Skype + Trillian = SkyLlian
I am a big fan of the Trillian Instant Messenger, which is an IM client, able to handle ICQ, MSN, AIM, Yahoo! and Jabber. With plugins you can even use it for Lotus Sametime and Novell Messenger. But one thing was always missing: Skype! I mean the cool thing about Trillian is that you only need one contact list for everything. But also using Skype means two contact lists open. Now, there is the solution: SkyLlian. It is a Trillian plugin that puts your Skype contacts in your Trillian list and lets you use Trillian to chat and voice chat. The downside however is that you still need to have a Skype client installed and run in the background. Hopefully they will get rid of that in the future that you really only need a Trillian. Anyway it is a great step in the right direction.
November 29th, 2005 at 23:33
Nice. But I would just add a little clarification on why Skype needs to be running in the background. With Skype, chats are different from other solutions that require a central server. Skype chat doesn’t use servers, it’s fully P2P, and thus having Skype running on your desktop is required because there is no central server to talk to, you talk to the client running on your desktop.
December 1st, 2005 at 08:33
Skype - Nützliche Erweiterungen (PlugIns)
Mit der Veröffentlichung einer API für die beliebte Online-Telefonie-Lösung-Skype sind sehr viele Erweiterungen entstanden. Einige habe ich ausprobiert und stelle diese kurz vor.
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January 26th, 2006 at 01:59
hi there
i completely understand the point of skype running in back ground….it is programmed differently …
we are forgetting the whole purpose of trillian here ….trillian is there for us to end the problem of using different messangers….to provide a universal service for all so that we dont need to download each and every thing
if you have to have skype + skyllian to run it on trillian that i strongly think as a developers point of view the purpose is defeated….
i hope u understand…
also do you know anything about the new skype type “Gizmo Project” lot of people have started using it i think u should bring out a plugin for that too for trillian…..but agin keeping in mind the purpose of trillian is not defeated
Regards
and best wishes to all hard working developers
Aryan
November 10th, 2006 at 17:06
Hi
I cannot open Skyllian website to download Skype plugin for Trillian.
Can you please help me with this?
Is there any other download link?
Thank you
November 10th, 2006 at 20:42
The website is not working. It seems there are some changes. Read here http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=81142
Hope they will put out a new version that works better then the old one. But actually, since a while ago I completely switched to Skype anyway since it is much better then MSN, ICQ, etc. I am rarely using Trillian anymore.
January 29th, 2007 at 19:29
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