Build 81 launches our new Trillian Astra emoticons that are currently being renovated.  Hundreds have been completed and there are still hundreds to be added in the builds to follow!  Sprinkles of new emoticons will be added to surprise you in the weeks to come…

Build 81 also features more than 100 bug fixes, an improved and cleaned Mass Message Window, and helper buttons to invite and view webcams using Yahoo! Messenger.

Build 80 is now available.  As some of you have noticed, we’re taking a little more time with our builds lately – the end result is more bugfixes, more of our energy focused on stabilizing and improving our codebase, and a chance to finalize some of the features we’ve been holding off on for a while.

This week’s build includes:

• Yahoo webcam support.  When viewing the webcam of a friend, we place the video in a floating “webcam” window; this is a minor change from 3.1 and more compatible with Yahoo’s method of floating webcam windows.
• New Add Contact Window.  Adding contacts is starting to get more and more complicated in terms of the questions we need to ask the user; our new window reflects this and should hopefully take us many versions into the future.
• HTTP tunneling for Yahoo. In the rare case when your only path to Yahoo’s servers is through actual HTTP connections, Trillian can now tunnel as necessary.
• Improved color support for Yahoo. We never realized Yahoo supported more than a few basic colors for formatting.  Whoops.  Your messages to Yahoo contacts should now be sent more accurately.
• Automatic web login for MySpace connections.
• Over 100 changelog entries, including features and bugfixes.

Enjoy the build!