Trillian Astra is an instant messaging application with a twist: it allows you to use multiple accounts for various IM services. In other words, it has the power to gather all your friends from several messengers in a single interface.
This software imports all the contacts of your selected instant messaging platform (Windows Live Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Skype), but it can also directly access social networks (Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, LinkedIn).
In addition, Trillian has borrowed most of the important features from other messengers that you like so much, and added new ones. You can open a new window and chat, or send a quick message to a friend who has just signed in.
Friends can be sorted in the list in various ways: alphabetically, by conversation history size, etc. There are several actions that can be performed during a conversation: you can insert a screen capture (by clicking and dragging the mouse), flag text as important (i.e. yellow text with red highlights), or change font to code style (which is especially useful if you're trying to explain a programming language to someone).
There are tons of emoticons you can play with (smiley faces, objects and symbols), and some of them are compatible with both Yahoo and MSN Messenger. The chat history is better organized than in typical instant messengers, because here you can actually select a date from the calendar to access a conversation, as well as view any images exchanged between you and your friends. What’s more, the chat history can be synced between your computer and your smart phone, so it’s at your disposal everywhere you go.
In conclusion, Trillian Astra is worth your while if you need an IM application that can deal with multiple accounts at a time. The streamlined interface, together with the intuitive feel you get when you get acquainted with it makes it a reliable choice.

What's New in This Release:
Fixed:
· [Contact List] Always show medium icon for metacontact children
· [Contact List] Default theme should be blue, rather than follow windows
· [Contact List] Icons show red for idle and don't show red for some dnd
· [Crash] Fix a crash with auto-joining IRC
· [Game] IRC and other group chats not appearing in renderer
· [Game] Minecraft crash fixes
· [Group Chats] Contact status will be determined without resource name if given
· [Group Chats] Double scrollbar is seen sometimes
· [Group Chats] If action toolbar is turned off, nicklist will show (since there is no way to access it otherwise)
· [Group Chats] "Only flash when my name is mentioned in a chat room" should be off by default
· [Group Chats] Setting autojoin and other settings may not save properly
· [Group Chats] Show 'save to contacts' right click option for non saved chats
· [History] Connection history is no longer saving
· [Mail] Fixes for mail not showing up for some servers
· [Message Windows] Dragging in a link should show send...

Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application:
· Offers to change the homepage for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to change the default search engine for web browsers installed in the system
· Offers to download or install software or components (such as browser toolbars) that the program does not require to fully function