beta testers today, and all existing beta testers should be receiving an email from us with details. We hope to have the new version ready for submission to the App Store in the coming weeks, but it has not been submitted yet! After listening carefully to user feedback since the launch of 1.0, we’ve included some exciting new features in 1.1:

• Landscape mode.
• Facebook chat.
• 7 day signout.
• Many new contact list options: sorting, offline contacts, new view modes, and more!
• Various enhancements to the contact information screen.
• Tidying up the message window controls for improved usability.
• Pulling through more options from our desktop app, including contact privacy and per-connection settings (including hostname/port tweaks for XMPP).
• Additional bugfixes and smaller usability enhancements.

Feel free to take a peek at the full changelog if you’re interested in the specifics. We will keep the updates coming and let everyone know once a build gets sent to Apple for review. Have a great weekend!

Build 23 is now available to beta testers on the download page, fixing additional minor bugs. This build will be automatically sent to users of Build 18 and above only – if you haven’t upgraded yet, please do so soon. You will not receive automatic updates if you are running Build 17 or below.