It's about that time of year again when another version of Trillian is released to replace the last semi-written version that barely manages to limp through and keep some supporters. Personally I think they have a great idea, a solid support base and resources to get this right, but in some sort of attempt at money grabbing it fails. The main problem is bugs, glitches and crashes in a program that costs $25 when the original clients are free. Are my standards too high or do I just want software I'm meant to pay for to work? Last time I complained I was told to pay for the pro version so they could continue to work on it. Try finish it before selling it?

Hopefully they won't go the way of the rest of the IM clients and just add useless bulky features on top of a buggy sub-standard core. Perfect the core and add the ability to extend via plugins with a good API and some tutorials and you're set. If I so much as see the word 'wink' in the next release I'm going to just start write my own basic client to use. I know exactly what I want in a chat client and I know I can make it. Just give me a reason...
Maz