Social networking is a highly important factor nowadays. People are constantly messaging, chatting, changing their status and so on. Each of us have a chat-client-of-choice for keeping in touch with our friends, co-workers or relatives.

Trillian is one of those applications that comes to mind when you think of a reliable chat-client capable to deliver the features you need.

Trillian is designed to be an easy-to-use instant messaging software that is able to support multiple chat platform accounts: ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, MSN Messenger, Rendezvous or Jabber.

Once the application is installed it provides users with a clear, intuitive interface and quick access to all its features and settings. You can easily manage and switch connections with just a few mouse-clicks.

Unfortunately, in the installation process, the application attempts to install third party software that may change the configuration of your browser, but you can easily cancel this procedure if you pay attention to the operation.

Trillian has numerous attributes that can make it your favorite chat-client: global status changes (you can change the status on all your networks at once), proxy support, hundreds of emoticons, file sharing possibilities, notifications, SMS support, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network and more.

You can change the way the software behaves when you are away by setting an idle time, an away message and attaching the message to the “Away Container” window.

The software can be easily used by one or more users – Trillian stores their own personal accounts, message archives, settings and even their customization options. The application offers multiple skin choices, all available on Trillian website.

Trillian also offers a quick way to import and add new contacts. With the help of the wizard-driven interface you are able to select the medium and the specific group. You can add contacts from several platforms (Yahoo, MSN, AIM, ICQ) in the same group.

In the end, if you want a full-featured, customizable and efficient chat-client that offers multi-protocol support, you can rely on Trillian.