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Pidgin 2.2.0

Posted by Mihai Asmanow on 14 September 2007 - 15:49 · 10 comments & 5504 views

Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks. Gaim users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more. Pidgin runs on a number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Qtopia (Sharp Zaurus and iPaq).

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#1 Posted by njeske on 14 Sep 2007 - 18:25: sweet! i like how they're releasing frequent updates that actually fix things and add new features. keep 'em coming guys!

#2 Posted by Foub on 14 Sep 2007 - 23:31: Linux version?

(1 reply) #3 Posted by Xenomorph on 15 Sep 2007 - 01:54: WHAT

Option to show protocol icons in the buddy list, from the Buddies > Show menu.

WHAT

Did they finally put this back in??

#4 Posted by +littleneutrino on 15 Sep 2007 - 03:35: i do not really see much of a reason to do this particular update from what i read in the change log however its pretty cool that they added the myspaceim feature to it.

(1 reply) #5 Posted by magik on 15 Sep 2007 - 08:10: Myspace is so lame. But Pidgin kicks ass

#6 Posted by Xenomorph on 15 Sep 2007 - 14:29: All they need now is a "Send" button on the IM windows.

#7 Posted by TR1GG3R on 15 Sep 2007 - 19:26: with each new update guifications no longer works

#8 Posted by Hak Foo on 15 Sep 2007 - 20:41: I wish someone would make a Pidgin sidebar gadget for Vista. I drag the buddy list over to the sidebar area, but it just slips behind the sidebar, and the frame is hardly necessary.

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