gaim 1.0 out

[serjer]

Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Client that's good for the soul!

version 1.0.0 (09/17/2004):
New Features:
* Drag-and-drop buddy support for the Invite dialog (Stu Tomlinson)
* Drag-and-drop buddy support for the Pounce dialog (Stu Tomlinson)
* View Chat log available from the interface (Daniel Atallah)
* Ability to receive offline messages in character encodings
other than ASCII (thanks to Nick Sukharev)
* File transfer status messages printed to conversation
windows (Dave West)
* Display file transfer messages when someone sends you a file
over AIM (Dave West)
* Handle MSN buddy lists more sanely (Felipe Contreras)
* Zephyr can use tzc to run from behind a firewall (Arun A Tharuvai)

Bug Fixes:
* Work around window manager stupidity with new dialog windows (Dave West)
* Compile with gtk 2.5.x (Gary Kramlich)
* Escape invalid characters in log names (Daniel Atallah)
* Fix for clicking add in an msn chat with 2 or more people in your buddy
list (Daniel Atallah)
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

[JeRrYFaR]

Thanx for the news, but how would you rate it compared to Trillian?

[LTR12101B]

Not just for the Penguin, either!
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/index.php - The Windows port of it is also at 1.0.0

[serjer]

been a while since i've posted something useful



version 1.1.2 (1/20/2005):
* MSN 'HTTP Method' fixed (Felipe Contreras)
* Better handling of MSN's Individuals group and buddy status updates
(Felipe Contreras)
* Fix a crash inviting MSN user to a chat when they're already there
* AIM SecurID login support
* Fix configuration of Jabber chat rooms on some servers
* More MSN bug fixes (Felipe Contreras)
* Fix queue messages to Docklet when not globally away (Robert McQueen)
* Fix some leaks
* The Autopackage now builds both the mozilla-nss and the gnutls
ssl plugins, and requires at least one of those libraries.
the notable thing is that the tray icon is more eye appealing than the previous one ,apart from the various bug fixes

[scarecrow]

Normally I like praising opensource applications, but for Gaim I could gladly make an exheption! IMHO it's both buggy AND darn ugly.
My personal favorite is (still ) Simple Instant Messenger which seems being almost dead since last July (likely due to a quarrel between the program developers), but it's the best multiprotocol (and multiplatform) client I have tried so far.

[serjer]

let's hope when gaim 2.0 will be out,the gui will b more eye appealing n less buggy