Ceruleanstudios has released a number of additional screenshots of the upcoming Trillian Astra. However, the final version may look different, as Astra is still in an early development stage.

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New translations have been finished in record time after a web interface for this task was made available. The german language pack was finished within less than 24 hours, followed closely by the russian and czech translations. More language packs  will be finished soon. They are automatically available in Trillian Astra. A manual installation is no longer necessary. Updated language packs are distributed via the Trillian auto update feature. 

In order to have Trillian Astra translated in as many languages as possible, a web interface for translators was set up by Ceruleanstudios. It allows translations based on the Wiki principle, which means everybody can take part in the translation process. Complete translations are automatically transformed into language packs that are available in Trillian Astra. A cumbersome manual installation of a language pack is no longer necessary. Updated language packs will be distributed via the automatic Trillian update system. 

You can now sign up for the alpha test of Trillian Astra. Besides name and email address, you should provide the username you'd like to have for Trillian Astra. If you bought Trillian Pro, you may enter the login name of your account. Finally, you should provide some information about your computer (operating system, CPU, RAM) and some reason why you qualify as a tester.

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Ceruleanstudios opened a sneak preview information area on their website that presents further details about Trillian Astra. Besides a flash movie, a lot of infomation is presented on seven pages.

AIM servers have limited the rate at which you may send data to them, When exceeding this limit, the connection is closed. Some Trillian users are affected by this, especially those with a large number of contacts. A preliminary patch has been made available. You should only use it if you experience connection issues with AIM. The patch only works for Trillian 3.1.

Trillian developer Scott Werndorver posted some more details about the upcoming Trillian  version on the company blog.

The company blog presents a new Trillian Astra screenshot. It shows a file transfer window, including a "More" button. According to the blog, it will provide detailed information about the file transfer, making it easier to find the reason of failed transfers.

Today, another Trillian Astra screenshot was published in the Ceruleanstudios blog. It shows the contact list. Following the tradition to give out little detail about upcoming versions, the screenhots does not allow to draw conclusions on new features.

The official Ceruleanstudios blog published a first screenshot of the next Trillian version. It shows the profile login. According to the screenshot, the upcoming version is called Trillian Astra and not Trillian 4. The internet address www.trillianastra.com has been registered last year by Ceruleanstudios. Right now it only shows as "Coming soon 2006" message.

Once again, a long wait for a Trillian update. But now at least the begin of another beta test is approaching. The developer blog announced a search for 50 testers. They are going to take part in a non-public first test of the next Trillian version. The 50 testers were found within hours, but a public beta test should follow. More details about the upcoming version can be expected in the next couple of weeks.

Following the Trillian 3.1 patches for the changed ICQ protocol, updates for all Trillian versions are now released. These patches replace  all previous patches. Trillian 3.0 uses the auto-updater. You may also start the update process via the help menu. All older versions require a manual download. Shutdown Trillian before installing a manual patch. Unzip the patch and copy the aim.dll file into your Trillian folder (and replace the existing file).

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Some users still have connectivity issues with AIM/ICQ, even when using the patch that was released a few days ago. Therefore, another update has been released. As always, it is available via the auto update. The update can also be started via the help menu.

Additionally, a manual dowload is available. It should onyl be used if the automatic update fails. In that case shutdown Trillian, download the update (see below) and copy the new aim.dll file in your Trillian directory (replacing the existing one).