You must check out the flash promo of the new Trillian Astra. I gotta be honest, this is looks pretty ridiculous. Some of the features include:

• Your Myspace IM Account
• Personal Profiles via a social network like system
• Widget plugins
• Web chat
• … and more!!! The social networking instant messenger platform is something I was thinking about a few years ago. Imagine if all of your facebook/myspace/friendster activity was all done from one simple desktop application. Additionally all of your instant communication with friends and family can be done from the same application. What else do you need? (If you have any other thoughts on additional useful features, please feel free to comment.)