This is Great! Trillian coming to the Mac!

I don’t miss Windows much. There are a few programs I would love to see on the Mac but I’ve learned to live without it, especially having trusty Parallels boot up when I needed it to. Here’s a list of programs that I would love to see on the Mac, either for the first time or improve upon:

1. Microsoft Project
2. Microsoft Outlook (not that weak Entourage version with a half-ass exchange support)
3. Intuit Quicken (the Mac version really does suck, especially when it comes to handling user generated firms).
4. Visio (I love OmniGraffle but a bunch of our clients use Visio so having a native version on the mac would be great).
5. Trillian (last but not least which is the subject of this post).

Trillian is my favorite program on the Windows platform. I do a lot of IM communication on all IM platforms for my daily work so it was indispensable to me. It is one of the few programs I feel that’s worth every penny. As I was browsing on TUAW today, I noticed a post highlighting that Cerulean Studios new version of Trillian (Astra) has a web interface that may work with iPhone and that the team over there are working hard to get it running properly. This is great news. I took a gander over at their site and to my surprise, I saw a little tidbit about their IMCore. Long story short, IMCore is their new technology for unified IMs. IMCore may also mean that they can compile for OS/X!!! This is great news for me since I’ve been a fan of their product for quite some time and would love to use Trillian on the Mac. I love Adium and the folks there have created a great product but I’m tired of waiting for video support. Going back to iChat or using Skype every time I want to do video messaging is a pain for me. Hopefully Trillian for Mac will support video. The Mac will be almost perfect if this happens.