installation circle of doom - blocked from upgrading to 1.1.3

as a long time user of trillian i was overjoyed to see it in the AppStore as a Mac OS app. Installed 1.1.1 and started using it as a replacement for Adium, which i like .. but i _really_ like trill.
today the AppStore app tells me that version 1.1.3 is available .. but as i installed it from the AppStore the little button now says Installed, not Download, Upgrade or anything useful.
Well that is stupid .. i cannot use AppStore to upgrade an app.
So i go to the Trillian web site .. its download link is now pointing at a Mac Apps Store Preview page .. so i cannot download the new version from Trillians site either.
the Preview page only has a link into the AppStore now .. so clicking it takes me back to the beginning.

so i am going back to Adium, which i can install and upgrade in comfort using MacPorts.
Trillian will be uninstalled as soon as i fire up MacClean
and the issue of having my passwords stored on the trillian servers .. no, i do NOT like that idea at all either

jeff.hayes about Trillian, v1.1.3