The Cerulean Studios team has just let loose build number 17 of its upcoming 4.1 update for the multi-purpose IM and social network communications tool dubbed Trillian Astra. This release includes the following fixes:

- [IM] Follow Global Presence doesn't work from a manual Online state
- [Proxy] Should use POST/GET through HTTP API when applicable
- [Skype] Skype does not shut down
- [Skype] Two "Away" options in "Saved Messages..." editor
- [Skype] Whenever I close Trillian or disconnect from the Skype connection manually via Trillian, it auto-exits any group conversation I'm in.
- [Twitter] False detection of hash and @ signs
- [Twitter] Hash-Tags with underscores in Twitter will get cut in context menu
- [Twitter] Proxy Password Field Not Masked
- [Twitter] url conversion size seems to be 19 when it should be 20 for bit.ly links
- [Alerts] Erroneous URL linking
- [Alerts] OTR encrypted alerts should show (encrypted) instead of a mess
- [Crash] Corrupt buddies.xml with widget lines duplicated causes crash
- [Identities] Fresh install of trillian not saving identities asset
- [Preferences] A way to see pro/basic in prefs->about
- [Skin Switch] Search field remembers search text on a skin reload
- [XMPP] Google Chatback Badge crashes Trillian Astra
- [Audio] Ringing not working at times
- [Facebook / IRC] Default to english translation on failures
- [Facebook] Change menu order and terminology
- [Facebook] Chat status doesn't follow manual global away restrictions
- [Facebook] Non-ASCII characters in passwords broken
- [IRC] Proxy settings not immediately effective after start-up
- [Facebook] Some items not appearing in stream

... and is available (for Windows) here.