How to Change Contact List Settings in Trillian

The contact list settings within Trillian 2.0 instant messenger allows you to customize how and when you want your contact list to appear. These settings include options on how you want offline contacts to be displayed. Follow the steps below to learn how to change the contact list settings in Trillian.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Trillian 2.0

1. Start Trillian 2.0 instant messenger. Once started, it will load into your task bar at the bottom right of your computer screen. Double-click on the Trillian icon to open the instant messenger.
2. Choose the "Options" menu and click on "Preferences."
3. Click on "Contact List" from the "General" list on the left side of the "Preferences" dialog box to display the contact list settings in the right side of the dialog box.
4. Add a check mark next to the options you want to use in the first part of the "List" section of the "Contact List" settings. "Hide Offline Contacts" will move an offline communication to the offline folder; "Show Medium Icons" will display what contact uses which messenger; "Suppress Empty Groups" will hide empty contact list folders and "Show Group Counts With (Online/Total)" will show the total of entries that are in each folder.
5. Type a number in the text box that fills in how many seconds you want to show recent/offline icons.
6. Insert check marks for the rest of the options in the "List" section. You can choose to "Auto-expand Meta-Contacts," "Enable Docking," "Auto-hide When Docked" and "Display a Systray Alert When a Contact Signs On/Off."
7. Press "OK" to close the dialog box and save your settings.