Before I make another blog post, I would like to thank everyone who supported the Trillian project, readers and bloggers around the world who raved about this stunning up-and-coming product.  Here are a few comments that I love the most:

Johnny at Popgadget had probably the best write-up on Trillian Astra.  He really digested the whole tour and summarized what we did very well!  He said,

Taking these independent services and weaving them together to create an always updated interdependent web presence is a lofty goal, and Trillian aims to make that happen with Astra.

Corey Clayton had some very interesting correlations between Trillian Astra the instant messenger and Trillian McMillan the original character from Hitchhiker’s Guide, played by “geek goddess Zooey Deschanel”.  I guess we do need to include that gun Trillian is holding in the picture to do something fun…

The site Aqua Regia coined my favorite term “Astra Planeta”, which means the gods of the five wandering stars or planets.  The author also summarized Trillian Astra and forecasted our future as if we finally see light at the end of the tunnel:

Probably the most exciting thing about this release is that Trillian is no longer just a chat client. With the Astra release, the Cerulean team has quietly built its own chat network and web-based instant messaging platform, a serious shot across the bow to Meebo and a number of other related companies.

TechCrunch still has a lot of faith in us.  I’m glad, because after all we hadn’t even said a word in public for a whole year and nothing released for 2 years.  They said,

If Cerulean can pull it all off, and there’s every reason to believe they can, then this is going to be one smoking product.

Smoking?! Hell yes!  This is just half of the iceberg!  (Well, maybe 60%)  Meanwhile, Stowe Boyd said Trillian Astra is going to be his “Nerdvana” if everything is going to be accomplished.  I hope so too.  Should be as good as Smells Like Teen Spirit made into a software.

Oh, before I end this post, it’s so funny quite many people noticed my The Decemberists plug on the Sneak Preview tour movie!!  Here’s a few quotes from Digg:

Apparently Trillian Astra likes The Decemberists. Good enough for me.

Heh, I noticed that too. Gotta love The Decemberists.

Also fuck yeah to the Decemberists plug on there. They rock.

But /cheer for The Decemberists plug.

Lastly, I would like to thank Jark again for organizing the Trillian skinning contest at deviantArt back in the day, and he still remembers it!

And, and, and, last but not the least, since the UI is probably one of the most loved new ‘features’ on people’s list, this is my shameless love for this praise by “splash” on Digg:

God. Damn. That skin looks delicious in a Steve Jobs quote kind of way.

With more than half of the comments about how good it looks, we’re looking good, literally, this time.

In the very very end, I would like to thank again to all the Trillian users, the alpha team and all those from Trillian forums who gave us (and me) endless support and cheers!!!