Build 67 is mostly a bugfix build. We’ve started the process of updating the Cobalt skin with some of the cool new features we’ve been working on recently – namely, the new tooltips and profile editor. Cobalt will also be receiving bubble view in a future build, but it’s not ready yet. Enjoy the build!

There is no auto-update this week; we are still performing maintenance on these servers. Please download the build manually!

There will be no build this week and no OS X build on Monday.  We are working on bugfixes and some other skin-related upgrades and should have a build ready for next Friday. We wish you all a happy holiday and will see you again next week!

Build 8 has only minor changes overall; the main one is the addition of a Windows-style login screen, allowing you to simply click to login an existing previously-used account.

Beyond that, there are mostly just some smaller bugfixes to the OS X version, while we focus overall on the Windows AV core.

Build 66 is a grab bag of nice features to fill your stocking!

There is no auto-update this week; we are performing extended maintenance on these servers.  Please download the build manually!

When you move your cursor over a contact on the Contact List, you will see the new Info Card (a.k.a. “Supertooltip”). Instead of the beige box that goes well with Whistler, we re-engineered it to be skinnable, helping tooltips blend in well with your chosen environment. The Cordonata version of Info Card features big and centered avatars, and information listed in a candycane style. The stretched “arm” of the Card allows you to view the information without it covering your Contact List. The Trillian Astra user interface feels very complete to us with the introduction of this feature.

Open up a chat window with Bubble View enabled and you will see an new feature known as Relative Timestamps. These Timestamps divide your conversations into manageable and logical chunks, like separate chapters in a playscript; new messages sent and received after the window is opened will be marked by “Current Conversation”, while previous conversations will be marked by “5 minutes ago”, “12 hours ago”, “Monday”, “Last Month” and so on. You will be pleasantly surprised when someone messages you and their last message was sent “2 years ago”. The goal of the feature is to allow users to sense time relative to now, without the need to do all the arithmetic in the brain in order to calculate message age.

The older kind of timestamps, Absolute Timestamps, are also back for Bubble View. Each message is now marked by the time it was sent, while duplicates in the same consecutive bubble are removed to reduce visual clutter. Additionally, the same old F2 hotkey still works to enable and disable timestamps on-the-fly.

Lots of crashes have been fixed for Bubble View, so it should be safer for general use. Conference is back for chat windows. You can also turn back on the “Show a line where I left the window” feature, which was the culprit of crashes in the last build. The line is now gracefully replaced by a new “Since you left the window…” Timestamp.

Meanwhile, we have continued our work in the A/V arena – the first few weeks of progress are largely focused on ensuring we’ve built all of the bottom-layer technology necessary to support a strong A/V environment. We are working towards the completion of at least one IM service, so that all of you will be able test the user interface thoroughly.

Time to put “webcam” in your Amazon Wishlist!

In response to a recently uncovered issue with Yahoo logins, we’ve released Trillian 3.1.9.0, downloadable here. We will be continuing to monitor the situation throughout the day, but if you’re impacted by this problem now you can download the new release from the link above. Auto update should be ready by tomorrow morning.

We will update this post with any additional information as necessary.

Thanks!

• UPDATE #1: We are noticing an “error code 1″ message on occasion when trying to connect to the Yahoo network. We’ve tested this behavior with the original Yahoo Messenger (v8) and are also receiving login errors sporadically. At this point, it appears there is some maintenance occuring on the Yahoo side of things; please be patient and give them time to work through whatever they are working on. In the meantime, attempting to reconnect a few times seems to eventually allow you into the network.
• UPDATE #2: The change that was made to the Yahoo servers that caused the login problem appears to have been resolved server-side. Strictly speaking, this means that 3.1.9.0 is no longer a necessary upgrade. We recommend users upgrade in any case, as the new build offers protection against similar issues should any arise in the future.